164 MALVACEE (Harv.) [Malvastrum. 
leaves obtuse at base, deeply 3-lobed, undulate, the lobes broadly cu- 
neate, crenate or incised, plaited ; stipules ovate-oblong, acute ; flowers 
in the axils of the upper { depauperated ) leaves, forming a pseudo-raceme, 
peduncles 2-3 flowered; invol. leaflets broadly ovate, stellato-pubes- 
cent, shorter than the ovate-cuspidate, tomentose or stellate calyx- 
lobes ; staminal column lazly hispid ; styles elongate ; carpels gla- 
brous. Malva racemosa, E. Mey.! in Herb, Drege. 
eek Between Grasberg river and the Waterfall, Tulbagh, Drege / (Herb. Hook., 
Sond.) 
A nearly herbaceous plant, said to be 2 feet high. I have sof seen fragments 
of what appear to have been diffuse or procumbent branches. e invol. leaflets 
are remarkably broad, the rosy flowers crowded about the ends of the branches. 
Leaves 1 inch long and broad. 
14. M. procumbens (Harv.) ; procumbent, sparingly hairy ; leaves 
on long petioles, cordate at base, obtusely 3-lobed, the lobes spreading, 
middle one longest, crenate, rough with scattered simple hairs on the 
upper, and stellate hairs on the lower surface ; stipules short, reflexed ; 
pedicels axillary, 1-2 flowered, shorter than the petiole ; invol. leaflets 
narrow linear, obtuse ; calyx lobes deltoid, acuminate ; carpels 9-19, 
smooth and convex. 
_ Has. Gamke River, Burke & Zeyher! (Herb. Hook., T.C.D.) 
; - i he 
scarcely suffruticose, many from the same crown, widely spreading on t 
ground, alternately branched. Leaves about an inch long and broad, on petioles of 
their own 
. Pubescence scanty and mostly stellate. Flowers pale rose- 
colour ; the staminal column hairy. 
15. M. dissectum (Harv.) ; suffruticose, procumbent, nearly glabrous ; 
leaves petiolate, triangular, tripartite, the middle lobe bipinnatifid, the late- 
teral lobes pinnatifid, the segments linear, fleshy, sub-acute ; stipules 
ovate-oblong ; pedicels axillary, about as long as the petiole, one 
flowered ; invol. leaflets linear, shorter than the acuminate calyx lobes ; 
carpels ? Malva asperrima, E. § Z.295! non Jacq. 
"ag In sandy, desert places near Kochman’s Kloof, Swell. E.&Z./ (Herb: 
Readily known from other Cape species by its multifid leaves, which resemble 
tose of a Grielum. The linear pine and = from are scarcely a line broad ; the 
whole leaf is 3 inch long, on a petiole of more than half that length. Staminal 
column glabrous, or nearly so. Calyx-lobes ciliate.—Perhaps a Spheralcea ? 
Group 8. Dusia :—Species imperfectly known. 
16. Malva rugosa (Desrous.) ; “ pedicels 1-flowered, solitary, longer 
petiole ; invol. 
leaflets ovate, acute ; leaves subcordate, pin- 
ridged.” DC. Prod. 1. p. 434. 
17. Malwa retusa (Cay. Diss. t. 21. f. 1.) ; “ pedicels solitary, longer 
_ than the petiole ; invol. leaflets lanceolate ‘ate : 
»ichat ca ; leaves oblong, very obtuse, 
— —— ler tomentose.” (DC. 1. ¢. p. 434. ae 
_, 18. Malva anomala (Link. & Otto. Ic. Pl. select. t. 22.) ; “leaves 
compe yn a maile lobe produced, eut ; involucre connate with 
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