340 SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF MALVEffi. 



serratis, pedunculis insequaliter fasciculatis defloratis erectis, sepalis 

 ovatis acutis hirtis, petalis roseis purpureis striatis calyceui niulto 

 superantibus, carpellis glabris dorso reticulato-rugoso margin e acuto. 



Hab. Europe ! Siberia ! North Africa to India ! 



Stem 2-3 ft. ; leaf-petiole 2-3 in. ; lamina 2-3 in. long ; bracts 

 i-J in. ; sepals J- in. ; petals f-1 in. 



/?. mauritiana Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 819. M. mauritiana L. ; DC. 

 Prod. i. 432 ; Kchb. Ic. Fl. Germ. v. t. 168. M. orientalis Mill. 

 Diet. no. 3. — Caule glabro vel birsuto, foliis obtusis lobatis, petalis 

 minoribus. 



Hab. South Europe ! Algeria ! India ! 



y . eriocarpa Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 819. M. erecta Pre si, Delic. 

 Prag. p. 30. M. polymorpha Guss. Syn. ii. p. 226. M. plebeia Stev. 

 Fl. Taur. p. 92. M. racemosa Presl, Delic. Prag. p. 30. M. Urmia 

 Presl, Fl. Sic. i. p. 175. — Caule saepius hirsuto, carpellis plus 

 minusve tomentosis. 



Hab. Italy to Asia Minor ! India ! Algeria ! 



£. ambigua = M. ambigua Guss. Prod. Fl. Sic. ii. p. 331. M. 

 ribifolia Viv. Fl. Cors. Prod. App. p. 85. — Caule gracile, foliis 

 minoribus superioribus 3-5-lobis lobis lanceolatis acutis, fioribus 

 minoribus quam typo. 



Hab. Spain ! South France ! Sicily ! Corsica ! Algeria ! 



6. M. Durisei, Hort. Kew. — Caule erecto pubescente, foliis 

 longe petiolatis cordato- vel subcordato-orbicularibus angulatis vel 

 lobatis molliter tomentosis, bracteolis tomentosis, fioribus 2-3 

 axillaribus pedunculatis, sepalis triangularibus acutis accrescentibus 

 pubescentibus, corolla calyce duplove triplo longiore, carpellis dorso 

 planis reticulatis pubescentibus. 



Hab. Algeria ! 



Stem 2-3 ft. ; leaves, petiole 2 in. long, lamina \\ in. ; bracts 

 \ in. ; sepals ^ in. ; petals \ in. ; peduncles \-\ in. 



Malva Durieui Spach = Lavatera mauritanica Durieu. See 

 Linnaea, xxiv. (1851), p. 233. 



7. M. nicjeensis All. ; DC. Prod. i. 433 ; Rchb. Ic. Fl. Germ. v. 

 t. 168. — Caulibus prostratis vel erectis angulatis, foliis longe 

 petiolatis cordato-orbicularibus 5-7-lobis serratis, stipulis ovatis 

 acutis, sepalis ovatis acutis post anthesin accrescentibus, petalis 

 cceruleis calyce duplo longioribus, carpellis glabris vel hirsutis 

 dorso piano tuberculato margine acuto. 



Hab. Mediterranean Region to Persia ! 



Stem 1-3 ft. long ; leaf petiole 2-6 in., lamina 1-2J in. ; bracts 

 i in. ; sepals J in. ; petals ^ in. 



8. M. subacaulis Coss. ined. in herb. Kew. — Acaulis vel 

 subacaulis, foliis longe petiolatis cordato orbicularibus lobatis 

 serratis, bracteolis lanceolatis, sepalis ovatis acutis, corolla calyce 

 duplo longiore, axe carpellorum exserto acumiuato striato. 



Hab. Marocco ; Djebel Ghat, Cosson ! 



Leaf petiole 2-3 in. long, lamina i in. ; bracts ^ in. ; sepals 

 ^ in. ; petals £ in. 



