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207<br />

SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF MALVE2E.<br />

By Edmund G. Baker, F.L.S.<br />

(Continued from p. 145.)<br />

Alth.ea.<br />

** Pterocarpa Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 8<strong>31</strong>.— Carpelli dorsum canaliculatum<br />

marginibus in alas membranaceas expansis.<br />

21. A. ROSEA Cav. ; DC. Prod. i. 437 ; Rchb. Ic. Flor. Germ.<br />

V. t. 175 ; Bot. Mag. t. <strong>31</strong>98. AltJuea carihcca Sims in Bot. Mag.<br />

t. 1916. A. coromandclina Cav.; DC. Prod. i. 437. A. chinensis<br />

Wall. Cat. 2689. A. cretica Weinm. Syll. Ratisb. ii. p. 171.<br />

A. jiexuosa Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 892. A. vieonantha Link, Linn,<br />

ix. p. 586. / A. viexicana Kunze, Linn. xx. p. 51 et 404. A, jmlchra<br />

Klotsch, Pr. Waldemar. Him. t. 26. A. sinensis Cav. ; DC. Prod.<br />

i. 437. Alcea rosea L. Sp. 966.—Caule crasso erecto liirsuto, foliis<br />

longe petiolatis cordato-ovatis acute 5-7 lobatis, fioribus 1-2 axillaribus,<br />

pedunculis brevissimis, bracteolis calyce paulo brevioribus<br />

tomentosis, sepalis tomentosis acutis, petalis magnis, carpellis<br />

rugosulis hirtis.<br />

Hab. Crete ! Greece ! Peleponesus<br />

Stem 3-6 ft. high ; leaves 2-4 in. ; bracts ^ in. ; sepals f in.<br />

petals 1^-2 in. long.<br />

p. SiBTHORpn Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 832 = Altlum JiciJ'oUa Fl. Grfec.<br />

t. 663, non L.—Foliis profundius palmatilobatis.<br />

Hab. Crete.<br />

In Bot. Mag. t. <strong>31</strong>98, A. rosea is said to have been introduced<br />

into Europe from China in 1753.<br />

22. A. PALLIDA Waldst. & Kit. K. PI. Ear. Hung. t. 47. Alcca<br />

pallida Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 832.—Caule ci-ecto crassiusculo, foliis tomen-<br />

tellis longe petiolatis suborbicularibus crenatis interdum lobatis,<br />

fioribus 1-3 axillaribus, pedunculis brevibus, bracteolis calyce subrequentibus,<br />

sepalis tomentosis lanceolatis acutis, petalis roscis<br />

bilobis, carpellis rugosis ad medium dorsum et interdum facie hirtis.<br />

Hab. South-east Germany. Greece! South Russia. AsiaMinor!<br />

Stem 2-5 ft. high ; leaves 2-3 in. ; bracts ^-^ in. ; sepals I in.<br />

petals 1^-2 in. long. This plant may be distinguished from A.<br />

rosea Cav. by its smaller stature, somewhat differently shaped<br />

leaves, and narrower petals.<br />

23. A. IIkloukichii ])oiss. Diagn. Ser. 2, p. 103. Alcea Ilel-<br />

dreichii Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 832. — Sparsim et adpressissime stellatopilosa<br />

virens, caulibus tcnuil)us in racemis laxissimis inferne<br />

foliosis abeuntibus, foliis cordato-suborbiculatis obtusissime quin-<br />

quelobis, bracteolis dimidio calyce triangularibus acutis, sepalis<br />

obtusiusculis, petalis roseis bilobis, carpellis facie et dorso rugosis<br />

dorso hirtis.<br />

Hab. Korthiatia, }icar Thessalonica, Jleldreieh.<br />

Differs from A. />allida W. K. in more adpresscd indumentum,<br />

and smaller corolla and bracts.<br />

24. A. Calvkuti lioiss. Diagn. Ser. 2, v. p. GG. Alcea Calrerd

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