CalUrhoe. MALVACK.i:. 301 



Flowers, ser. 1, ii. t. 2 ; Sprajjuo & GooUalo, Wild FIdwcth, t. 26. C. rrrtirillata, (iru-ul. 

 Kfv. Ilort. 1862, 171, with jiliUe. T. /Hi/mu/<i. Huckl. I'nx-. AcimI. I'liihwi. IKGI. 4-19, iiin:ill 

 form, pale-fluweietl.i Snlinliai inrolninilti, Nutt. t 'Inrr. Ann. Iac .\. V. ii. IT:i. Mulm 

 involitcrulu, Torr. & Ciray, Fl. i. 22(> ; Hook. Hot. Maj;. t. 4i)MI. — I'laiiin, .Minni-n')ia, F.iwUm 

 Iowa and Nebra.ska to 'le.xa."* ; H. all Huninic-r. N'arii-.n in h'\/a' :.nd I'dor of llowtr, hairiiiCM, 

 and hrcadtli of leaf-lolie.-! : pa.s.sing into 



Var. lineaxiloba, (Jkay. Lt-s-s hirsnti-, or with only flow and Mhort jmlioitconco. or 

 almost glal>ri>ii.s : stems a.sccndin^ : h-avcs smaller, inch or two in diameti-r ; u|i|Mr or all of 

 them dissected into linear iohes : eorolla pink or lilae, often with white cenln- : <-ar|>«<|K |;la- 

 brate. — Proc. Acad. I'hilad. lS(i2, 101. ('. liumrilolMt, (Jniy, I'ro<-. Am Acad. xix. 74. 

 Mdlva involucrata, var. liiiearilobu, Torr. & Gray, 1. c. J/. linrariliAm, Vourig, Fl. Tcxait, 

 180. — Texas, first coll. by Berlandier, then by iJrummoud. (.Mex., (irrqrj, I'almrr;^ Lc.) 

 * * * Carpels rugose-retieulate<l at mat nrity, the short and broad hollow U-ak in<iirv»Ml : 

 invohuel none or in C Pn/Kirir l-.l-phyllous : calyx .'i-partiil, the tajK-rin^ acute or acu- 

 minate lohcs 3-uerved : peduncles 1-tlowered : stipules not lar;;e : root napifonn. 



C. alcseoides, (Jijay. A span to a foot high, erect, strigulose-puliCHcent or glabratc : radi- 

 cal leaves oliloiig- or deltoid-c(jrdate and coarsely crenate or incised, or »ome j>edatfly 3-i- 

 parted into ol)long or linear divisions or lobes, the mi<ldle one longer; canlinc more divided : 

 peduncles corymbo.sely api)roxinKite at summit of stem, an inch or mon; long : calyx 3 U> 5 

 lines long: petals half inch or more long, rosc-c<jlor or j)ale: carpels disjxised to dehi.s<ence. 

 — IM. Femll. 18, & Man. ed. 5, 100 ; Wats. Bibl. In.lex, i:J2. C. nlr,ii,i,hx &. ('. m,irr„rh,:„. 

 Gray, I'l. Feudl. 18, & Gen. 111. ii. 53. SiJd alca-oiJes, Michx. Fl. ii. 44 ; Torr. & (iriy, Fl. 

 i. 234, 681. Siiia macrorhlza, James fide Wats. 1. c. M(dra pedtita, var.? umMlnUi, Torr. 

 & Gray, Fl. i. 227. — Barrens and plains, Tennessee and Kentucky, Michaux, iJr. Curre^; 

 rare. Nebraska and Kansas to Texas ; first coll. by James. 



C. Papaver, Gu.vy. Sparsely hirsute or partly glabrous : stems a foot or two high, ascend- 

 ing, slender, rather naked above: leaves mostly pedately 3-5parte<l, the radical into obl.mg 

 or lanceolate, and cauliue into narrowly lanceolate or linear divisions of about e(|ual length, 

 the larger ones 2 or 3 inches long: jtedundes few. elongated, much surpa.ssitig the leaves: 

 involucel commonly of 3 linear bractlets, often a little remote from calyx, sometimes want- 

 ing: calyx about half inch long : petals sometimes inch and a half long, erosedenticulate at 

 broad siimmit, red-purple. —PL Fendl. 17, & Gen. 111. t. 118, f 5. carpel. M.ilm /',tf»irrr, 

 Cav. Diss. ii. 64, t. 15, f. 3; DC. Prodr. i. 431 ; Torr. & (Jray, Fl. i. 226, 681, exd. syn. 

 ilA. Xuttalloldes, Croom, Am. Jour. Sci. xxvi. 313, & xxviii. 168. yultallia I'a/xner, (Jra- 

 ham, Bot. Mag. t. 3287 ; Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. .ser. 2, t. 279. .V. ijrandi flora, Paxt. .Mag. 

 Bot. v. 217, with plate. — Open woods, W. Georgia and Florida to Louisiana and K. Texa-s ; 

 fl. s])ring and summer. 



C. digitata, Nctt. Sparsely hirsute or mainly glabrous: stem a foot or two high, erect, 

 few-leaved : leaves palmately or ])edately 5-7-parted ; primary radical ones round cordate, 

 .some with short rounde<l h)bes, others parted into narrow divisions or lobes; the caulino 

 commonly with narrow linear divisions or lobes (1 to 3 inches long) ; upi)er ones n-duced l«> 

 small simple l)racts : peduncles subracemose, elongated and filiform: inv.ducel always wanu 

 ing: petals inch long, red-purple (varying to white or violet), the summit fimbriidale. — 

 Jour. Acad. Philad. ii. 181 ; Gray, PI. I.indh. pt. 2. 160, PI. Fendl. 17, PI. Wright, i. 15, i ii. 

 20; Torr. & Gray, Pacif. K. Rep. ii. 160. XuUalli'a di<iilata, Bart. Fl. X. Am. ii. 74, t. 62; 

 Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 129; Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2612; Hook. Kxot. Fl. t 171. y. i>nlm,tta. 

 Torr. Ann. Lvc. N. Y. ii. 171. X. i»<lat<i. Hook. Kxot. Fl. t. 172. (>/</.» ixdata. Nutt. in 

 herb.) X. rordatn, Lindl. Bot. Keg. t. 1938. Malva ditjitaUi & M. t>fdata (exd. var.), 



1 Add syn. C. Im-olucrntn, var. pnlmata, Rritfon, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. ix (1890). 183. 



2 One of Dr. Palmer's specimens, included by Dr. (irny in var. linearilolni, has nuliM-qurntly be«n 

 described by F.. G. Baker. .lour. Bot. xxix. 49, as var.TKNt i'ssima. Palmer. It was coll«><-|«l in Xonh- 

 ern Mexico east of Saltitlo (not Still-hilU as staled in doscr.), and ropre.icnts an rxlri mo form a» to 

 dissected foliage. Var. Novo-MrxicAna. K. (J. Baker, I. c. collcrtod near MoN.t»'« Cnrk, New 

 Mexico, Fendler, without number, a form with leaves fcw-lobcd and lol>os bmailly l.inrfolal* and ariilc, 

 represents the other extreme. More ample material of these difTerent fonns may well khow spwilic 

 differences. 



