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5 A. HIRSU'TA (Lin. spec. 965.) leaves cordate, clothed with 

 rough hairs, but glabrous on the upper surface, lower ones 

 lobed, upper ones 3-5-lobed ; stem hispid ; peduncles 1 -flowered, 

 longer than the leaves. Q. H. Native of many parts of 

 Europe, particularly France, Italy, Spain, and Austria, in 

 hedges. In England in hedges and cultivated fields near Cob- 

 ham Hall in Kent. Cav. diss. 2. p. 95. t. 28. f. 1. Jacq. hort. 

 vind. t. 125. austr. t. 170. Flowers very pale blush-coloured. 



Hairy Marsh-Mallow. Fl. Ju. July. England. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



6 A. LUDWI'GII (Lin. mant. 98.) leaves glabrous, cordate- 

 roundish, lobed, and toothed ; pedicels axillary, crowded, 1- 

 flowered ; calyxes villous. Q. H. Native of Sicily and 

 Egypt. Cav. diss. 2. p. 96. t. 30. f. 3. icon. 2. t. 29. f. 1. 

 Flowers white or blush-coloured, smaller than those of A. hir- 

 tuta. 



L udwig's Marsh-Mallow. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1791. PI. 1 ft. 



SECT. II. ALCE V A (from aXicr;, alke, remedy ; the Alcea of the 

 ancients was a kind of Mallow. The present plants have the 

 appearance, taste, and emollient effects of the Marsh-Mallow.) 

 Lin. gen. no. 840. Lam. ill. t. 581. D. C. prod. 1. p. 437. 

 Carpels surrounded by a membranaceous furrowed margin. In- 

 volucel 6 or 7-cleft. 



7 A. ACAU'LIS (Cav. diss. 2. t. 27. f. 3.) plant almost stemless ; 

 leaves roundish-cordate, somewhat 5 -angled, crenated ; pedicels 

 1 -flowered, much shorter than the petioles ; petals emarginate, 

 bearded at the base. () H. Native of Syria. Flowers pale- 

 yellow. 



Stemless Hollyhock. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1680. PI. J ft. 



8 A. CARIB^A (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1916.) stem straight, 

 hispid ; leaves cordate, roundish, lobed, crenate-serrated ; flowers 

 solitary, almost sessile ; petals somewhat obcordate, with bearded 

 claws ; stigmas diffuse. $ . H. Native of the Caribbee Islands. 

 Flowers rose-coloured, with a yellow base. 



Cardigan Hollyhock. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1816. PI. 3 ft. 



9 A. STRIA' TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 437.) stem puberulous, and 

 somewhat scabrous ; leaves cordate, bluntly 3-lobed, crenated ; 

 flowers solitary, on short pedicels ; involucel one-half shorter 

 than the inner calyx; lobes of calyx with 7-stripes ; petals ob- 

 cordate, 2-lobed. $ . H. Native ? Flowers pale, 2 inches 

 in diameter. 



Striped-calyxed Hollyhock. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? PL 5 ft. 



10 A. PA'LLIDA (Walds. et Kit. -in Willd. spec. 3. p. 773.) 

 stem erect, hispid ; leaves roundish, cordate ; involucel equal in 

 length to the calyx ; petals 2-lobed. $ . H. Native of Hun- 

 gary. Flowers whitish-purple. 



Pafe-flowere.l Hollyhock. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1805. PI. 4 to 

 6 feet. 



11 A. LEUCA'NTHA (Fisch. in litt.) leaves roundish-cordate, 

 5-angled or 3-lobed, crenate, roughly pilose ; stem, petioles, 

 and peduncles hispid ; racemes bractless, naked ; flowers twin ; 

 petals cuneate, emarginate. $ . H. Native of the Altaian 

 Mountains. A. nudlflora, Lindl. inhort. trans. 7. p. 251. Leaves 

 large. Involucre 6-7-cleft, half as long as the calyx. Flowers 

 white, with a greenish-yellow base. 



White-floivered Hollyhock. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PL 

 6 feet. 



12 A. FROLOVIA'NA (Fisch. mss.). $. H. Native of the 

 Russian empire. This plant was introduced to the gardens in 

 1824, but has never flowered. 



Frolove's Hollyhock. PL 6 feet? 



13 A. ROSEA (Cav. diss. 2. t. 29. f. 3.). stem straight, hairy; 

 leaves cordate, with 5 or 7 angles, crenated, rough ; flowers axil- 

 lary, sessile, somewhat spiked at the top ; petals a little cre- 

 nated, with villous claws. $ . H. Native of the Levant. Alcea 

 rosea, Lin. spec. 966. Mill. fig. Ludw. ect. t. 42. Knor. del. 



1 . t. R. 1 5. Flowers rose-coloured, large. AH the varieties of 

 Hollyhock have originated from this plant. The flowers are 

 either single or double, white, red, scarlet, yellow, bufF-coloured, 

 blackish-red, seldom variegated. Although the double varieties 

 of Hollyhock are not constant, yet where the seeds are carefully 

 saved from the most double flowers, the greatest number of the 

 plants will arise nearly the same as the plants from which they 

 were taken, provided no plant with single or bad-coloured 

 flowers are permitted to grow near them. Therefore if any such 

 appear, they should be removed from the good ones, that their 

 pollen may not spread into the other flowers, which would cause 

 them to degenerate. 



Var. /3 ? biloba (D. C. prod. 1. p. 437.) petals bluntly 2-lobed. 

 $ . H. This plant sometimes occurs in gardens under the 

 name of A. grandiflbra, although the flowers are much smaller 

 than in var. a. 



Rose or Common Hollyhock. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1573. PL 

 8 feet. 



14 A. SINE'NSIS (Cav. diss. 2. t. 29. f. 3.) stem straight, 

 glabrous, branched at the bottom ; leaves cordate, scabrous, 

 crenated, angular ; flowers axillary, sessile, spiked at the apex 

 of the branches ; petals somewhat crenated, with villous claws. 

 Q. H. Native of China. Differing from A. rosea in the plant 

 being annual, dwarfer, and the flowers a little larger. Flowers 

 rose-coloured. 



China Hollyhock. Fl. July. Clt. 1818. PL 3 or 4 feet. 



ISA. AFRICA'NA (Lour. fl. coch. p. 421. under Alcea.) stem 

 shrubby, hispid ; leaves 3-lobed, crenated ; flowers solitary, axil- 

 lary, stalked ; involucel and calyx 6-parted. Tj . G. Native of 

 the Eastern coast of Africa. Flowers scarlet. Carpels 5. 



African Hollyhock. Shrub 4 feet. 



16 A. COROMANDELIA'NA (Cav. diss. 2. p. 93.) tomentose ; 

 stem erect ; leaves somewhat triangular, crenated, obtuse, 5- 

 nerved, somewhat 3-lobed ; flowers solitary, almost sessile, axil- 

 lary ; petals broad-oblong. Native of Pondicheri. Flowers 

 flesh-coloured. 



Coromandel Hollyhock. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



17 A. FLEXUOSA (Sims, bot. mag. t. 892.) stem somewhat 

 flexuous, hispid; leaves cordate, somewhat 7-lobed, obtuse, on 

 long footstalks ; flowers axillary, solitary, stalked ; petals ob- 

 cordate. !{. . S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers scarlet. 



Flexuous-slemmed Hollyhock. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1803. 

 PL 2 to 3 feet. 



18 A. FICIFOLIA (Cav. diss. 2. p. 92. t. 28. f. 2.) stem erect, 

 pilose ; leaves divided beyond the middle into 7 lobes ; lobes 

 oblong, obtuse, irregularly toothed ; involucel almost one-half 

 shorter than the calyx. $ . H. Native of Siberia at the Don. 

 Alcea ficifolia, Lin. spec. 697. Knor. del. 2. t. A. Blackw. 

 herb. t. 54. Flowers large, single or double, generally yellow 

 or orange- coloured, in terminal spikes. 



Fig-leaved or Antwerp Hollyhock. FL June, Sep. Clt. 1597. 

 PL 6 feet. 



19 A. LAVATERXFOLIA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 437.) stem erect, 

 pilose ; leaves tomentose on both surfaces, palmately-lobed 

 beyond the middle ; lobes oblong, obtuse, irregularly toothed ; 

 involucels nerved, nearly equal in length with the calyx. ? H. 

 Native at the bottom of mount Libanon near Seyde. Flowers 

 yellow ? 



Lavatera-leaved Hollyhock. PL 2 to 6 feet. 



SECT. III. ALPHJJ'A (meaning unknown.) D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 437. Carpels wrinkled from small nerves, not marginated. 

 Involucel 5 -cleft. 



20 A. BURCHE'LLII (D. C. prod. 1. p. 438.) stem erect, 

 pilose ; leaves cordate, somewhat 5 -lobed, grossly toothed, vel- 

 vety ; pedicels axillary, 1 -flowered, pilose, hardly shorter than 



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