Montezuma
(named after Montezuma, King of Mexico in the fifteenth century). ORD. Malvaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a very showy stove evergreen tree, with a spreading habit. It thrives in a compost of sandy loam and lumpy peat. Propagated by cuttings of rather firm shoots, inserted in sand, under a glass, in bottom heat.
M. speciosissima (very showy). fl. purplish-scarlet, large, with five somewhat sinuated petals; pedicels one-flowered, rising from the branches beneath the leaves. l. smooth, cordate, acute, entire, stalked. h. 30ft. Mexico, 1827.