ACAULESCENT SPECIES OF MALVASTRUM. 221 
ECUADOR: Andes of Quito, on the road from Guamote to Achupallas, 
about 4000 m., Jameson (Herb. Kew.)! (Те. in Hook. Ic. Pl. iv. t. 385.) 
Рево: Dep. Cajamarca, Coymolache Pass above Hualgayoc, 4000-4100 m., 
Weberbauer, 3993 (Herb. Berol.) ! 
The confusion which has arisen between this species from Ecuador and 
Northern Peru and its supposed variety В. lobulatum, which is М. nubigena, 
is explained in the note under M. nubigena. Baker fil., l. с. р. 171, cites 
the localities for M. parnassiefolium as Ecuador and Bolivia, apparently 
following the geography given in the * Chloris Andina, where (ii. p. 276) 
the habitat of the species is not distinguished from that of the * variety." 
This species is closely related to M. alismatifolium and further notes are 
given in connection with that species. These two species are distinguished 
from all ethers by the usually entire leaves. 
According to the note in Hookers ‘Icones’ (J. с.) this plant was 
observed only in places where the turf produced a herbage of very stunted 
growth. 
4. MALVASTRUM ALISMATIFOLIUM, К. Schum. et Hieron. in Engl. Bot. 
Jahrb. xxi. (1895) p. 318. 
PERU : between Расазтауо and Moyobamba, Punas near Centamal and 
Стаса, Stübel, 39 (Herb. Berol.) ! 
This species and M. parnassiefolium, A. Gray, which has been collected 
in the Dep. of Cajamarca, N. Peru, by Weberbauer, and also in the mountains 
of Ecuador by Jameson, are closely related, Weberbauer's specimens being 
of a somewhat intermediate type. М. alismatifolium is distinguished by its 
elongated, obovate, acute leaves with entire margins and by the acuminate 
sepals. In both species the peduncles are often longer than the petioles, and 
in M. alismatifolium 2-flowered peduncles may be found. The fruits are 
more or less reticulately wrinkled on the back and glabrous except for a 
small apical tuft of hairs. 
9. MALVASTRUM BETONICÆFOLIUM, A. W. /[ill.— Fruticulus depressus ; 
caudex subterraneus. Folia rosulata, solo adpressa ; petiolus 3-7 em. longus, 
plus minusve dense pilosus; stipule membranaceæ, lanceolatæ, acutæ, 
1-1:5 em. longæ ; lamina ambitu ovata, basi cordata, 1:5-2:5 em. longa, 
1:5-2 em. lata, margine crenata, subglabra, nervis subtus præsertim parce 
pilosis. Flores singuli, pedunculis 2-5 ст. longis supra præsertim dense 
strigoso-hirsutis ; involucrum persistens, prophyllis 2, linearibus acutis vel 
ovato-lanceolatis acutis membranaceis glabris. Calyz 8 mm. longus, ad 
medium 5-lobus, segmentis ovato-lanceolatis acutis extra basi et ad margines 
parce pilosis intra tomentosis. Corolla purpurea; petala 1:3 em. longa, 
