240 SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF MAEVE.E. 



Sect. 3. Oxulupha DC. Prod. i. 439. — Axis sub apice truncato 

 vel conico ia cristas tot quot carpella niembranaceas laterales 

 verticales expansus. Flores axillares solitavii vel fasciculati. 



* Americanes. 



19. L. assurgentiflora Kellogg in Proc. Calif. Acad. i. 11 and 

 14. — Caule arborescente, foliis magnis longe petiolatis palmati- 

 lobatis crenatis, floribus axillaribus binis, bracteolis coriaceis 

 triangularibus obtusis dimidio calyce brevioribus, sepalis triangu- 

 laribus acuuiinatis externe rugosis, petalis roseis striatis, carpellis 

 0-8 dorso planis puberulis. 



Hab. Island of San Miquel, California ! 



Stem 6-15 ft. high ; leaves 4-6 in. long by 3-6 broad; bracts 

 ^ in. long ; sepals § in. ; petals 1^ in. 



20.? L. venosa S. Watson in Proc. Amer. Acad. 12, 249.— 

 Foliis palmatilobatis, lobis triangularibus acutis, floribus axillari- 

 bus aggregatis, bracteolis fere distinctis oblongis ovatis acutis 

 calyce subaequantibus, petalis cuneatis obcordatis purpureis striatis, 

 carpellis 10 faciebus striatis. 



Hab. San Benito, California. 



Leaves 3-4 in. broad ; 1-H in. long ; bracts £ in. ; sepals \ in., 

 becoming -J in. ; petals 1J in. 



This plant and the preceding are closely related to the other 

 American species, L. insularis and L. occidentalis. 



** Gerontoyece. 



21. L. maritima Gouan; DC. Prod. i. 439; Rehb. Ic. Flor. 

 Germ. v. t. 178. L. rotundifolia Lam. Fl. Fr. iii. p. 138. L. triloba 

 Gouan, Fl. Monsp. 48, non L. — Caule fruticoso, foliis tomentosis 

 cordato-orbicularibus palmatilobatis crenatis, floribus solitariis 

 axillaribus, bracteolis ovatis molliter tomentosis calyce brevioribus, 

 sepalis triangularibus acutis, petalis late obcordatis pallide roseis 

 ungue purpureis, carpellis magnis glabris margine acute dorso 

 carinatis faciebus radiatim striatis. 



Hab. West Mediterranean Region ! 



Stem 2-4 ft. ; leaves 1-1^ in. long ; bracts \ in. ; sepals \ in. ; 

 petals 1 in. 



22. L. oblongifolia Boiss. Voy. Esp. p. iii. t. 33; Willk. et 

 Lange, Fl. Hisp. 3, p. 582. — Fruticosa tomentosa crasso incano 

 tecta, foliis breviter petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis crassis rugosis, 

 pedunculis solitariis, bracteolis late triangularibus obtusis calyce 

 dimidio brevioribus, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis roseis 

 basi purpureis, carpellis glabris angustis dorso rotundatis bicuspis. 



Hab. Spain! 



Stem 2-4 ft.; leaves 1— If long; bracts \ in.; sepals \ in. ; 

 petals nearly 1 in. 



Easily distinguished by its thick, brown, woolly tomentum. 



23. L. triloba L. ; DC. Prod. i. 639 ; Bot. Reg. t. 1039 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 2226; Jacq. Hort. Vind. t. 74. L. calycina Poir. Encyc. 

 Suppl. 3, p. 310. L. moschata Moris, Stirp. Sard. Elencli. i. p. 9. 



