xxvi. MALVACEAE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 319 



Petals 5. 



Calyx tubular or bell-shaped. 



Anthers linear, cells sinuous 19. DURIO. 



Anthers globose, opening by a pore 20. BOSCHIA. 



Calyx dilated at the base. 



G;ilyx cushion-shaped or orbicular 21. NEESIA. 



Calyx 5-pouched at the base 22. CGELOSTEGIA. 



1. AX.TH2EA, Linn. 



Herbs pubescent or villous, erect or decumbent. Leaves more or less 

 deeply divided, rarely entire. Flowers peduncled, axillary, solitary or 

 fascicled, often in lung terminal racemes. Bracteoles 6-9, connate at the base. 

 Anther-valves subglobose or linear. Ovary many-celled; styles filiform, 

 inner surface stigmatose ; ovules 1 in each cell. Carpels numerous, 

 ultimately separating from a short torus. Seed solitary in each carpel, 

 ascending. DISTRIB. Temperate regions, rare in the tropics ; known 

 species about 12. 



Althaea rosea, L., the common Holly-hock, is often cultivated in Indian Gardens: it 

 is A. coromandelina, Cav., and A. chinensis, Wall. Cat. 2689. 



1. A. Xiudwigii, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 437 ; annual, hispid, prostrate or 

 ascending, leaves deeply lobed lobes 3-fid, flowers shortly peduncled few or 

 tufted, anther- valves subglobose, carpels glabrous. Cav. Ic. 423 ; Boiss.Flor. 

 Orient, i. 824. Malva malwensis, Edgew. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 284. 



NORTH WESTERN INDIA, the PANJAB, and SINDH. DISTRIB. Western Asia and the 

 Mediterranean region ; S. Africa. 



Stern 6-12.. in high, slender, branching. Leaves long-petioled, orbicular, 5-7 -lobed, 

 lobes wedge-shaped. Bracteules 7-9, as long as the calyx. Flowers whitish, 4-f in. 

 diam. Petals exceeding the lanceolate sepals. Carpels wrinkled at the sides. 



2. A. officinalis, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 436 ; perennial, uniformly downy, 

 leaves ovate simple or slightly lobed, flowers peduncled in axillary clusters, 

 bracteoles linear-lanceolate, anther-valves subglobose. Boiss. Flor. Orient. 

 i. 825. 



KASHMIR, Jacquemont, &c. DISTRIB. Westward to England. 



Stem erect, 2-3 ft. Leaves ovoid, annular, base scarcely cordate, unequally toothed ; 

 stipules linear-subulate. Flowers 1-2 in. diam., rosy. .Bracteoles half the length of 

 the sepals. The Marsh Mallow, which yields Guimauve. 



VAR. taurinensis ; not so densely downy as the type, flowers comparatively few. 

 A. taurinensis, DC. Prodr. i. 436. 



2. XiAVATERA, Linn. 



Herbs with branching downy stems. Leaves lobed. Flowers peduncled, 

 axillary. Bracteoles 3, connate at the base. Ovary many-celled; styles 

 filiform, inner surface stigrnatose ; ovules 1 in each cell. Ripe carpels 

 numerous, surrounding a prominent conical torus, from which they 

 ultimately separate. Seed solitary, ascending. DISTRIB. Chiefly Mediter- 

 ranean ; one is Australian, two are Canarian. 



1. Xi. XLashmiriana, Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 29, t. 32-5 



KASHMIR, Jacquemont, &c. 



A branching downy herb. Lower leaves with petioles as long as the blade, orbicular, 

 cordate, 5-lobed, lobes crenate nearly glabrous above, downy beneath, upper with petiole 

 shorter than the blade, 3-5 lobed, lobes acute, central longest; stipules liuear-lanceo- 



