144 SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF MALVEJE. 



Stem 2-6 ft. high ; petioles 4-8 in. long ; leaves 2-3 in. ; 

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



(3. assyeiaca Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 829. — Caule subcrassiori, petalis 

 intense violaceis. A. leucantha Ehrnb. Rchb. ; Ic. Bot. Exot. t. 213, 

 is probably this plant. 



15. A. lasiocalycina. Alcea lasiocalijcina Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 830. 

 — Caule erecto tenuiter tomentello, foliis membranaceis suborbicu- 

 laribus vel palmatifidis lobatis serratis, floribus 1-2 axillaribus, 

 racemo brevi subaphyllo, bracteolis calyce subrequantibus lanceo- 

 latis acutis, sepalis lanceolatis acutis tomentosis, petalis retusis 

 sulphureis vel pallide roseis, carpellis hirtis rugosulis. 



Hab. Tang, Armenia ! 



Stem 2-3 ft. ; leaves 6 in. in diameter ; bracts i in. ; sepals 

 | in. ; petals 2 in. long. 



16. A. Haussknechtii. Alcea Haussknechtii Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 

 830. — Caule elongato breviter tomentoso scabro in racemum dense 

 floriferum longum foliosum abeunti, foliis cordato-orbiculatis obtuse 

 5-7 lobis, pedunculis inferioribus calyci soquilongis superioribus 

 brevissimis, bracteolis calyce triplo brevioribus, sepalis lanceolatis 

 acutis, petalis bilobis longe unguiculatis intense violaceo nigri- 

 cantibus. 



Hab. Tcharmelik, Syria. 



Raceme 2-3 ft. long ; sepals ^ in. ; petals 2 in. long. 



17. A. apterocarpa Fenzl Cat. Hort. Vindob. 1858. Alcea 

 apterocarpa Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 830. — Caule erecto adpresse tomentoso, 

 foliis suborbicularibus vel palmatilobatis serratis, pedunculis brevi- 

 bus, bracteolis calyce subrequentibus triangularibus acutis, sepalis 

 lanceolatis acutis tomentosis, petalis roseis vel purpureis, carpellis 

 rugosissimis hirtis marginibus acutis. 



Hab. Attica ! Lycia ! Cilicia ! 



Stem 3-4 ft. high ; leaves 2 in. ; bracts ^ in. ; sepals h in. ; 

 petals 1£ in. long. 



/3. lilacina = A. Mlacin a Boiss. et Ky. Fl. Or. i. 831. — Foliis 

 ovatis lobatis, floribus lilacinis. 



Hab. Gumgum, Armenia ! 



I doubt this plant being really distinct from A. rosea Cav. 



18. A. pontica. Alcea pontica Janka, Brev. ii. No. 26. — Caule 

 a basi ramos paucos et aequilongos edenti, foliis longe petiolatis 

 aniplis peltatis vel orbiculatis pentagonis crenatis supra parce 

 subtus densius tomentoso pubescentibus ramealibus trilobatis, 

 pedunculo bracteolis breviore, bracteolis calyce aequilongis, sepalis 

 elevatim lineatis tomentosis ovato triangularibus, petalis retusis 

 violaceis, carpellis hirsutis facie reticulatis dorso marginibus acutis. 



Hab. Rumili Phanar, Bosphorus, Janka. 

 Stem 3 ft. high ; petals H in. long. 



19. A. microchiton. Alcea microchiton Alef. in Oest. Bot. Zeit. 

 1862, p. 254. — Caule erecto inferne glabro superne griseo, foliis 

 ovatis adpresse tomentosis, floribus axillaribus solitariis in axilis 

 foliorum, pedunculis inferioribus calyce aiquilongis, bracteolis tri- 

 angularibus dimidio calyce brevioribus, sepalis lanceolatis acutis, 



