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Malva.] XXVI. MALVAGE-s:. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 321 



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^ 4. M. parvlflora, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 433 ; a spreading herb, slightly 

 downy, peduncles spreading after flowering, claw of petal glabrous, Boiss. 

 ilw. Orient, i. 820. 



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North-West Himalaya, alt. 1-2000 ft., Uppbr Bengal, Sindh and the Panjab. 

 l^iSTRiB. Europe, the Levant, Arabia, Nubia. 



A comparatively small spreading herb. Leaves roundish, obsoletelj lobed ; peduncles 

 8 ort. Bracteoles linear. Sepals broad, acute. Petals notched, scarcely exceeding the 

 •egals. Carpels wrinkled, . 



3* XHAZiVASTRUM, A. Gray. 



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tierbs or nndershrubs. Leaves entire or divided. Inflorescence axillary or 

 tr™Tu ^^<^i^oles 3, narrow. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-parted. Petals longer 

 t H ^^^^^^P^^s. StaminaUube antheriferous to the summit, with no sterile 



Sn> f D^^ ^ ^^ more-celled; styles as 



l^ t ^^' *^ <^^^pels separating from a short torus, inaeniscent, i-seeaea, 

 ^ Q A J^^** >6eec? ascending. —DiSTRiB. About 60 species^ all American 

 ^la b. African except 2, which are widely distributed throughout tlie 

 tropics of both hemispheres. 



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M. TEicuspiDA TUM, A. Graij PI. Wright, 16 ; hairs simple, carpels with 

 i 430 ^ projecting points. Malva tricuspidata, Ait. ; DC Prodr. 



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La!"^"®?^'^^ of Bengal and Madras, introduced.— Distrib. Tropics of both hemi- 

 spberea and Australia. 



ftatlTer^^^ l^ranching herb, 2-3 ft. high. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, irregularly toothed, 

 lite.'vfiT'iv -^^^^^'^Uif^. Peduncles \~\\n. Bracteoles ubxtovt , CWZ^.r campanu* 

 ^ ^nu. inhog triangular acute. Petals yellow. Carpels 8-12, reniforra. 



anm;i^^^^\^' ^- Gray PI Fendler, 22: hairs stellate, carpels rounded or 

 ^guiar not beaked. Malva spicata, Z. ; DC. Prodr. i. 430. 



iW??^ P^'^^ ^^ ^°*^^^ introduced ; Mergui, G nffitk— BmrmB. Tropics of both henii- 



^(mt^^\^ ^^A^' ^~^ ^' *^'S^- ^^^^^^s ovate, acute, rrenate-serrate, sonirtimes lobed. 

 jellow c T^ ^erniiual leafy spike. Bracteolcs narrow. Sepals acuminate. Petals 

 • ^^^i^^^ 8-12, pubescent. 



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3.** ANODA, Cav. 



^raSl^ ^^^^^- -^««^^« hastate-lobed. I'Zow'm on long axillary peduncles. 

 tube. Sv ^^^y^ 5-parted, segments spreading. Petah 5. Stanuml- 

 styles la "^ ^'^^^ numerous filaments at the top. Omry many-celled ; 

 «»-iDe/, o "^^iiy as the cells of the ovary: ovules 1 in each cell, tape 

 An Amp?^''''*^"^ from the axis, bursting irregularly, l-seeded.-DiSTRiB. 



erican genus of 8 species, not indigenous in India. 



Wr^ T.?^^' ^- ' ^0. Prodr. i. 458 ; thinly clothed with appresse.l 

 ^^gest. ^^ ovate-cordate hastate 5-lobed, lobes deltoid central one 



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^eSnas^lJ'Jf ^8 in NonxH-WESTERN India and the Western Penissdla, but not in- 



^i"»- ^-fLI r^'St. thinly beset with appressed hairs. Leaves 2-3 in ; petioles 

 '&«^5 brS °^^'"' 4 ^°- 'o"g- PeduncleW in., 1-flowered. i^/ower« U in. diam. 

 Petals p urDU 1 ^ °^**^^' ^^ute, spreading, connate at the base into a shallow tube. 

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