-Malvastrum.] MALVACE (Harv.) 161 
4, M. strictum (Gray & Harv.); shrubby, straight and erect, the 
whole plant rough with short, rigid, stellate hairs ; leaves ovate, obtuse 
or sub-acute, somewhat 3-lobed, crenate or denticulate, the middle lobe 
longer, lateral lobes often obsolete ; stipules ovate or oblong ; peduncles 
axillary, one-flowered ; invol. leaflets narrow-linear, sub-remote, much 
shorter than the cuspidate calyx-lobes ; carpels glabrous. Malva stricta, 
Jacq. Hort, Schoenb, 3. t.294. DC. Prod. 1. p.434. M. amoena, E, & 
Z.! ex parte. 
Has. Hill sides, Uitenhage, Zeyher / 1967., E.G Z. (Herb. T.C.D., Sond.). 
3-4 feet high, very rigid, virgate, harsh to the touch. Nearly related to M. Capense 
and also to M@. asperrimum, but much rougher than the former, and its pubescence 
much shorter and less stellate, and its leaves less deeply cut than in the latter. 
Flowers purplish-rosy. Our specimens pretty nearly agree with Jacquin’s figure. 
5. M. asperrimum (Gray & Harv.); shrubby, virgate, the whole plant 
densely covered with rigid, harsh, stellate bristles; leaves ovate-oblong, 
somewhat 5-lobed, undulate and toothed, corrugated above, prominently 
nerved below, the middle lobe much the longest and acute, the lateral 
lobes obtuse or obsolete ; stipules broadly subulate or lanceolate ; 
peduncles axillary, 2-4-flowered ; invol. leaflets narrow-linear, shorter 
than the deltoid-acute calyx lobes ; carpels covered with stellate bristles. 
Malva asperrima, Jacq. Schoenb. 2. t. 139. DC. Prod. 1. p. 434. 
Var. 8. stellatum; leaves narrower, more deeply lobed, the lobes 
inciso-dentate. JM. stellata, Thunb. fide E. § Z.286. M. corymbosa, E. 
Mey.? M. bryoniefolia, Drege! (non DC.). 
Has. Blaauwberg, 3000-4000 f. Drege/ Near Heerelogement, Clanw., F. & Z./ 
(Herb. T.C.D,, Hook. Sond.). 
3-4 feet high, erect; the older parts finally becoming glabrescent ; but all the 
puee parts excessively rough with densely stellate hairs. Lower leaves 3 inches 
ong and two broad, upper about half this size. Flowers purplish. Staminal co- 
lumn densely bristled. I have seen but a frustule of M. corymbosa, E.M., doubt- 
fully Salembed to, above. . 
6. M. grossulariefolium (Gray & Harv.) ; shrubby, densely stel- 
lato-pubescent, velvetty, the stellate hairs very short, but stiff; leaves 
roundish-ovate or flabelliform, shortly 3—5 lobed, undulate, crenato-den- 
tate, 3-5-nerved ; stipules broadly subulate ; peduncles axillary, 1-3- 
flowered ; invol. leaflets narrow-linear or lanceolate, shorter than the 
deltoid-cuspidate calyx lobes ; carpels rounded, glabrous. Malva gros- 
sulariefolia, Cav. Diss. t. 24. f. 2. DC. Prod. 1. p. 4347 #.¢ Z. ! 284. 
M. amoena, Drege! (non. Sims.) M.deflexa, Turcz. Mosc. 1858. p. 186. 
Var. 8. parvifolium ; leaves smaller and denser. M. bryonifolia, 
Drege! also No. 7322, 7324. 
Has. In the Karroo. George, and Graaf Reynet, £. & Z. 8. Hexrivier, Zeyher / 
Nieuwefeldsberg, Drege/ (Herb, Sond., Hook.) 
A tall, virgate, densely stellate shrub, but soft to the touch ; the leaves having 
a velvetty down in addition to the stellate hairs. Leaves t-11 inches in diameter. _ 
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searcely corrugated, or quite even. Drege’s 7324 is less velvetty thanthe __ 
others, but not otherwise different. It comes from Gauritz River. 
7. M. bryonifolium (Gray & Harv.) ; shrubby, densely la oF — 
tose, and covered with long, soft, stellate hairs; leaves ovate-oblong, — 
deeply 3-lobed, undulate and corrugated above, prominently nerved be- 
