178 MALVACE^. (MALLOW FAMILY.) 



3. li. tHmestrii, L. ,2 to .5, hairy or glabrescent. Lower 

 leaves kidney-shaped, crenate, intermediate cordate-ovate, angled, up- 

 permost 3-lol)ed. Peduncles long ; involucre shorter than calyx, grow- 

 ing considerably in fruit, lobes triangular, often dentate ; petals wedge- 

 shaped, truncate, .04 long, 4-5 times as long as calyx— Spring — 

 Fields ; coast and mountains to 1000 m. ; Jordan Valley. 



4. MA Li V A, L. Mallow. Khiihhdza. Khubbaizi. 



Bractlets 3, rarely 2, distinct. Calyx 5-fid. branches of style 

 filiform, stigmatose along their inner border. Carpels whorled around 

 a short or conical torus, indehiscent — Annual or perennial herbs with 

 pink flowers. 



* Peduncles solitary in axils^ 1-2-Jlowered. 



1. M. vEgfyptia, L. .05 to .1, appressed-pubescent. Leaves 

 orbicular, Mpalmatipai'tite into short, oblong, ciliate lobes. Peduncles 

 somewhat longer than tlie leaf ; bractlets 2, linear ; calyx-lobes trian- 

 gular, acuminate, longer than rjrart lets, about as long as corolla — Spring 

 — El-Jebel-el-Abiadh, between Hamath and Palmyra. Et-Tih and 

 southward, and westward. 



* * Peduncles clustered in axils^ 1-Jloioered . 

 t Petals .02 or more long, with bearded claw. 



2. M. §yl¥e§Crl§, L. Wood Mallow. .3 to .5, more or less 

 hairy. Leaves round-heart-shaped, obtusely 5-7-lobed, dentate. Pedun- 

 cles erect after flowering ; margin of carpels entire — Summer — Fields 

 and waste places ; common. 



Var. oxyloba, Post. Lobes of upper leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate — Tel-er-Rame (Jordan Valley). 



1 1 Petals .01 long or less. 



I Leaves round-heart-shaped, more or less obtusely o-l-ldbed. 



§ Petals twice as long as calyx ; claws bearded. Margins of carpels entire. 



3. M, McaBen§i§, All. Ped. Uaqmeh. .8 to .6, erect or 

 diffuse, more or less hairy. Peduncles erect nfter flowering ; bractlets 

 oblong, calyx-lobes triangular, growing after flowering — Spring — 

 Weedy places and roadsides ; common. 



4. m. rotuiidifolia, L. 1(! Common Mallow. Khubbaizi. 

 .3 to .6, usually clothed with clustered hairs, diffuse. Peduncles 

 deflexed after flowering ; bractlets linear, acute ; calyx -lobes triangular, 

 acute, erect after flowering, growing — Spring and summer — Weedy 

 and neglected places ; everywhere. 



Var. pereiinasi§, Post. If Dwarf, prostrate, densely tufted. 

 Leaves .01 to .02 broad — Inundated meadows near top of Akherdagh. 



§ § Petals a little longer tJian calyx ; clams glabrous, margin of carpels 



dentate. 



5. M. parviflora, L. .3 to .6, more or less hairy or glabres- 

 cent, spreading. Peduncles short, at length spreading ; bractlets very 

 narroioly linear, acute ; fruiting calyx growing much, scarious, lobes 

 spreading, shoj't, round, mucronate — Spring — Roadsides and waste 

 places ; common. 



