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SYNOPSIS OF GENERA. AND SPECIES OF MALVEM.
By Edmund G. Baker, F.L.S.
(Continued from p. 18.)
Subtribus 2. Eumalve.e. — Carpella simphci serie verticillata.
Ovula soliLaria adscendentia.
IV, ALTH/EA* Cav. Diss. ii. p. 91.—Bracteolfe 6-9 connatae.
Receptaculum seu axis fructus carpella non superans. StyJi intus
longitudinaliter stigmatosi.
Sect. 1. Alth^astrum. AHluva Linn. Gen. n. 839; DC. Prod,
i. 436. — Bracteolae sapius 8-9. Carpella iinilocularia intus pro-
cessu pericarpii destituta.
=!= Annu(£.
1. Alth^a hirsuta L. ; DC. Prod. i. 437; Rclib. Ic. Flor.
Germ. v. t. 172 ; Cosson et Durieu, Explor. de I'Algerie, t. 69,
fig. 3 ; Eng. Bot. ed. 3, t. 277. — Hirsuta aspera, stipulis ovatis
cuspidatis, foliis iuferioribus snborbiciilaribus, superioribus 3-5-
palraitidis, pedunculis solitariis luiifioris, bracteolis lanceolatis
calyce brevioribus, calycis lobis erectis lanceolatis, petalis subfequi-
longis, carpellis glabris rugosis niargine obtusis.
Hab. Soutli and Central Europe ! Algeria ! to Persia !
Stem 3 in. to 2 ft. Ingb ; bracts ^ in. ; sepals -J in. ; petals
1 in. long.
Var. GRANDiFLORA Ball in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 302. AltlKra
hnvjijiora Boiss. et Reut. Diagn. No. 13; Explor. de I'Algerie, t. 69,
fig. 2.—Corolla calyce duplo longiore, carpellis dorso carinatis.
Hab. Andalusia. New Castille. Marocco !
Petals often an inch or more long.
Algeria
2. A. LuDwiGii L. ; DC. Prod. i. 437. Malva maUcensis Edgew.
in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 284. A. (jariepemis E. Mey. in lierb.
Drege.—Hirsuta, caulibus prostratis, foliis orbicularibus lobatis vel
3-5-fidis lobis cuneatis, pedicellis axillaribus brevissimis, floribus
congestis, bracteolis lanceolatis villosis, calycis lobis villosis, petalis
calyce sublongioribus, carpellis glabris rugosis.
Hab. Punjab ! Beloocliistan. Persia. Cape of Good Hope !
Arabia Petra^a ! Egypt ! Sicily. Algeria ! Marocco !
Leaves -| in. ; bracts \ in. ; sepals ^ in. ; petals \ in. long.
*=:: Peren lies.
3. A. OFFICINALIS L. ; DC. Prod. i. 436 ; Rclib. Ic. Flor. Germ.
V. t. 173 ; Eng. Bot. ed. 3, t. 278. — Caule erecto, stipulis lineari-
lanceolatis, foliis utrinque molliter tomentusis inferioribus ovatis
* Alefekl, in Oest. Bot. Zeit. 1862, pp. 260— 2()1, has newly defined AWuca,
in which he includes many well-known species of Lavatera and Ma lea. The
synonyms thus created have not been cited by Boissier or Nynian, nor have they
been ado])ted elsewhere ; and it does not seem necessary to include them in this
enumeration.