360 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man 6 eel. 101: Webb., Fl. Neb. 120; Britt., 

 Fl. N. J. 71; Chap., Fl. S. St. 59: Upham,Fl. Minn. 35; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 

 88; Engl. Nat. Pflanz. Ill, (3, 24: Coult., Fl. Tex. 46; Cov., Fl. Ark. 171; 

 Wats., Bibl. Ind. 1, 145; Sarg., Silva I, 49. 



North America: N. B., Q., Ont., Man. to Assiniboia; 

 S. to N. Eng., N. J. and Ga.; W. to Minn., Neb. and Tex. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; especially in forest dis- 

 trict, but on banks of streams; W. to Dakota line; rich soil. 



Herb.: Taylor 485, Janesville; Sheldon 56, Elysian 

 Sheldon 654, Waseca; Taylor 662, Cobb river. Blue Earth Co. 

 Taylor 800, Glenwood; Ballard 555, Spring lake, Scott Co. 

 Sheldon 848, Sleepy Eye; Sheldon 389, Madison Lake; Herrick 

 58, Minneapolis; Holzinger 40, Winona Co.; Bailey 224, Ver- 

 milion lake; Bailey 249, Vermilion lake; Sandberg 101, Cannon 

 Falls; Herb. Wickersheim 26, L^ake Benton. 



LXIX. MALVACEAE, Mallow Family. 



Endlicher, Gen. PI. 978 (1836-40); Kentham and Hooker, Gen. Plant. I, 

 195; Baillon, Hist. PI. lY, 57 (1873)— ex'c?. Sterculiaceae; SchnmSLun in Eng- 

 lev and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, Yl, 30 (1890). 



Genera : 30 ± ; cosmopolitan. 



Species: 650 700; most abundant in tropics. A large 

 number endemic in W. hemisphere. 



MALTA Linn. Gen. 557 (1737). 



Callirrhoe Nutt. Jour. Phil. Acad. II, 181 (1822). 

 Nuttallia Bart. Fl. Am. II, 74 (1822). 

 3Ialvastrum DC. Prodr. I, 430 (1824). 

 Malvella Jaub. and Spach, 111. Or. Y, 47 (1853). 

 Phyllauthopbora Gray, Wilkes Exp. I, 151 (1854). 

 Nototricbe Turcz. ex Baill. Hist. 1. c. (1873). 

 Baillon, Hist. PL lY, 138; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. I, 201; Engler 

 and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, YI, 40, 41 (Schumann): Durand, Ind. Gen. 

 Phan. 38; Gray, 111. Gen. II, 49, 51, 59. 



Living species: 100 ± ; N. America. 25; rest in Cape of 

 Good Hope region, Europe and Asia and N. Africa. Canada, 

 1; E. Sts., 4-5; S. Sts., 6; W. Tex., 10; rest Mexican, S-west- 

 ward and Central America. S. America. 15-20 sp. 



Malya triansulataLEAVENW. Am. Jour. Sci. VII, 62 (1823). 

 3f. houfflitonii T. and G. Fl. I, 225 and 681 (1838). 

 CaUirrhoi trianyulata Gray, Pi. Fendl. 1(5 (1849). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 98; Upham, Fl. Minn. 34; Chap., 

 Fl. S. St. 53: Wats., Bibl, Ind. I, 1.33. 



North America: Ind. to Minn.; S. to N. Car. and Alab. 

 Minn, valley: Prairie region on higher levels; far S. 

 W. ; dry and exposed hillsides; rare. 



