SUPPLEMENT.— MALVACEiE. 681 



netl), the Datisca liirta of Linnajus is founded. Vid. PL Javan, rariarea, 

 J}. 80. 



5. R. venenata. — The R. Vernix, Lirm. was oriijinnlly founded entirely 

 on the N. American species ; hence the Linna.aii name ought to have been 

 continued for our plant. 



For the name of the subgenus 4. {p. 219) ' Malsosma, Nutf.,^ the ])rior 

 name of Lithrea, Miczs ; Hook. &^' Arn. bot. misc. 3. p. 175, must be 

 substituted. 



' 8. R. aromatica. — The ])lant from the western coast of Mexico, which 

 Hooker Ac Arnott have noticed as a variety of this species {Bot. Bcechey, p. 

 284,) seems to us a distinct species. 



Order MALVACEAE. 



2. MALVA, p. 225-227. 

 3. M. Houghtonii. — Upper leaves sometimes palmately 2-4-lobed at the base. 



3 (a). M. malachroides (Hook. & Am.) : herbaceous, erect, pilose-liispid ; 

 leaves on long petioles, membranaceous, deeply cordate, obtusely G-7-lobed, 

 coarsely and somewhat acutely toothed ; stipules subulate ; peduncle tenni- 

 nal ; flowers in a spike ; bracteoles 3, setaceous, and with the calyx very 

 hispid ; petals 2-cleft. Hook: ^' Am. ! hot. Bccchey. suppl. p. 326. 



California, Douglas ! — Leaves 2 inches or more in diameter ; the petiole 

 longer than the lamina. Flowers apparently jjurple, in a dense spike. 

 Fruit not known. 



8. M. Papave.r. — Add syn. Nuttallia rordifolia, Bart. Jl. N. Anicr. t. 62. 

 N. cordata, Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1938. The plant fiirurcd in llie Botanical Regis- 

 ter appears to be one of the numerous forms o'L M. Papaver. It was described 

 from specimens raised from seeds collected by Mr. Drummond, probably in 

 Texas. 



9. SIDA, p. 231-235. 



2. S. Elliottii. — Add the locality : Louisiana, Prof. Carpenter! 



p. Texana : leaves small ; petiole about one-third liie length of the lamina ; 

 stem much branched. 



Texas, Drummond I — Except in the characters here given, w;e discover 

 no other diflerence between this plant and the common form of S. Elliottii. 



"We have not seen the fruit : but there are 10 styles. 



%■ 

 5. S. hispida.— Add syn. Hook. S^- Am. in jour. hot. 1. p. 198. (St. 

 lioxiis, Drmnynond .')— Carpels 5, pubescent, obtuse. This is probably the 

 plant of Elliott, but perhaps not of Pursh. 



9. S. ohliqua.— Add syn. Malva Califomica, PresL! rel. Hank. 2. p. 

 121. (v. sp. in herb. Imp. Vindob.) California, Hanke ! 



12. S. dioica. — Alluvial grounds, Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Sullivant! Cincin- 

 nati, Mr, Lea ! July. — Plant 3-4 feet high. Lower leaves a foot or more 

 in diameter; lobes incisely pinnatifid and iregularly toothed. Flowers white, 

 in a large leafy panicle, sometimes with 6 petals and a 6-cleft calyx. Petals 

 obovate. Carpels usually about 8, transversely wrinkled on the back, and 

 somewhat scabrous, with a very short mucronate point. 



13. S. alcceoides.— Add to the character : Carpels 10, ovate, acute, hispid 

 below, with a transverse spur-like process in the upper part of the cell. 



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