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342 SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF HALVED.
p. CEisTATA Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 821. M. microcarpa Desf. Cat.
Hort. Paris, ed. 1, p. 144; Eclib. Ic. Fl. Germ. v. t. 166.—
Carpellorum rugis magis elevatis marginibus in cristulas proniinentibus.
Hab. Spain ! Italy ! South France ! Egypt ! Babylon
y, EiBiFOLiA Lowe, Fl. Madeira, p. 590. — Foliis acute serratis,
petiolis pedunculisque longis tenuissimis.
Hab. Madeira. Sta. Cruz
2. FLExuosA = M. fexuosa Horn. Hafn. ii. p. 655. — Foliis
cordato-orbicularibus 7-lobatis crenatis, floribus axillaribus sub-
sessilibus.
Hab. Sicily.
12. M. vERTiciLLATA L. ; DC. Prod. i. 433 ; Masters in Fl. Brit.
Ind. i. p. 320; Eng. Bot. iii. t. 284. M. neilyherremis Wight, Ic.
t. 950. M. alchemiUcBfolia Wall. Cat. 1884, d. M. pulchella Bernh.
M. chinensis Mill. Diet. no. 6. — Caule erecto ramoso glabro vel
pubescente, foliis cordato-suborbicularibus 5-6-lobatis petiolis
longis, floribus parvis subsessilibus dense verticillatis, sepalis
ovatis acutis accrescentibus, petalis calyce pauIo longioribus,
carpellis 10-12 dorso et prsesertim marginibus transverse rugosis
faciebus reticulatis.
Hab. Europe (doubtfully native). Abyssinia ! Egypt ! India !
Amoor Land ! China
Stem 2-4 ft. high; leaves 1-3 in. or occasionally 5 in. long;
petiole 5-7 in. ; bracts ^ in. ; sepals ^ in. ;
M. crispa L., Echb. Ic. Fl. Germ. v.
petals ^-^ in.
t. 161, is a cultivated
form of this plant.
Var. ABYSSiNicA = M. abyssinica A. Br. MSS. !
Hochst.—Foliis prsesertim summis acute lobatis,
Hab. Abyssinia
M.
physaloides
13. M. oxYLOBA Boiss. Diagn. Ser. 1, viii. p. 109; Fl. Or. i.
p. 821. — Glabriuscula, caulibus diffusis, foliis sinu angustissimo
cordato-subrotundo- 3-5-fidis vel partitis segmentis obovatocuueatis
in lacinulas lanceolatas acutissimas integras vel trifidas
IDrofunde fissis, peduncuhs brevibus fructiferis patulis, floribus
axillaribus aggregatis, bracteolis setaceis calyce fructifero accrete
patenti lobis ovato-triaugularibus, petalis truncato-retusis calyce
sublongioribus, carpellis glabris transverse et elevatim rugosis
reticulatis marginibus elevato-dentatis.
Hab. Palestine ! Cyprus
Sect. 3. BibracteolatiB DC. Prod. i. p. 431.—Bracteolse 2. Floras
axillares solitarii.
14. M. HisPANicA L. ; DC. Prod. i. 431 ; Desf. Fl. Atl. t. 170;
Willk. & Lange, Fl. Hisp. iii. p. 573. M. cuneij'ulia Cav. ; DC.
Prod. i. p. 431. — Uni- vel multicaulis, caulibus ramosis villosis,
foliis inferioribus longe petiolatis seniiorbicularibus serratis superi-
oribus breviter petiolatis subrhomboideis, bracteolis lanceolatis
calyce brevioribus, sepalis triangularibus acuminatis, petalis emarginatis,
carpellis glabris dorso rotuudatis.