-MALVACES, 113 
10. PERIPTERA. 
Periptera, DC. Prodr. i. p. 459; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 199. 
1. Periptera punicea, DC. Prodr. i. p. 459. 
Sida periptera, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1644. 
Anoda punicea, Lag. Nov. Gen. et Sp. t. 21. 
Mexico 2? 
Bentham and Hooker refer this with a doubt to Abutilon. 
11. SPH ZRALCEA. 
Spheralcea, St.-Hil. Pl. Us. Bras. t. 52 (Spheroma, Schl.); Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. 
p. 204. | 
Herbs, undershrubs, or shrubs. About twenty-five species, whereof four are South- 
African, and the rest American, some North and some South. 
1. Sphzralcea angustifolia, St.-Hil. | 
Malwa angustifolia, Cav. Diss. i. p. 64, t. 20; Bot. Mag. t. 2839. 
Spheroma angustifolium, Schl. in Linnea, x1. p. 353. 
Texas, New Mexico, Catrrornia—Norta Mexico, Fronteras, Sonora (Thurber), 
Saltillo, Nuevo Leon (Platz), Zacatecas (Hartweg), region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 
to 3000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 83, 84, and 85) ; SourH Mexico, near the city of Mexico 
and Pachuca (Ehrenberg), Yotla (Andrieuz, 515), Oaxaca (Ghiesbreght, 64), Real del 
Monte (Coulter, 838), and without localities (Bates, Mackenzie, Graham, &c.). 
Hb. Kew. 
2. Spheralcea emoryi, Nutt. in Gray, Pl. Fendl. p. 23. 
Norra Mexico, Rinconada. and Saltillo (Gregq). 
3, Spheralcea fendleri, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. i. p. 21. | | 
New Mexico, Catirornia.—Norra Mexico, Santa Cruz, Sonora (Thurber). Hb. 
Ke Ww. 
A, Spheeralcea filicaulis, Torr. et Gray, Fl. N. Amer. i, p. 232. 
Var. setosa. 
Norra Mexico, Chihuahua and Monterey (Gregg). 
The typical form is a native of Texas. 
5. Spheralcea floribunda, Walp. Rep. ii. p. 789. 
Spheroma jloribundum, Schl. in Linnea, xi. p. 353. 
Sourn Mexico, Oaxaca, 7000 feet (Galeotti, 4088). Hb. Kew. 
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