SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF HALVED. 17 



Plant® exelnste. 



M. pwviflora L'Heritier = Palaua malvafolia Cav. 

 M. indica Wight ex Walp. is a blunder in transcribing for 

 Melicope indica Wight. 



II. KITAIBELIA Willd. in Neue Bohr. Nat. Fr. Berl. ii. 107. 

 — Bracteolae 6-9 basi connatse. Styli apice stigmatosi. 



1. Kitaibelia vitifolia Willd. I. c. ; DC. i. 436 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 821 ; Kchb. Ic. Fl. Germ. v. t. 165. — Stipulis ovato-acutis, foliis 

 petiolatis 3-5 palmitifidis glabris lobis acutis biserratis basi cordatis, 

 involucro calycem excedente, floribus axillaribus solitariis vel 

 geminis, corollis albis. 



Hab. Hungary ! Croatia ! 



Stems 4-6 ft. high ; leaves 3-6 in. ; bracts f in. long ; sepals 

 ^ in. long; petals 1 in. long, obcordate. 



2. K. Balans^e Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 817. — Stipulis lanceolatis, 

 foliis e basi truncata subaequilateraliter triangularibus acute dentatis, 

 bracteolis lanceolatis acutis basi fere liberis laciniis calycis lanceo- 

 latis subbrevioribus, corollis roseis. 



Hab. Cilicia, Balansa. 



According to Boissier, this plant differs from K. vitifolia in the 

 shape of the leaves, stipules, and bracts. The carpels are white 

 and hirsute. In his diagnosis of the genus Kitaibelia (Fl. Or. i. 817) 

 Boissier describes the styles as longitudinally stigmatose. 



III. PALAUA Cav. Diss. 40, t. 11, f. 4, 5 (1785), non Euiz et 

 Pavon. Palava Juss. Gen. Plant, p. 271 (1789) ; Benth. et Hook, 

 fil. Gen. Plant, i. 200. Palavia Schreb. Gen. ii. p. 464 (1791).— 

 Bracteolse 0. Styli filiformes apice stigmatosi. 



* Perennis. 



1. Palaua moschata Cav. ; DC. Prod. i. 458. Palavia prostrata 

 Hort. ; Loud. Hort. Brit. i. p. 290. — Stipulis lanceolatis nigre- 

 scentibus, foliis pannosis ovatis lobatis obtusis crenatis basi 

 cordatis, pedicellis 1 -floribus, calycis magnis pannosis sepalis 

 cordatis apice acutis. 



Hab. Chili ! Peru, nr. Lima ! 



A perennial ; leaves 2 in. long, 1£ in. broad ; stipules ^ in. ; 

 sepals f in. ; petals 1 in. long, purple. 



** Annua. 



2. P. malvafolia Cav. ; DC. Prod. i. 458. Malope parviflora 

 L'Heritier. Palava declinata Moench. Palavia rhombifolia Grab, 

 in Edin. Phil. Journ. 1830, p. 369 ; Bot. Reg. t. 1375 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 3100. — Caulibus elongatis sursum pilosis, foliis membranaceis 

 rhomboideis inferioribus orbicularibus sinuatis floribus solitariis 

 sepalis late ovatis cuspidatis. 



Hab. Chili! Peru! 



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