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340 SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF MALVEffi.
serratis, pedunculis insequaliter fasciculatis defloratis erectis, sepalis
ovatis acutis hirtis, petalis roseis purpureis striatis calycem inulto
superautibus, carpellis glabris dorso reticulato-rugoso margine acuto.
Hab. Europe ! Siberia ! North Africa to India !
Stem 2-3 ft. ; leaf-petiole 2-3 in. ; lamina 2-3 in. long; bracts
l^-J in. ; sepals J in. ; petals f-l in.
/3. MAURiTiANA Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 819. M. mauritiana L. ; DC.
Prod. i. 432 ; Ecbb. Ic. Fl. Germ. v. t. 168. ill. orientalis Mill.
Diet. no. 3. — Caule glabro vel liirsuto, foliis obtusis lobatis, petalis
minoribus.
Hab. South Europe ! Algeria ! India !
y. ERiocAKPA Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 819. M. erecta Presl, Delic.
Prag. p. 30. M. pohjmorj)ha Guss. Syn. ii. p. 226. M. pleheia Stev.
Fl. Taur. p. 92. M. racemosa Presl, Delic. Prag. p. 30. M. hirsiita
Presl, Fl. Sic. i. p. 175. — Caule s^epius hirsuto, carpellis plus
minusve tomentosis.
Hab. Italy to Asia Minor ! India ! Algeria !
^. AMBiGUA := M. amhiyim Guss. Prod. PI. Sic. ii. p. 331. M.
ribifolia Viv. Fl. Cors. Prod. App. p. 85. — Caule gracile, foliis
minoribus superioribus 3-5-lobis lobis lanceolatis acutis, floribus
minoribus quam typo.
Hab. Spain ! South France ! Sicily ! Corsica ! Algeria
6. M. Duriaei, Hort. Kew. — Caule erecto pubescente, foliis
longe petiolatis cordato- vel subcordato-orbicularibus augulatis vel
lobatis molliter tomentosis, bracteolis tomentosis, floribus 2-3
axillaribus pedunculatis, sepalis triangularibus acutis accrescentibus
pubescentibus, corolla calyce duplove triplo longiore, carpellis dorso
planis reticulatis pubescentibus.
Hab. Algeria
Stem 2-3 ft. ; leaves, petiole 2 in. long, lamina 1^ in. ; bracts
J in. ; sepals -J in. ; petals ^ in. ; peduncles ^-1 in.
Malva Durieui Spach =^ Ldvatera mauritanica Durieu. See
Linnsea, xxiv. (1851), p. 233.
7. M. NicEENSis All. ; DC. Prod. i. 433 ; Rchb. Ic. Fl. Germ. v.
t. 168. — Caulibus prostratis vel erectis augulatis, foliis longe
petiolatis cordato-orbicularibus 5-7-lobis serratis, stipulis ovatis
acutis, sepalis ovatis acutis post anthesin accrescentibus, petalis
coeruleis calyce duplo longioribus, carpellis glabris vel hirsutis
dorso piano tuberculato margine acuto.
Hab. Mediterranean Piegion to Persia !
Stem 1-3 ft. long; leaf petiole 2-6 in., lamina 1-2^ in. ; bracts
i in. ; sepals J in. ; petals ^ in.
8.' M. subacaulis Coss. ined. in herb. Kew. — Acaulis vel
subacaulis, foliis longe petiolatis cordato orbicularibus lobatis
serratis, bracteolis lanceolatis, sepalis ovatis acutis, corolla calyce
duplo longiore, axe carpellorum exserto acuminato striato.
Hab. Marocco ; Djebel Ghat, Cosson !
Leaf petiole 2-3 in. long, lamina ^ in. ; bracts J in. ; sepals
J in. ;
petals ^ in.