









478 



MR. JOHN BALL ON THE 

























F 









i 





























! 







MALYACE.E 



102. Sida sulphurea, A. Gray, PI. Fendl. 23, = Malva 



Hooh. Bot. JUisc 



Malvastrum 



reum, Griseb. Symb. 43. Though not, as I believe, anywhere 

 common, this species has a wide range on the east and west sides 

 of the continent. 



" Grows on the plains, flowers bright 



Spioiralcea 



purple or magenta." — W. 



64. Sph^ralcea ? " From the plains ; flowers bright 



crimson. 



W. Andrews. I have no doubt that this and the last 

 are forms of the same species, but I am not able with certainty 

 to refer them to any of those described. The very numerous 



Malvacerp of toirmprntn Smith Amp.riVn. psnertiallv those belong- 



Malva. Svhceralcea. MalvasU 



urgently require careful examination by a botanist who can study 

 the living forms ; from incomplete herbarium specimens it is 

 often difficult to fix even the generic position. These specimens 

 are certainly nearly allied to SpJiceralcea bonariensis, Griseb. PL 

 Lor. 4s5,z=Maha lonariensis, Cav. I find it impossible to fix the 

 limits between that species and 8. cisplatina, St.-Hil. PL Us. 

 t. 52, and 8. obtusiloba, G. Don, Gen. Syst. i. 465,= Malva o~ 



Mag 



These are all very van 



iable 



plants, especially the last, from which I think it is impossible to 



* 



Mr 



Gill., MSS. in Herb. Kew. The specimens sent by 

 have the lobes of the leaf more sharply cut than in any of the 

 forms above enumerated, but I should conjecturally refer them 

 nil to a single very variable species which extends to both sides 

 of the S. American continent, and which may best bear the name 

 Sphj:ralcea bonariensis. 



22. Sphjeralcea ? "Blossom of a brilliant scarlet or 



deep crimson, like a minute poppy ; found in clay soil on low 

 plains, especially near burrows of the Vizcacha"— W. Andrews. 

 This is doubtless allied to S. lonariensis, but cannot, I think, be 

 referred to that species. The stem, which is woody at the base, 

 is divided into numerous feeble trailing branches, the leaves are 

 small pinnato-lobate with narrow segments, hoary on both faces. 

 This is possibly an abnormal form growing in manured soil near 

 the burrows ; the foliage much resembles that of a small specimen 













■ 



■ 











