MALVACE., 
5 A. wirsu‘ra (Lin. spec. 965.) leaves cordate, clothed with 
rough hairs, but glabrous on the upper surface, lower ones 
lobed, upper ones 3-5-lobed; stem hispid ; peduncles 1-flowered, 
longer than the leaves. ©. H. Native of many parts of 
Europe, particularly France, Italy, Spain, and Austria, in 
hedges. In England in hedges and cultivated fields near Cob- 
ham Hall in Kent. Cav. diss. 2. p. 95. t. 28. f. 1. Jacq. hort. 
vind. t. 125. austr. t. 170. Flowers very pale blush-coloured. 
Hairy Marsh-Mallow. Fl. Ju. July. England. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
_ 6 A. Lupwren (Lin. mant. 98.) leaves glabrous, cordate- 
roundish, lobed, and toothed; pedicels axillary, crowded, 1- 
flowered; calyxes villous. ©. H. Native of Sicily and 
Egypt. Cav. diss. 2. p. 96. t. 30. f. 3. icon. 2. t. 29. f. 1. 
Flowers white or blush-coloured, smaller than those of A. hir- 
suta. 
Ludnig’s Marsh-Mallow. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1791. Pl. 1 ft. 
Sect. II. Atce‘a (from adxn, alke, remedy; the Alcéa of the 
ancients was a kind of Mallow. The present plants have the 
' appearance, taste, and emollient effects of the Marsh-Mallom.) 
Lin. gen. no. 840. Lam. ill. t. 581. D. C. prod. 1. p. 437. 
Carpels surrounded by a membranaceous furrowed margin. In- 
volucel 6 or 7-cleft. 
7 A. acav'iis (Cav. diss. 2. t. 27. f. 3.) plant almost stemless ; 
leaves roundish-cordate, somewhat 5-angled, crenated ; pedicels 
1-flowered, much shorter than the petioles; petals emarginate, 
bearded at the base. ©.H. Native of Syria. Flowers pale- 
yellow. 
Stemless Hollyhock. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1680. Pl. 4 ft. 
8 A. Carisz'a (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1916.) stem straight, 
hispid; leaves cordate, roundish, lobed, crenate-serrated ; flowers 
solitary, almost sessile ; petals somewhat obcordate, with bearded 
claws ; stigmas diffuse. g¢.H. Native of the Caribbee Islands. 
Flowers rose-coloured, with a yellow base. 
Caribbean Hollyhock. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1816. Pl. 3 ft. 
9 A. srria'ra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 437.) stem puberulous, and 
somewhat scabrous ; leaves cordate, bluntly 3-lobed, crenated ; 
flowers solitary, on short pedicels; involucel one-half shorter 
than the inner calyx ; lobes of calyx with 7-stripes ; petals ob- 
cordate, 2-lobed. ¢.H. Native? Flowers pale, 24 inches 
in diameter. 
Striped-calyxed Hollyhock. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.? Pl. 5 ft. 
10 A. pa’tuipa (Walds. et Kit. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 773.) 
stem erect, hispid; leaves roundish, cordate ; involucel equal in 
length to the calyx ; petals 2-lobed. &. H. Native of Hun- 
gary. Flowers whitish-purple. 
frale-Boweresl Hollyhock. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1805. Pl. 4 to 
6 feet. 
11 A. Leuca’nTHA (Fisch, in litt.) leaves roundish-cordate, 
d-angled or 3-lobed, crenate, roughly pilose ; stem, petioles, 
and peduncles hispid ; racemes bractless, naked ; flowers twin ; 
petals cuneate, emarginate. &. H. Native of the Altaian 
Mountains. A. nudiflora, Lindl. in hort. trans. 7. p. 251. Leaves 
large. Involucre 6-7-cleft, half as long as the calyx. Flowers 
white, with a greenish-yellow base. 
White-flowered Hollyhock. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. Pl. 
6 feet. 
12 A. Frotovia'na (Fisch. mss.). 
Russian empire. This plant was introduced to the 
1824, but has never flowered. 
Frolove’s Hollyhock. PI. 6 feet? 
13 A. rdsEA (Cay. diss. 2. t. 29. f. 3.) stem straight, hairy ; 
leaves cordate, with 5 or 7 angles, crenated, rough ; flowers axil- 
lary, sessile, somewhat spiked at the top; petals a little cre- 
nated, with villous claws. ¢.H. Native of the Levant. Alcéa 
rosea, Lin. spec. 966. Mill. fig. Ludw. ect. t. 42. Knor. del. 
&. H. Native of the 
gardens in 
VI. ALTHEA. 467 
1. t. R.15. Flowers rose-coloured, large. All the varieties of 
Hollyhock have originated from this plant. The flowers are 
either singie or double, white, red, scarlet, yellow, buff-coloured, 
blackish-red, seldom variegated. Although the double varieties 
of Hollyhock are not constant, yet where the seeds are carefully 
saved from the most double flowers, the greatest number of the 
plants will arise nearly the same as the plants from which they 
were taken, provided no plant with single or bad-coloured 
flowers are permitted to grow nearthem. ‘Therefore if any such 
appear, they should be removed from the good ones, that their 
pollen may not spread into the other flowers, which would cause 
them to degenerate. 
Var. B ? biloba (D. C. prod. 1. p. 437.) petals bluntly 2-lobed. 
$. H. This plant sometimes occurs in gardens under the 
name of 4. grandiflora, although the flowers are much smaller 
than in var. a. 
Rose or Common Hollyhock. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1573. Pl. 
8 feet. 
14 A. Stne’nsts (Cav. diss. 2. t. 29. f. 3.) stem straight, 
glabrous, branched at the bottom; leaves cordate, scabrous, 
crenated, angular ; flowers axillary, sessile, spiked at the apex 
of the branches; petals somewhat crenated, with villous claws. 
©. H. Native of China. Differing from 4. rdsea in the plant 
being annual, dwarfer, and the flowers a little larger. Flowers 
rose-coloured. 
China Hollyhock. Fl. July. Clt. 1818. Pl. 3 or 4 feet. 
15 A. Arrica‘na (Lour. fl. coch. p. 421. under Alcéa.) stem 
shrubby, hispid ; leaves 3-lobed, crenated ;_ flowers solitary, axil- 
lary, stalked ; involucel and calyx 6-parted. h.G. Native of 
the Eastern coast of Africa. Flowers scarlet. Carpels 5. 
African Hollyhock. Shrub 4 feet. 
16 A. Coromanpewia‘na (Cav. diss. 2. p. 93.) tomentose ; 
stem erect; leaves somewhat triangular, crenated, obtuse, 5- 
nerved, somewhat 3-lobed ; flowers solitary, almost sessile, axil- 
lary; petals broad-oblong.—Native of Pondicheri. Flowers 
flesh-coloured. 
Coromandel Hollyhock. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 
17 A. rrexudsa (Sims, bot. mag. t. 892.) stem somewhat 
flexuous, hispid; leaves cordate, somewhat 7-lobed, obtuse, on 
long footstalks ; flowers axillary, solitary, stalked ; petals ob- 
cordate. Y%.S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers scarlet. 
Flexuous-stemmed Hollyhock. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1803. 
Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
18 A. ricrroxta (Cav. diss. 2. p. 92. t. 28. f. 2.) stem erect, 
pilose ; leaves divided beyond the middle into 7 lobes; lobes 
oblong, obtuse, irregularly toothed ; involucel almost one-half 
shorter than the calyx. ¢.H. Native of Siberia at the Don. 
Alcéa ficifdlia, Lin. spec. 697.—Knor. del. 2. t. A—Blackw. 
herb. t. 54. Flowers large, single or double, generally yellow 
or orange-coloured, in terminal spikes. 
Fig-leaved or Antwerp Hollyhock. Fl. June, Sep. Cit. 1597. 
Pl. 6 feet. 
19 A. Lavarer#rouia (D. C. prod. 1. p. 437.) stem erect, 
pilose; leaves tomentose on both surfaces, palmately-lobed 
beyond the middle ; lobes oblong, obtuse, irregularly toothed ; 
involucels nerved, nearly equal in length with the calyx. &? H. 
Native at the bottom of mount Libanon near Seyde. Flowers 
yellow ? 
Lavatera-leaved Hollyhock. PI. 2 to 6 feet. 
Secr. III. Arpum'a (meaning unknown.) D. C. prod. 1. p. 
437. Carpels wrinkled from small nerves, not marginated. 
Involucel 5-cleft. 
20 A. Burcue’tiu (D. C. prod. 1. p. 438.) stem erect, 
pilose ; leaves cordate, somewhat 5-lobed, grossly toothed, vel- 
vety ; pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, pilose, hardly shorter than 
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