84 24. MA.LVACE.2B. 



2. Malva sylvestris. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 689 ; DC. Prodr. 

 i. p. 432; Masters in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 320 ; Debeaux, 

 Fl. Tchef. p. 32. 



Malva mauritiana, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 689 ; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. 

 in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 469. 



Malva mauritiana, |3. sinensis, DC. Prodr. i. p. 432. 



Malva sinensis, Cav. Diss. ii. p. 77, t. 25. fig. 4. 



Chihli : near Peking (Bunge !) ; Shantung : Chefoo (ex De- 

 beaux) ; Shensi (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.). Herb. Kew. 



"Widely spread in the north temperate regions of the Old 

 World. 



3. Malva verticillata, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 689 ; DC. Prodr. 

 i. p. 433 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 422 ; Masters in Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. i. p. 320. 



Malva pulchella, Bernh. ; Turcz. Fl. Ross. i. p. 436 ; Maxim. Ind. Fl. 

 Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 469 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 58. 



Malva chinensis, MM. Diet. ed. 8, n. 6; DC. Prodr. i. p. 436. 



Chihli : Peking (BretscJineider !) ; Kiangsi : Kiukiang 

 (Shearer !) ; Shensi (Piasezki ex Maximowicz). Mus. Brit. ; 

 Herb. Kew. 



Widely spread in the northern temperate and subtropical 

 regions of the Old World. 



We have been able to identify Miller's M. chinensis, from a 

 specimen . in the Kew Herbarium, from Bishop Goodenough's 

 herbarium, grown in the Chelsea Botanic G-arden in 1732. 



1. Malvastrum tricuspidatum, A. Gray, PI. Wright, i. p. 16 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 32 ; Seem. Bot, Toy. 'Herald,' p. 365, excl. 

 syn. Sida carpinifolia. 



Malvastrum carpinifolium, A. Gr. in PI. Fendl. p. 22 (excl. syn. Sida 

 carpinifolia et S. planicaulis), fide A. Gr. in PI. Wright, i. p. 16. 



Malvastrum ruderale, Hance in Walp. Ann. iii. p. 830. 



Fokien : Foochow (Perry !) ; Hongkong (Hance !). Herb. 

 Kew. 



This is now very widely dispersed in tropical and subtropical 

 and even some temperate regions, though believed to be of 

 American origin. 



1. Sida acuta, Burm. Fl. Ind. p. 137 (1768); Benth. Fl. 

 Hongk. p. 32. 



Sida carpinifolia, Linn.f. Suppl. p. 307 (1781); DC. Prodr. i. p. 461 ; 

 Mast, in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 323. 



