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SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF MALVEJE. 



By Edmund G. Baker, F.L.S. 



(Continued from p. 18.) 



Subtribus 2. Eumalve.e. — Carpella simplici serie verticillata. 

 Ovula solitaria adscendentia. 



IV. ALTH.EA* Cav. Diss. ii. p. 91.— Bracteolae 6-9 connate. 

 Receptaculum seu axis fructus carpella non superans. Styli intus 

 longitudinaliter stigmatosi. 



Sect. 1. Alth^eastrum. Althcea Linn. Gen. n. 839 ; DC. Prod, 

 i. 436. — Bracteolae sffipius 8-9. Carpella unilocularia intus pro- 

 cessu pericarpii destituta. 



* Annua. 



1. Althaea hirsuta L. ; DC. Prod. i. 437; Kchb. Ic. Flor. 

 Germ. v. t. 172 ; Cosson et Durieu, Explor. de l'Algerie, t. 69, 

 fig. 3 ; Eng. Bot. ed. 3, t. 277. — Hirsuta aspera, stipulis ovatis 

 cuspidatis, foliis inferioribus suborbicularibus, superioribus 3-5- 

 palmifidis, pedunculis solitariis unifloris, bracteolis lanceolatis 

 calyce brevioribus, calycis lobis erectis lanceolatis, petalis subasqui- 

 longis, carpellis glabris rugosis rnargine obtusis. 



Hab. Soutb and Central Europe ! Algeria ! to Persia ! 



Stem 3 in. to 2 ft. liigb ; bracts ^ in. ; sepals % in. ; petals 

 \ in. long. 



Var. grandiflora Ball in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 802. Althcea 

 lomjiflora Boiss. et Reut. Diagn. No. 13; Explor. de l'Algerie, t. 69, 

 fig. 2. — Corolla calyce duplo lougiore, carpellis dorso carinatis. 



Hab. Andalusia. New Castille. Marocco ! Algeria ! 



Petals often an inch or more long. 



2. A. Ltjdwigii L. ; DC. Prod. i. 437. Malva mahcensis Edgew. 

 in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 284. A. gariepensis E. Mey. in herb. 

 Drege. — Hirsuta, caulibus prostratis, foliis orbicularibus lobatis vel 

 3-5-fidis lobis cuneatis, pedicellis axillaribus brevissimis, fioribus 

 congestis, bracteolis lanceolatis viliosis, calycis lobis villosis, petalis 

 calyce sublongioribus, carpellis glabris rugosis. 



Hab. Punjab ! Beloochistan. Persia. Cape of Good Hope ! 

 Arabia Petaea ! Egypt ! Sicily. Algeria ! Marocco ! 



Leaves -f in. ; bracts \ in. ; sepals \ in. ; petals \ in. long. 



• ** Perennes. 



3. A. officinalis L. ; DC. Prod. i. 436 ; Rcbb. Ic. Flor. Germ. 

 v. t. 178 ; Eug. Bot. ed. 3, t. 278. — Caule erecto, stipulis lineari- 

 lanceolatis, foliis utrinque molliter tomentosis inferioribus ovatis 



* Alefekl, in Oest. Bot. Zeit. 1862, pp. 260—261, has newly denned Althcea, 

 in which he includes many well-known species of Lavatera and Malva. The 

 synonyms thus created have not been cited by Boissier or Nyman, nor have they 

 been adopted elsewhere ; and it does not seem necessary to include them in this 

 enumeration. 



