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16 SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF MALVE^E.
tribe Malir/r, and briefly characterise tliem. In the arrangement
and hmitation of the genera I have followed Bentham and Hooker's
' Genera Plantarum,' with very slight alteration.
Tribe I. MALVFLJ^. — Columna stamiuea apice v. usque ad
apicem antherifera. Styli rami tot quot ovarii loculi v. carpella.
Cotyledones foliaceae, biplicatc'B v. varie coutortuplicatfe.
Subtribe 1.— Carpella oo inordinate capitato-congesta ; ovula
solitaria adscendentia.
I. MALOPE L. Gen. PI. n. 843. — Bracteolae 8 distinctae.
Styli filiformes intus longitudinaliter stigmatosi.
* Anmia,
1. Malope tkifida Cav. ; DC. Prod. i. 429; Sweet, Brit. Fl.
Garden, t. 153; Paxt. Mag. Bot. vol. i. p. 177 c. icon.—Stipulis
parvis, foliis glabris inferioribus suborbicularibus apice trilobatis
trinerviis, pedicellis solitariis, bracteolis magnis cordatis cuspidatis,
sepalis ovatis acuminatis.
Hab. Andalusia (Spain) ! Algiers ! Morocco.
Stem 12-18 in. high, branching; branches spreading; leaves
2J in. ; bracts f in. long ; sepals 1^ in. ; petals IJ-lf in. long.
** Perenncs.
2. M. MALAcoiDEs L. ; DC. Prod. 1, 429 ; Kchb. Ic. Flor. Germ.
v. t. 165 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5852. iV. aWmoidcs Moris in Kchb. Fl.
Exc. p. 873.—Stipulis parvis oblongo-linearibus, foliis inferioribus
petiolatis elliptico-oblongis vel subpinnatilidis parce pilosis basi
cuneatis vel subcordatis crenulatis, pedunculis solitariis, bracteolis
parvis, sepalis valde acuminatis.
Hab. Mediterranean Region. Marocco to Asia Minor !
Subsp. M. STIPULACEA Cav. ; DC. Prod. i. 429. M. asterotricha &
M. Icevii/ata Pomel. Fl. Atlantique, p. 346. M. hispida, M. stelUpilis,
& M. inpartita Boiss. et Reut. in Boiss. Diagn. PI. Or. iii. p. 100.
M. intermedia Battandier, Fl. de I'Algerie, p. 110. M. malacoides
var. stipulacca Ball in Journ. Lhm. Soc. xvi. p. 375. M. stellaris B.
et R. in Willkomm et Lange, Fl. Hisp. iii. p. 587.= M. ste'lipilis.—
Stipulis magnis cordatis, foliis elliptico-oblongis vel ovatis vel
trilobis interdum cordatis.
Hab. Algiers ! Marocco ! Cadiz (Spain) !
Stems 1-2 ft. long, prostrate or ascending ; leaves 1-2^ in.
long, ^ in. broad ; sepals nearly f in. ; petals 1 in. to nearly 2 in. long.
M. hispida and sU'liipilis are robust forms, more densely hairy
upwards than in typical M. stip^dacca. M. malacoides var. sinuata
DC. is an intermediate form between M. stipulacea and M. malacoides,
with subtrifid leaves. For the characters of the other forms,
reference may be made to Ba'tmdier, Fl. de I'Algerie, p. 110.
Nan satis nota.
M. MULTiFLORA Trigucros in Cav. Diss. ii. p. 85 ; DC. Prod. i.
430.— "Foliis subrotundis crenatis villosis : floribus 3-4 axillaribus."
Hab. In Andalusia ; not seen by Willkomm and Lange.