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XXVI. MALVACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 



\Lavatera> 



late. Peduncles about equalling the leaves. Bracteoles 3, broadly ovate, acute, com- 

 bined at the base. Sepals lanceolate, longer than the brkcteoles. Corolla 3 in. diam., 

 pink; petals cuneate, deeply 2-tid. Staminal column villous. Carpels reuiform, smooth, 

 flhorter than the projecting torus. 



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3. MALVA, Linn. 



Downy herbs. Leaves lobed. Flowers in axillary tufts. Bracteolesi^ 

 distinct. Sepals 5, connate at the base. Petals emarginate, connate at the 

 extreme base. Stamiual'tuhe 3Lnt\ieTileT0us to the top, without sterile teeth. 

 Ovary many-celled ; styles as many as the carpels, stigmas linear j ?"^J^^ 

 1 in each celL Iii2>e carpels I-seeded, indehiscent, separating from a short 

 conical torus. Seed ascending. — Distrib. Temperate regions of the OW 

 World. Species about 16; many are widely diflfused by cultivation, ifcc. 

 None of the Indian species are endemic. • 



1. M. verticillata, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 433; an erect annual or peren- 

 nial, pubescent, flowers nearly sessile in dense axillary clusters. WalLt<u. 

 1879, 1884, 3, 4. M. neilgherrensis, Wigfd Ic. t. 950. M. alchemillsefoiia, 

 Wall Cat. 1884, d. 



Temperate Himalaya, ascending to 6-12,000 ft., from Assam and Sikki™ to 

 Kumaon and Lahul ; Nilghiris Mrs., in corn fields, Wight. — Distkib. Europe, AbjssimA, 

 Egypt, Anioor land, China. 



6-7 in. Flowers small, nearly sessile, densely crowded. 



, 5-6-lobed, downy 

 Bracteoles linear. 



Sepcdt 



deltoid lanceolate. P(i/aZ« notched, slightly longer than the sepals. Cafpeh ^^'V 

 enclosed within the accrescent calyx, netted on the sides, prominently ribbed at tiw 

 back. 



• 2. M. sUvestris, Z. ; DC. Prodr. i. 432 ; an erect nearly g^^^ous hei|, 

 peduncles as long or longer than the flowers erect or ascending. ^<^^ 

 Flor. Client, i. 819. ,t : 



Western Temperate Himalaya, from Knmaon, alt. 2500 ft., to Kashmib and tW 

 Eanjab.— DibTRiB. Europe, N. Africa, Siberia. i, ^ ndet 



Annual, J -3 ft. high. Leaves cordate, rounded, lobed; petiole 4-5 m. ^f^J^^ 

 about 1 m. Bracteoles ov Ait ^ entire, shorter than the bell-shaped cahfX.^ CoroUa n 

 diam. Petals notched, claw-' 



VAR. 1. TtiaUTltUlna f Carpeio icLnjuiateu, t^iaurous. iK. /««(*/ (c/frMitw, *- — - 



Cav. Diss.ii. 25, f. 2 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 181 ; W. & A. Prodr. i. 45 ; Wall. Cat 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 819.— Bengal. Western Peninsula. M. ciliata, Wall. Cat- l»'^ 

 Var. 2. eriocarpa, Boisbier Fl. Orient, i. 819 ; carpels reticulated do wny •— Hini^*^^ 



3. HI. rotundifnlin.. T. • n/r p>.^^^ ; a'^q • ^ a .qnreading ter , 



te, entire, shorter than the bell-shaped caLiix. i^orui^^ t 

 w-bearded. Carpels reiiculated, downy or glabrous. ^^^^ 

 •pels reticulated, dabrous. M, mauritiana, DC. I rodj. . ' 



,na 



Nokth-West Provinces; Kumaon and Sindii.— Djstrib. Europe, W. Asia. . j^ 

 A much^branched herb, sparingly villous. Leaves suborbicular, lobed, crenate , y 

 e-7 in Peduncles I^ in. Bracteoles lanceolate half the length of the I'^'f ^ {^-^b of 

 shaped sepals. Corolla 1 in. diam. Petals wedcreahaped, notched, twice the leu^ , , 

 the sepals. Bipe carpels downy, flat or wrinkled"! • . ,,„ ^^Mei 



Var. 1. horealin : nptnla anarr^a)-,, «-.,„„^.i: *i,. »««..i,. /.ofnalo 



wnii 



and netted. M. rotund, folia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 181; i- „ o * i«n* ',- 



Flor. Orient, i. 820 ; M. rotuvdifolia var. /3, W. & A. Prod. i. 45 ; Wall. Cat. 1»»*' , 

 M.parvKJlora, Huds. not of Linn.— Bengal, Mysore. . , , M ro<««*- 



J. 7,^^- ^- reticulata; petals exceeding the calyx; carpels glabrous, -wnnklecl, -ai-^.^.. 



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