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144 SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF jrAIA'E.T:.<br />

Stem 2-G ft, high ; petioles 4-8 in. long ; leaves 2-3 in. ;<br />

bracts i in. ; sepals ^ in. ; petals 1-1| in. long.<br />

(3. AssYRiACA Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 829. — Caule subcrassiori, petalis<br />

mtense violaceis. A. leucantha Ehrnb. Echb. ; Ic. Bot. Exot. t. 213,<br />

is probably this plant.<br />

15. A. LAsiocALYciNA. Alcea lasiocalycina Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 830.<br />

—Caule erecto tenuiter tomentello, foliis membranaceis suborbicularibus<br />

vel palmatifidis lobatis serratis, floribus 1-2 axillaribus,<br />

racemo brevi subaphyllo, bracteolis calyce subaBquantibus lanceo-<br />

latis acutis, sepalis lanceolatis acutis tonientosis, petalis retusis<br />

sulphureis vel pallide roseis, carpellis hirtis rugosulis.<br />

Hab. Tang, Armenia<br />

Stem 2-3 ft.; leaves 6 in. in diameter; bracts i in.; sepals<br />

petals 2 in. long.<br />

I in. ;<br />

16. A. Haussknechtii. Alcea Haussknechtii Boiss. Fl. Or. i.<br />

830.—Caule elongato breviter tomentoso scabro in racemum dense<br />

floriferum lougum foliosum abeunti, foliis cordato-orbiculatis obtuse<br />

6-7 lobis, pedunculis inferioribus calyci sequilongis superioribus<br />

brevissimis, bracteolis calyce triplo brevioribus, sepalis lanceolatis<br />

acutis, petalis bilobis longe unguiculatis intense violaceo nigricantibus.<br />

Hab. Tcharmelik, Syria.<br />

Eaceme 2-3 ft. long ; sepals ^ in. ; petals 2 in. long.<br />

17. A. APTERocARPA Fenzl Cat. Hort. Vindob. 1858. Alcea<br />

apterocarpa Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 830.—Caule erecto adpresse tomentoso,<br />

foliis suborbicularibus vel palmatilobatis serratis, pedunculis brevi-<br />

bus, bi'acteolis calyce subtequentibus triangularibus acutis, sepalis<br />

lanceolatis acutis tonientosis, petalis roseis vel purpureis, carpellis<br />

rugosissimis hirtis marginibus acutis.<br />

Hab. Attica ! Lycia ! Cilicia<br />

Stem 3-4 ft. high ; leaves 2 in. ; bracts ^ in. ; sepals f in.<br />

petals 1^ in. long.<br />

/?. LiLAciNA = A. lilaciiia Boiss. et Ky. Fl. Or. i. 8<strong>31</strong>. — Foliis<br />

ovatis lobatis, floribus lilacinis,<br />

Hab. Gumgum, Armenia<br />

I doubt this plant being really distinct from A. rosea Cav.<br />

18. A. poNTicA. Alcea pontica Janka, Brev. ii. No. 20. — Caule<br />

a basi ramos paucos et fequilongos edenti, foliis longe petiolatis<br />

amplis peltatis vel orbiculatis pentagonis crenatis supra parce<br />

subtus densius tomentoso pubescentibus ramealibus trilobatis,<br />

pedunculo bracteolis breviore, bracteolis calyce sequilongis, sepalis<br />

elevatim lineatis tonientosis ovato triangularibus, petalis retusis<br />

violaceis, carpellis hirsutis facie reticulatis dorso marginibus acutis.<br />

Hab. Eumili Phanar, Bosphorus, Janka.<br />

Stem 3 ft. high ; petals 1^ in. long.<br />

19. A. MicRocHiTON. Alcea microckiton Alef. in Oest. Bot. Zeit.<br />

18G2, p. 254. — Caule erecto inferne glabro superne griseo, foliis<br />

ovatis adpresse tonientosis, floribus axillaribus solitariis in axilis<br />

foliorum, pedunculis inferioribus calyce a^quilougis, bracteolis triangularibus<br />

dimidio calyce brevioribus, sepalis lanceolatis acutis,

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