16 SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF HALVED. 



tribe Malveee, and briefly characterise them. In the arrangement 

 and limitation of the genera I have followed Bentham and Hooker's 

 ' Genera Plantarum,' with very slight alteration. 



Tribe I. MALYEJE. — Columna staminea apice v. usque ad 

 apicem antherifera. Styli rami tot quot ovarii loculi v. carpella. 

 Cotyledones foliaceae, biplicatas v. varie contortuplicatas. 



Subtribe 1. — Carpella oo inordinate capitato-congesta ; ovula 

 solitaria adscendentia. 



I. MALOPE L. Gen. PI. n. 843. — Bracteohe 8 distinctre. 

 Styli filiformes intus longitudinaliter stigmatosi. 



* Annua. 



1. Malope trifida Cav. ; DC. Prod. i. 429 ; Sweet, Brit. PI. 

 Garden, t. 153 ; Paxt. Mag. Bot. vol. i. p. 177 c. icon. — Stipulis 

 parvis, foliis glabris inferioribus suborbicularibus apice trilobatis 

 trinerviis, pedicellis solitariis, bracteolis magnis cordatis cuspidatis, 

 sepalis ovatis acuminatis. 



Hab. Andalusia (Spain) ! Algiers ! Morocco. 

 Stem 12-18 in. high, branching; branches spreading; leaves 

 2£ in. ; bracts f in. long ; sepals l£ in. ; petals 1^-lf in. long. 



** Perennes. 



2. M. malacoides L. ; DC. Prod. 1, 429 ; Kchb. Ic. Flor. Germ, 

 v. t. 165 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5852. M. althaoides Moris in Rchb. Fl. 

 Exc. p. 873. — Stipulis parvis oblongo-linearibus, foliis inferioribus 

 petiolatis elliptico-oblongis vel subpinnatifidis parce pilosis basi 

 cuneatis vel subcordatis crenulatis, pedunculis solitariis, bracteolis 

 parvis, sepalis valde acuminatis. 



Hab. Mediterranean Begion. Marocco to Asia Minor ! 



Subsp. M. stipulacea Cav. ; DC. Prod. i. 429. M. asterotricha & 

 M. laevigata Pomel. Fl. Atlantique, p. 346. M. hispida, M. stellipilis, 

 & M. tripartita Boiss. et Beut. in Boiss. Diagn. PI. Or. iii. p. 100. 

 M. intermedia Battandier, Fl. de l'Algerie, p. 110. M. malacoides 

 var. stipulacea Ball in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 375. M. stellaris B. 

 et R. in Willkomm et Lange, Fl. Hisp. iii. p. 587 = M. stellipilis. — 

 Stipulis magnis cordatis, foliis elliptico-oblongis vel ovatis vel 

 trilobis interdum cordatis. 



Hab. Algiers ! Marocco ! Cadiz (Spain) ! 



Stems 1-2 ft. long, prostrate or ascending ; leaves l-2£ in. 

 long, ^ in. broad ; sepals nearly J in. ; petals 1 in. to nearly 2 in. long. 



M. hispida and stellipilis are robust forms, more densely hairy 

 upwards than in typical M. stipulacea. M. malacoides var. sinuata 

 DC. is an intermediate form between M. stipulacea and M. malacoides, 

 with subtrifid leaves. For the characters of the other forms, 

 reference may be made to Baltmdier, Fl. de l'Algerie, p. 110. 



Non satis nota. 

 M. multiflora Trigueros in Cav. Diss. ii. p. 85 ; DC. Prod. i. 

 430. — "Foliis subrotundis crenatis villosis : floribus 3-4 axillaribus." 

 Hab. In Andalusia ; not seen by Willkomm and Lange. 



