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SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF MALVE^E. 341
** BracteolcB lineares vel Uneari-lanceoJat(e.
9. M. ROTUNDiFOLiA L. p. p. ; DC. Prod. i. p. 432 ; Rcbb. Ic. Fl.
Germ. v. t. 1G7 ; Eng. Bot. ed. 3, t. 282. M. ne,jlecta Wallr. in
Syll. Ratisb. (1824), p. 140. M. vuhjaris Fries, Nov. p. 219; Rcbb.
Ic.
iv.
Fl. Germ. v. t. 167. M. littoralis Detbard in Rcbb. Fl. Germ,
771 ; Ic. Fl. Germ. v. t. 167. — Multicaulis, caulibus decumbeutibus,
foliis longe petiolatis cordato-orbicularibus leviter iobatis
crenatis, peduuculis defloratis deflexis, sepalis triangularibus vel
ovatis acutis, corolla calyce duplo longiore miguibus petalormn
barbatis, carpellis pubescentibus dorso rotundatis.
Hab. Europe ! Nortb Africa! Nortb and West Asia to India!
Stems 6 in. to 2 ft. long ; leaves 1-3 in. ; bracts ^-\ in. ; sepals
^ in. ; petals ^ in.
Var. RETICULATA Mastcrs in Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 320. M. rotundi-
folia var. a. W. & A. Prod. i. p. 45. — Corolla calyce longiore,
carpellis glabris reticulatis.
Hab. Bengal ! Nortb-west Himalayas !
10. M. BOEEALis Wallm. in Liljebl. Sw. Fl. ed. 2, p. 218 ; Eng.
Bot. ed. 3, t. 283 ; Rcbb. Ic. t. 20 ; Fl. Danica, t. 1825. M. pusilla
Witb. Eng. Bot. ed. 3, t. 241. M. rotundi/olia L, p. p. M. rotiindifolia
Fries, Nov. Fl. Suec. p. 218. M. j'an-ifiora Huds. Fl. Ang.
p. 307, non L. M. Hennhiyii Gold. Mosq. p. 133. M. crenata Kit.
in Sadl. Pest. ed. 2, p. 305. Al. pseudoburealis Scbur, Enum. PI.
Trans, p. 130. M. rottindifoUa Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 181. M.
rutundifolia var. ft. W. & A. Prod. i. p. 45. M. rotundi/olia var.
borealis Masters in Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 320. — Multicaulis, caulibus
prostratis adscendentibus, foliis longe petiolatis cordato-orbicularibus
Iobatis, pedunculis defloratis declinatis, sepalis triangularibus erectis,
petalis calyce sublongioribus leviter emarginatis, carpellis glabris
vel minute pubescentibus reticulato-rugosis margine acutis integris.
Hab. Nortb Europe ! Siberia ! India !
Stem 6 in. to 2 ft. long; leaves 1-2 in. ; bracts ^ in. ; sepals
^ in. ;
petals ^ in.
Like M. rotund ifolia, but tbe leaves are ratber less deeply lobed,
the petals sborter, and the sculpturing of tbe carpels different.
11. M. PARviFLORA L. ; DC. Prod. i. 433 ; Jacq. Hort. Vindob.
t. 39. M. marcutica Delil. in DC. Prod. i. 433. J/, curonata Pomel,
Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. p. 346. M. simijliciuscula Steud. in Flora
(1856), p. 426. M. rotundifolia E. & Z. ISI. microcarpa E. & Z.
M. Jh'xudsa E. & Z.—Uni- vel multicaulis plus minusvc pilosis, foliis
longe petiolatis cordato-orbicularibus obsolete 5-7-lobatis, bructeolis
brevibus, sepalis accrescentibus erotundatis mucronatis, petalis
retusis calyce sublougiorilnis cocrulcsceutis ungue glabro, carpellis
glabris aut pubescentibus dorso transverse
acuto alato eximie dentato.
elevato-rugosis margine
Hab. South Europe !
to AfglianisUui I and
Persia!
Madeira!
Marocco ! Algeria! Egypt
Stem 1-2 ft. high; leaves 1-2 iu. long; bracts ^ in. ; sepals
J in. ; petals ^ in.