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SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OP MALVEM. 

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



(Continued from p. 145.) 

 Alth^a. 

 ** Pterocarpee Boiss. PI. Or. i. 831. — Carpelli dorsum canalicu- 

 latum marginibus in alas membranaceas expansis. 



21. A. rosea Cav. ; DC. Prod. i. 437; Rchb. Ic. Flor. Germ, 

 v. t. 175 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3198. Althaa caribaa Sims in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1916. A. command el ina Cav. ; DC. Prod. i. 437. A. chinensis 

 Wall. Cat. 2689. A. cretica Weinm. Syll. Ratisb. ii. p. 171. 

 A. jiexnosa Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 892. A. meonantha Link, Linn, 

 ix. p. 586. t A. mexicana Kunze, Linn. xx. p. 51 et 404. A. pulchra 

 Klotsch, Pr. Waldemar. Him. t. 26. A. sinensis Cav. ; DC. Prod, 

 i. 437. Alcea rosea L. Sp. 966. — Caule crasso erecto liirsuto, foliis 

 longe petiolatis cordato-ovatis acute 5-7 lobatis, floribus 1-2 axil- 

 laribus, pedunculis brevissimis, bracteolis calyce paulo brevioribus 

 tomentosis, sepalis tomentosis acutis, petalis magnis, carpellis 

 rugosulis hirtis. 



Hab. Crete ! Greece ! Peleponesus ! 



Stem 3-6 ft. high ; leaves 2-4 in. ; bracts £ in. ; sepals f in. ; 

 petals l£-2 in. long. 



ft. Sibthorpii Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 832 = Althaa JiciJ'olia Fl. Grrec. 

 t. 663, non L. — Foliis profundius palmatilobatis. 



Hab. Crete. 



In Bot. Mag. t. 3198, A. rosea is said to have been introduced 

 into Europe fro^^hinaJn^rTSSj^,^,.. 



22. A. pallida Waldst. & Kit. K. PI. Ear. Hung. t. 47. Alcea 

 pallida Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 832. — Caule erecto crassiusculo, foliis tomen- 

 tellis longe petiolatis suborbicularibus crenatis interduui lobatis, 

 floribus 1-3 axillaribus, pedunculis brevibus, bracteolis calyce sub- 

 aequentibus, sepalis tomentosis lanceolatis acutis, petalis roseis 

 bilobis, carpellis rugosis ad medium dorsum et interdum facie hirtis. 



Hab. South-east Germany. Greece! South Russia. Asia Minor! 



Stem 2-5 ft. high ; leaves 2-3 in. ; bracts £-£ in. ; sepals J in. ; 

 petals 1^-2 in. long. This plant may be distinguisbed from A. 

 rosea Cav. by its smaller stature, somewhat differently shaped 

 leaves, and narrower petals. 



23. A. Heldreichii Boiss. Diagn. Ser. 2, p. 103. Alcea Ilel- 

 dreichii Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 832. — Sparsim et adpressissime stellato- 

 pilosa virens, caulibus tenuibus in racemis laxissimis inferne 

 foliosis abeuntibus, foliis cordato-suborbiculatis obtusissime quin- 

 quelobis, bracteolis dimidio calyce triangularibus acutis, sepalis 

 obtusiusculis, petalis roseis bilobis, carpellis facie et dorso rugosis 

 dorso hirtis. 



Hab. Korthiatia, near Thossalonica, Heldreich. 

 Differs from A. pallida W. K. in more adpressed indumentum, 

 and smaller corolla and bracts. 



24. A. Calverti Boiss. Diagn. Ser. 2, v. p. GG. Alcea Caloerti 



