Slda. MAIAACK.E. ;J2:] 



Gray, PI. Lindh. pt. 2, 163. PI. Wriglit. i. 20. & ii. 22. — River vallevi, Textw to S. Ariioaa ; 

 the earliest collectors, litiUntditr, Lindheimn, &c. (Adj. MfX.,' Urttjij, I'almer.) 



§ 4, Malvi'nua, DC. Calyx naked, geiurally ri-aii<il<(l, uinliuii;i;t-«l in n-^f : 

 leaves undivided : carpels mostly dehiscent at apt-x. — I'roilr. i. l.'j'J ; (Jruv. 1*1. 

 Fendl. 23, «& Proc. Am. Acad. xxii. 2'J 1. Mulvluthi, Dill. Kltli. 211', (. 171, 172; 

 Medic. Malv. 23. 



4): Flowers sessile or short-peduncled, mainly involiunitt! hy |R-tiol;it<> leavfit at tho Numinit 



of the branches : petals re<ldisli purple : low peri-iuiial with haliit soiiu-whitt uf StfflwuiHihtt. 



S. ciliaris, L. Diffuse, nuiiiy -.stfiniiicd. a foot orles.s lii>,'h.,'*trif;oK(»-pulM-(Mi-iii : li-avi>)» ohloiiK 



or narrower, ol)tu.-<e or retuse at Initli en<ls, or not rarely wiiii tiiKp ut tip, MTnit4< aUive th« 



middle, 3 to "J lines lonj^, loug-|)elioled : stipules filiform- or spaiulatclini-ar, conitpicuoUK. nl 



least the up])ermost and the ]ietioles hirsute-ciliate or harlmte : pi-tain ijuartcr to near half 



inch lonj^ : carpels 5 to 8. turgid, very strongly rugose-reticulated ami ov«-r tli<- hark not 



rarely tuberculate or nniricate. ilehiscent a])ex hicuspidate. — Syst. Nat ed. 10, ii. 1I4.'», & 



Spec. ed. 2, ii. 961 (Sloane's figure umliaracteristic) ; Cav. Diss. i. 21. t. .'J. f. 'J (|M«.r), &. 



V. t. 127, f. 2 (excellent) ; DC. Prodr. i. 461 ; Cliapm. Fl. 55. .S". (inomulu, .St. Hil. Fl. Hras. 



Merid. i. 177, t. 33. S. ElliuUii, Torr. liot. Mex. Bound. 39, as to pi. Hiifflow. S. inrolu- 



aula, A. Rich. Fl. Cub. 162.— Key West, Florida, lihxhplt, /i„;,,l. (W. llid. to Rrazil.) 



Var. fasciculata, (iuAV. Leaves narrower and iir<i|)ortionally longer, mostly linear. 



— I'roc. \ui. Acad. xxii. 294. S. fdsricnltttd, 'I'orT. & (iray, Fl. i. 231. S. tinomiila, \nr. 

 Mexiaina, Moricand, I'l. Nouv. Am. 36, t. 24. S. iiniriratn, Cuv. Ic. vi. 78. t. 597. f. I, 

 seems to be a form of this. Malvustrnm liuearifhliuw. Huckl. Proc. Acad. I'hilad. Isfil. 449. 



— Texas, near the coast, Berlandier, Drummoud, Wriijht, &c. (.Mex.) 



* * Flowers solitary or clustered in the axils, or at length sparingly ]ianicnlate or glomer- 

 ate at the summit of the stem in a few sj)ecies, more or le.ss ])edunculate : calyx 5-angle<l. 

 the summit in bud pyramidal : petals mainly yellow, 

 •t— Stems diffusely decuml)ent or prostrate from a perennial rcwt, filiform, sometimeu villous 

 with .scattered long and spreading hairs, or destitute of them in the siimc sjtecies: leaver 

 small, mostly subcordate at ba.se, on filiform petioles of about eipial length, alniut eipialled 

 bv the filiform axillary peduncles: herbage minutely canescent: carpels mostly 5, little 

 cfitiijiressed, nigose-reticulated on the thin sides. 

 S. diftusa, MRK. Leaves from subcordate and roundish to lanceolate with almost truncate 

 base, crenatedentate : petals 3 or 4 lines long (yellow, in specimens seeming white), much 

 surpassing the calyx: carpels barely apiculate or the dehiscent apex with two short stout 

 points. — Nov. Gen. & Spec v. 257. but petals not " violacea." nor caj»sule "apico depressa; " 

 Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. xvii. 330. S.jili/ormis, Moricand, PI. Nouv. Am. 38. t 25 (narrow- 

 leaved form without hairs) : Rothrockin Wheeler. Rej). vi. 75. >'. Jiliraidis. Torr. & tJray. 

 Fl. i. 232; Grav, PI. Lindh. pt. 2, 163.'- — Texas » (first cidl. by Brrlanditr) to Arizona. 

 (Mex.) 

 S. SUpina, L'Hkr. Leaves round-cordate to cordate-ovate (largest an inch long): |>otals 2 

 or 3 lines long, little surpassing the calyx : carpels 2-rostrate at the dehi.*cent apex. — Stirp. 

 Nov. t. 52 ; Chapm. Fl. 54. S. piloaa, & S. orntn, Cav. Diss. i. 9, t. I. f. 8, & vi. t. 196, f. 2. 

 S. procimbens, Swartz. Fl. Tnd. Occ. ii. 1211. — Flori.la Key.s. ( W. Ind.. S. Am.) 

 H^ H— Stems erect : leaves rather long-petioled, crenate-denfate. nearly all coniate or suit- 

 cordate : calyx ovate, with 5 broaiily .hdtoid lobes: carjuds 10 to 12, their a|K?x before 

 aiiical dehiscence 2-mucronate or 2awned. 

 S. COrdifolia, L. Annual (in tropics suffrutescent). densely and minutely m.ft tomontote 

 and velvety, very leafy: stem robust, rather tall : leaves ovate-<oplate (I to 3 inches long). 

 sometimes obscurely angulate-lobed : flowers all short-jtedunded, glomerate or ilustored: 



1 Also S. Am., whence first doner, by St. Hilnire. 



2 S. fHfiifa, var. >eto>n, K. 0. Maker, .Tour. H..f. xxx. 291. beint: ^^ fiHrnuli*, v«r. ulom. Cmy, 

 PI. Wright, ii. 22. does not appear to differ e^sontinlly from the typical T r;- ' "•' ■''■■.• 



3 .\lsc> on the keys of S. Florida, acc.lo Chapman. 



