ACAULESCENT SPECIES OF MALVASTRUM. 223. 
exiguum instructa. Carpella reniformia, glabra, muricata (Gray), matura 
non visa, verrucosa (Matthews). 
Malva rhizantha, Wedd. Chl. And. ii. p. 276. 
Malvastrum rhizanthum, Baker fil. in Journ. Bot. xxix. p. 171. 
Peru: Andes above Вайоз, Pickering (Herb. Gray); Cerro Pasco, 
Matthews, 911 (Herb. Kew.) ! Matthews, 894 (Herb. Mus. Brit.) ! 
The plants are glabrous throughout except on the inside of the calyx. 
Weddell, /. с. p. 276, suggests that the species is allied to his variety of 
Malva parnassiwfolia= Malvastrum nubigena. The fruits in the two species 
are certainly similar, but the orbieular leaves in M. rhizanthum have a 
regular crenate margin and are not deeply lobed as in M. nubigena ; the 
flowers also are small and somewhat inconspicuous. 
8. MALVASTRUM NUBIGENA, Baker fil. in Journ, Bot. xxix. (1891) p. 172 ; 
deser. emend. et ampl.—Fruticulus depressus ; caudex subterraneus, lignosus, 
firmus. olia rosulata, solo adpressa ; petiolus 1-7 cm. longus, glaber; 
stipule lanceolate, acute, 9 mm.-L:2 cm. longæ ; lamina ambitu ovata vel 
oblonga, basi cuneata vel cordata, 1-3 ст. longa, 9 mm.—2°5 cm. lata, 
supra glabra, subtus subglabra vel nervis præsertim et foliis junioribus 
strigoso-hirsuta, 5-7-lobata, lobis irregulariter plus minusve profunde crenatis 
vel lobuliformis margine ciliatis. lores singuli, pedunculis 1-9 ст. longis 
glabris vel parce pilosis; involucrum caducum, prophyllis 1-3, 3-6 mm. 
longis linearibus vel filiformis glabris vel parce pilosis. Саух 5-8 mm. 
longus, sub medio 5-lobus, segmentis 3-5 mm. longis triangulari-ovatis 
acutis, extra glaber, segmentis intus parce pilosis. Corolla violacea, basi 
purpurea, 1:4-2 em. longa; petala oblongo-obovata, 6-8 mm. lata, truncata 
vel rotundata, basi in tubum circa 1 mm. longum coalita. Stamina in caput 
corymbosum instructa, filamentis longis. ^ Carpella circa 10, reniformia, 
dorso verrueulosa, glabra. 
Sida nubigena, Walp. Nov. Act. xix. Suppl. 1. p. 807. 
Malva nubigena, Wedd. Chl. And. ii. p. 276. 
Malva parnassiwfolia, В. lobulata, Wedd. Chl. And. и. p. 275; Bull. Soc. 
Bot. Fr. xii. (1865) p. 82. 
ANototriche incisa, Turez. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, xxxvi. (1863) 
р. 567 ; cf. Hill, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxxvii. (1906) рр. 576-578. 
Malvastrum parnassirfolium, А. Gray, В. lobulata, Wedd., Baker fil. in 
Journ. Bot. xxix. (1891) p. 171. 
Реко: in planitie circa Tissaloma, 4570 m., Meyen (Herb. Berol.) ! 
Bozivia : Lagunillas de Potosi à Oruro, D’ Orbigny, 1355 (Herb. Mus. 
Paris.)! Prov. Omasuyos, near Guarina and Penas, 4000 m., Mandon, 810 ! 
Hillsides near Acacache, 3960—4120 ın, А. W. Hill, 79 (Herb. Kew.)' 
Vila-aeque plateau near La Paz, 4000 m., À. Hauthal, 328 (Herb. Berol.) t 
