94 MALVACEAE. 



UreuejE. Stylos or stiginatic branches twice as many MS tho carpels. (5) 

 Hibisceae. Herbs or slirubs. Fruits ' capsular, sepals leafy. Staminal tube 



truncate or 5-toothed at the apex. (0) 

 Bombaceae. Trees. Sepals leathery Bombax. 10 



(1) Ovules solitary. (2) 



Ovules more than two Alutilon. 5 



(2) Ovules ascending. (3) 



Ovules pendulous Sida. 4 



(3) Stigma linear. (4) 



Stigma capitate Malvaslrum. 3 



(4) Bracteoles more than six AWicea. 1 



Bracteoles three Malva. 2 



(5) Carpels beset with spines Ut'cna. 6 



(6) Stigmas spreading Hibiscus. 7 



Stigmas coherent in a club-shaped mass. 1 7) 



(7) Bracteoles 5, small Thespcsia. 8 



Bracteoles 3, large, cordate Gossypium. 9 



1. Alt/Kva LINN. 



Althaea rosea CAY.; HAB. Taito: Daironkosha, cultivatod? 



2. Malva LINN. 



Malva sylvestris LINN. Sp. PL ecl-2, p. 909 ; DC. Trodr. I. p. 432 ; 

 MASTERS in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. I. p. 320 ; FORCES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. 

 I. p. 84 ; DIELS Fl. Centr. Cliin. p. 469 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PL 

 Formos. p. 50. 



Malva mauritiana LINN. Sp. PL ed-2, p. 970 ; MAXIM. Ind. Fl. Pek. in 

 Prim. FL Amur. p. 469. 



Malva mauriliana fi sinensis DC. Prodr. I. p. 432. 



HAB. Pachina. 



DLSTRIB. Plant of the Old World; widely diffused in the northern 

 temperate regions. 



