Malvastrum. M A L\' A( ' K .K. 309 



Ell. Sk. ii. 159, hanlly Piirsli, Fl. ii. 4.'J2.i — (iravi-liy aii<l rorky liill** aii<I »«uikK. Ntuthville, 

 Tennessee (not seen farther east), and along llie MisMinsijipi fn»ni Si. lyouis northwanl, wi-^i 

 to Kansas; H. late .summer. 



-1— ■\— Cliiefiy perennial, sulitrtjjiical : |>ulie.sten<e not Icpiilotc-mcihui 



M. Rugelii, Watsox. Suffruticose, a yanl iiigli, l>raniliing : btcms mrif^oho witli i'-4 ri\.<l 

 close hairs : leaves deltoid-ovate to oldonj,', inch or two long, rather long-|H>(iolid, connM-lv 

 and irregularly serrate, s|)arsely anil minutely putie.scent, siraight-veined : llowtn* M-iwile or 

 nearly so in the axils and sulnajjitate at the ends of the l)ranihe8 ; ImutletM of invo|nci-l 

 suhulate : ealyx-lohes from triangular-ovate to short-acuminate, shorter than the onuigc- 

 yellow j)etals : mature carjiels al)out 15, depressed-reniform, nmcli compresw-d, hii^iiidulouH 

 above, j)ointless or with an ohscure point hehiml the inliexed ai)ex. — I'pk-. Am. Acad. xvii. 

 367, witiiout the synonymy ; Chapm. Fl. ed. 2, G08. Malra srt,/,<niii, .Jac(j Collect i. 59, & 

 Ic. Har. t. i;39, not L'ller. M. corrhori/olia, Desr. in Lam. Diet. iii. 755 (good specif, name). 

 M. Americaiiii, var., Shuttl. in distr. ])1. Kugel, no. 9(1. — S. Floriihi, Jiui/tl, G'arier, Curtim, 

 dist. by tlie latter as Melochia seirata ; perliaps introduced. (San Domingo, &c.) 



M. tricuspidatum, Okay. SufTmtescent or northwardly only annual, a f<Kjt or yard 

 high, freely liranching, strigose witii mostly 2-rayed (i. e. medifixeil) or some 3-rayed and 

 some simple hairs : leaves slender-jjetioled, from round-ovate or suhconlatc to ovate-oldong, 

 irregularly and tliickly serrate, larger obscurely 3-lobed, numerously straight-veined : fiowirs 

 mostly solitary in the axils, mostly surpas.sed by the j)etioles : j)ctals liriglit yellow (exjiand- 

 ing ouly at midday), exceeding the calyx: carpels 8 to 11, dc|iressed and conduplicate- 

 reuiform, hirsute at summit, bearing an awn-like cusp just back of the inHexeil apex (splitting 

 into two in dehiscence) and a p.air of short and blunt ones on the back. — 1*1. Wright, i. If>, 

 & Bot. U. S. Expl. Exped. 148 ; Griseb. Fl. W. Ind. 72. M. curplnifolinm, Gray, I'l. Feudl. 

 22, a mistake. Maica Coromandelimui, L. Spec. ii. 687, but not native to India. M. Irims- 

 jiidatn, Ait. f. Kew. ed. 2, iv. 210; DC. Proilr. i. 430. M. Americnmi, Cav. Dis.-*. ii. 80, t. 22. 

 f. 2, not L. M. sitbhastata, Cav. 1. c. 72, t. 21, f. 3. ^f. Dotniin/ttisis, Spreng. in DC. 1 c. 

 431. M. Lindlieimeriana, Scheele, Linmea, xxi. 470 {Mdlinstnim I.iinlhrimirianum, Walp. 

 Ann. ii. 153). Sida hracteolata & 5. carjilnuidcs, DC. I.e. 460, 461.'- — Texivs and Florida; 

 also a ballast-weed farther north. (Trop. Amer. and nat. on most trop. shores.) 



M. SCOparium, Gray. Frutescent, with minute stellnlar-canescent and no strigose pnlies- 

 cciice : loaves ovate or deltoid-ovate, or subcordate, acutely serrate, with few pairs of stniight 

 veins : flowers sessile or nearly so in the axils and subspicate at ends of bramhes : caly.x 

 finely canescent, with ovate lobes obtuse or barely acute : mature carpels canescently puites- 

 cent at depressed top, bearing a pair of conical tubercles on the back, but no aj)ical cusj) or 

 a mere vestige. — Bot. U. S. Expl Exped. 147. Malm srojxtria. L'ller. Stirp. Nov. t. 27; 

 ? Cav. Diss. t. 21, f. 4. — Mountains south of Tucson, Arizona, Priuijlc (distr. as .1/. Iricu»/>i- 

 datum). Parish. (Mex., S. Am.) 



M. spicatum, Gray. Frutescent, pubescent, not strigose, 2 or 3 feet high : leaves dell.. id- 

 ovate, crenate-serrate, rarely obscurely lol)ed, more sjiarsely-veincd. larger 5-rit)lK-il at h:\sc, 

 slender-petioled : flowers mainly in terminal heads or at length cylindrical spikes: calyx 

 barbately hirsute or hi.spid ; the lobes acuminate : mature car|)els i!e|)res.sed-renif<>rni, hirsute 

 at top, pointless, tlie inflexed apex rostrately extended. — I'l. Fendl. 22. M. Americanum, 

 Terr. Bot. Mex. Bound. 38. Maira spirata, L. Spec. ed. 2, ii. 967. M. Americana, L. Sjkm?. 

 ii. 687, as tcj syn. Breyn. Cent. 124, t. 57. M. spirnta, nratn, & poli/starl,i/u, Cav. Diss. t. 20, 

 f. 2, 4, & t. 138, f. 3.3— S. Texas, on the lower Bio Grande. Scliotl. Intr.Kluce.i at Apalachi- 

 cola, Florida, Chainnan. (Mex., Trop. Am., and now di.spersed thnnigli tro|.ics.) 

 ^— H— ^— Warm-temperate perennial, cinereous with lepidote-stellular very short pubes- 

 cence : flowers solitary and subsessile in upper axils, foliaceous-involucellate. 



M. Wrightii, Ghat. A foot or two high : rigid stems a.scending from a lit'nes<-ont ki.«o. 

 sparingly branched: leaves from subcordate-oval to oblong, obtuse, ruber carscly H-rnite 

 and .slender-petioled : bractlets of tlie involucel ovate or sul>cor.late. adnato to ba.-^' of cjilyx 



1 Add syn. ^ftllvenpsIg hifplda, Kimtze. I. c. 



^ Adi\ syn. ^falvastrum coroinandelianuin, Gnrcke, Bonpl.uidia, v. '2'''- 1/ ..•. .>..,. i. .,,,-;.•,.«.. 

 Kuntze, 1. c. 



* Add syn. Malveopgis spicnta, Ktmtze, I. c. 



