Pentapetes
(from pentapetes, five-leaved, a name given by Theophrastus to the Cinquefoil; referring to the pentamerous arrangement of the flowers). ORD. Sterculiaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a showy, stove annual, thriving best in a compost of sandy loam and leaf mould. It may be increased by cuttings of half-ripened shoots, or by seeds.
P. phoenicea (scarlet).* fl. scarlet, rather large; calyx five-parted; petals five, broad; peduncles short, axillary, one-flowered. July. l. simple, lanceolate, halbert-shaped, serrated. h. 2ft. to 3ft. Tropical Asia, 1690. (B. R. 575.) P. suberifolia. See Pterospermum suberifolium.