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basi cordatis cuneatis vel subcordatis superioribus interdum trilobis 

 serratis, pedunculis axillaribus multifioris folio brevioribus, bracte- 

 olis lanceolatis calyce brevioribus, sepalis triangularibus, carpellis 

 tomentosis. 



Hab. Central and Southern Europe ! Algeria! Orient! 



Stems 2-4 ft. high ; leaves 2-3 in. ; bracts \ in. ; sepals \ in. ; 

 petals \-\ in. long. 



Subsp. 1. A. indica = A. officinalis var. taurinensis Mast, in 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 319, non DC. — Foliis leviter tomentosis, 

 pedunculis axillaribus brevibus paucifloris. 



Hab. Kashmir ! 



Subsp. 2. A. taurinensis DC. Prod. i. 436 ; Echb. Ic. Flor. 

 Germ. v. t. 174. A. officinalis /3. Willd. Sp. 3, p. 771. — Foliis 

 utrinque molliter tomentosis, pedunculis axillaribus paucifloris 

 folio sublongioribus, bracteolis acuminatis. 



Hab. Italy ! Dalmatia ! 



4. A. armenaica Ten. Ind. Hort. Neap. 1837. A. taurinensis 

 C. A. Mey. Ind. Cauc. p. 207, non DC. A. multi flora Echb. 

 Ic. Flor. Germ. v. t. 174. — Caule erecto, foliis tenuiter tomentosis 

 inferioribus palmatipartitis superioribus tripartitis, pedunculis 

 axillaribus congestis plurifloris folio requilongis vel longioribus, 

 bracteolis lanceolatis, sepalis ovatis acuminatis, petalis cuneiformibus 

 retusis, carpellis stellatim hirtulis dorso rugosis. 



Hab. Servia! Hungary. Cappadocia. Syria. Armenia. Tur- 

 kestan ! Western and Central Siberia ! 



Stem 2-3 ft. high ; leaves 2 in. long; bracts | in. ; sepals ^ in. ; 

 petals \ in. long. 



5. A. cannabina L. ; DC. Prod, i. 436 ; Echb. Ic. Flor. Germ. 

 v. t. 173. A. Kotschyi Boiss. Diagn. Ser. 2, i. p. 102. — Caule 

 erecto, stipulis lineari-lanceolatis, foliis 3-5-palmatifidis vel ovatis 

 lobatisque tomentosis serratis, pedunculis axillaribus l-oo -floris 

 folio longioribus, bracteolis calyce brevioribus, calycis lobis oblongis 

 cuspidatis, carpellis glabris dorso rugosis. 



Hab. From Spain ! and France ! to Persia ! 

 Stem 2-5 ft. high ; leaves 2 in. ; bracts i in. ; sepals J in. ; 

 petals f in. long. 



Subsp. A. narbonensis Pourr. ; DC. Prod. i. 436 ; Jacq. Ic. PI. 

 t. 138. — Foliis inferioribus palmatilobatis, floribus carpellisque 

 minoribus. 



Hab. South France 1 Italy ! Spain ! 



Sect. 2. Alcea Linn. Gen. n. 840. — BracteolaB 6 (raro 7-9). 

 Carpella subbilocularia processu interno pericarpii. 



*ApterocarpcB Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 826. — Carpelli dorsum planum 

 vel canaliculatum marginibus obtusis acutis vel obsoletis nee in 

 alam membranaceam expansis. 



6. A. Aucheri Boiss. Diagn. Ser. 1, vi. p. 28. Alcea Aucheri 

 Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 826. — Caule leproso humili ramoso, foliis pannosis 



