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240 SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF MALVE^.
Sect. 3. Oxolopha DC. Prod. i. 439.—Axis sub apicc truncato
vel conico iu cristas tot quot carpella menibranaceas laterales
verticales expansus. Flores axillares solitarii vel fasciculati.
* Ainericmies,
19. L. AssuRGENTiFLORA KclIogg in Proc. Calif. Acad. i. 11 and
14.— Caule arborescente, foliis magnis longe petiolatis palmati-
lobatis crenatis, floribus axillaribus binis, bracteolis coriaceis
triangularibus obtusis dimidio calyce brevioribus, sepalis triangnlaribus
acuminatis externe rugosis, petalis roseis striatis, carpellis
6-8 dorso planis puberulis.
Hab. Island of San Miquel, California !
Stem 6-15 ft. high; leaves 4-6 in. long by 3-6 broad; bracts
J in. long ; sepals f in. ; petals 1^ in.
20.? L. VENOSA S. Watson in Proc. Amer. Acad. 12, 249.
Foliis palmatilobatis, lobis triangularibus acutis, floribus axillaribus
aggregatis, bracteolis fere distinctis oblongis ovatis acutis
calyce sub^equantibus, petalis cuneatis obcordatis purpureis striatis,
carpellis 10 faciebus striatis.
Hab. San Benito, California.
Leaves 3-4 in. broad ; 1-H in. long ; bracts \ in. ; sepals \ in.,
becoming ^ in. ; petals 1^ in.
This plant and the preceding are closely related to the other
American species, L. insularis and L. occidentalis.
** Geronto(jea:.
21. L. MARiTiMA Gouan ; DC. Prod. i. 439 ; Rchb. Ic. Flor.
Germ. v. t. 178. L. rotundifulia Lam. Fl. Fr. iii. p. 138. L. triluba
Gouan, Fl. Monsp. 48, non L. — Caule fruticoso, foliis tomentosis
cordato-orbicularibus palmatilobatis crenatis, floribus solitariis
axillaribus, bracteolis ovatis molliter tomentosis calyce brevioribus,
sepalis triangularibus acutis, petalis late obcordatis pallide roseis
ungue purpureis, carpellis magnis glabris margine acute dorso
cariuatis faciebus radiatim striatis.
Hab. West Mediterranean Region !
Stem 2-4 ft. ; leaves 1-1^ in. long ; bracts ^ in. ; sepals ^ in.
petals 1 in.
22. L. OBLONOiFOLiA Boiss. Voy. Esp. p. iii. t. 33 ; Willk. et
Lange, Fl. Hisp. 3, p. 582.—Fruticosa tomentosa crasso incano
tecta, foliis breviter petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis crassis rugosis,
pedunculis solitariis, bracteolis late triangularibus obtusis calyce
dimidio brevioribus, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis ruseis
basi purpureis, carpellis glabris angustis dorso rotundatis bicuspis.
Hab. Spain
Stem 2-4 ft.; leaves 1-lf long; bracts I in.; sepals ^ in.
petals nearly 1 in.
Easily distinguished by its thick, brown, woolly tomentum.
23. L. TRILOBA L. ; DC. Prod. i. 039 ; Bot. Reg. t. 1039 ; Bot.
Mag. t. 2226 ; Jacq. Hort. Vind. t. 74. L. cahjcina Poir. Encyc.
Suppl. 3, p. 310. L. inoschdta Moris, Stirp. Sard. Elench. i. p. 9.