XXV. MALTACE,E. 91 



about 10-12, nearly glabrous, reticulated, with 2 angular margins. Seeds 

 brown-black, glabrous. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 320 ; E. Bak. in Journ. Bot. v. 

 28 (Lond. 1890) p. 340 ; K. Schum. in Mart. El. Bras. v. 12,' part 3, 

 p. 265 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 141. M. mauriiiana, Linn. 

 Sp. Pi. p. 689 ; Grab. Cat. p. 12 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 6. 



Bombay : Capt. Gchurnc ! ; in gardens, Graham, Dalzcll S,- Gibson. — Distrib. Europe, 

 N. Africa, N. Asia. 



3. Malva parviflora, Linn. Amcen. Acad. ed. 2, v. 3 (1787) p. 416. 

 A spreading herb, \-lh ft. high, pubescent and with some stellate hairs. 

 Leaves 1-2| in. in diam., suborbicuhir, cordate, obscurely 5-7-lobed, 

 finely crenate ; petioles long, up to 2-4 in. Pedicels axillary, 1 or few 

 together, short, rarely exceeding | in. Involucral bracts short, linear, 

 caducous, hairy at tip. Calyx in fruit accrescent, reticulately ^'eined, 

 glabrous ; lobes ovate, mucrouate. Corolla k-^ in. in diam., purplish or 

 white. Emit \ in. in diam. ; carpels 10, glabrous, strongly reticulated 

 on the back, the two margins of the back keeled, sometimes slightly 

 winged, often with a few minute teetli. Seeds black, glabrous. El. B. I. 

 V. 1, p. 321 : E. Bak. i\i Journ. Bot. v. 28 (Lond. 1890) p. 341 ; K. Schum. 

 in Mart. El. Bras. v. 12, part 3, p. 263, t. 51 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1897) p. 126; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 141. 

 M. rotundifolia. Dak. & Gibs. p. 21 {not of Linn.). — Flowers : Jan.- Mar. 

 Vbrn. Ndrr ; Goc/i-Sdi/. 



Deccan : common about villages, Dal~cU ; Dongergaon (near Alimeclnagar), CooJce ! ; 

 Jejuri, JKoorfrow I Sind : Karaclni, /S/offe, 582 ! ; Gurapad, P/crcc ! — Distrib. Eui'ope, 

 N. Africa, W. Asia. 



3. SIDA, Liim. 



Herbs or undershrubs, hairy and with stellate hairs. Leaves toothed; 

 stipules linear, 5-^ in. long. Pedicels axillary, solitary or clustered, 

 disarticulating in fruit at a constriction below the calyx, Involucral 

 bracts 0. Sepals 5, valvate, connate below for ^-| their length. Corolla 

 small, yellow or white ; petals connate at base and with the stamiual- 

 tube. Staminal-tube divided at the top into numerous antheriferous 

 filaments. Ovary of .5-12 cells ; ovule 1, in each cell, pendulous; styles 

 as many as the carpels ; stigmas terminal. Fruit globose, depressed, 

 enclosed by the calyx ; carpels separating from each other and from the 

 central axis, beaked or not. Seeds black-chestnut, smooth. — Distril. 

 Throughout the warmer parts of the world, most numerous in America ; 

 species about 120. 



Prostrate trailing herb 1. 8. veronicifolia. 



Erect or suberect herbs or undershrubs. 



Viscous-bairy 2. 8. glufinosa. 



Stellately hairy. 



Petioles spiny at the base 3. 8. spinosa. 



Petioles not spiny at the base. 



Awns hardly ^ the length of the carpels. 



Flowers while; leaves downy on both sides 4. 8. grewioidcs. 



Flowers yellow. 



Leaves lanceolate, glabrous on both sides 5. 8. acuta. 



Leaves obovate-cuneate, glabrous on the upper side. fi. 8. rhomhifolia, 



var. rettisa. 

 Awns nearly as long as the carpels 7. 8. cord/folia. 



