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12. Alt/lira officinalis. L. Sp. 966. 



Northern plains. Area, Central and Southern Europe, West 



Siberia. 



13. Alcea acaulis. (Cav. Diss, ii., pi. 27, f. 3.) 

 Coast, hill and mountain regions, east and west. 



14. Alcea rufescens. (Boiss. Diagn. Sen ii., i., p. 102.) 

 Banias, under Hermon. 



15. Alcea lavaterce flora. (De Cand. Prodr. i., p. 437.) 

 Hill country, north to south. 



16. Alcea rosea. L. Sj?. 966. Var. Sibthorpii. 



Hills above Lake Huleh. Area, South Italy, Dalmatia. ' 



17. Alcea ficifolia. L. Hort. Cliff., 348. 

 Area, South Russia, Dalmatia. 



18. Alcea setosa. (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. i., vii., p. 107.) 

 Hills, Central Palestine. P. 



19. Alcea apterocarpa. (Fenz. Cat. Hort. V^indob., 1858.) 

 Lebanon, Mount Nebo. 



20. Alcea kurdica. (Schlecht. Linn, xvii., p. 127.) 

 Rocks, Anti-Lebanon. 



21. Malvella sherardiana. (L. Sp. 1675.) 

 Generally distributed. Area, Spain. 



22. Abiitilon friiticosiun. Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i., p. 70. 



By the Dead Sea. Area, Senegal, Nubia, Abyssinia, Arabia Deserta. 



23. AbiUilon imiticum. (Dell. 111. Eg., No. 633.) 



Engedi, Ghor, Safieh (by Dead Sea). Area, Senegal, Nubia, 



Arabia Deserta. 



24. Hibisctts syriacHs. L. Sp. 978. 

 Doubtful if now found, except in Northern Syria. 



