176 MALVACE^. (mallow FAMILY.) 



nurroic, obloiig-lanceolate, coarsely serrate lobes. Peduncles 1-2 in 

 the axils, 1-2-tlowered, 2-5 times as long as leaves ; iDvolucre-lobes 

 7-8, lanceolate, somewhat shorter than calyx; petals twice and a half as 

 long as calyx — Summer — Hedges and thickets ; Amanus to Aiutab, 

 and northward. 



6. A. Kotsc'liyi. Boiss. % 1 or more, sparingly soft .stellate- 

 hairv. Leaves palmatcly parted or cut into cblong-lanceolaie, serrate- 

 dentate lobes. Peduncles long, 1-tiowered, panicled-corymbose ; in- 

 volucre-lobes 6-7, triangular, half as long as calyx ; petals twice as long 

 as calyx — Summer — Bushy hillsides ; Amanus, and northward. 



Althaea rosea, L., and A ficifolia. are the garden Hollyhocks. 



2. AL.CEA, L. Alcka. Khutmi. 



As in the last, save that the cells of the capsule are partly divided 

 transversely by an inward projection of the pericarp, the upper division 

 being small and empty. The anthers twisted after shedding their 

 pollen. 



* Calyx-lobes striate. 



1. A. acaulis, Cav. 11 .2 to .5, grey-woolly, stemless or caules- 

 cent, prostrate, floicering from base. Leaves long petioled, Tcidned-shaped, 

 crenate, sometimes obtusely 5-lobed. Flowers sessile or short-peduncled, 

 usually crowded ; involucre one-third as long as calyx ; petals purple 

 pink or white, retuse, .03 to .04 long ; carpels glabrous, transversely 

 wrinkled-pitted — Spring — Fields; common, especially in interior 

 table-lands. 



Yar. loiigipe§, Post. Caulescent. Petioles sometimes .25 long. 

 Peduncles 3-4 times as long as calyx, often .04 long — Bethel, Base of 

 Carmel. 



2. A. Haii§skiiechtii, Boiss. 1^ .6 to.l, pale green, scahrous- 

 icoolly ; stem simple, ending in a dense leafy raceme. Leaves long- 

 petioled, round heart-shaped, obtusely 5-7-lobed. Lower peduncles 

 sometimes as long as calyx, upper much shorter ; involucre-lobes 

 traingular, one-third as long as calyx ; calyx-lcbes lanceolate, acute ; 

 petals 2-lobed, long-claAved, deep xiolet ; carpeLs glabrous, transversely 

 wrinkled — Summer — Fields ; Jisr Sheikh 'Ayyash to Tartoos ; Tcher- 

 malik (northern Syria). This species may be a long stemmed form of 

 A. acaulis, Cav. 



3. A. riifesceiis, Boiss. % .2 to .8, woolly ; stem branched 

 below, branches almost leafless above. Leaves round, heart-shaped or 

 truncate at base, obtusely lobed. Flowers nearly sessile ; involucre 

 one-third as long as calyx ; calyx-lobes triangular, acute ; jDCtals yellow, 

 retuse, often drying greenish ; carpels hairy, grooved at back, and 

 transversely wrinkled — Summer — Waste fields ; table-lands of interior ; 

 Banias. 



4. A. lavaterseflora, DC. 11 .8 to 1.5, woolly ; stem erect, 

 sim])le. Leaves long-petioled, pcdmatip)artite or cut into spathulate to 

 oblong-obotate, obtuse, irregularly crenate-lobulate lobes. Flowers sub- 

 sessile ; involucre a little shorter than calyx ; calyx-lobes triangular-lan- 

 ceolate ; petals obcordate, intensely violet ; carpels puberulent, wrinkled 



