360 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man 6 ed. 101; Webb., Fl. Neb. 120; Britt., 

 Fl. N. J. 71; Chap., Fl. S. St. 59; Upham,FL Minn. 35; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 

 88; Engl. Nat. Pflanz. Ill, 6, 24; Coult., Fl. Tex. 46; Cov., Fl. Ark. 171; 

 Wats., Bibl. Ind. 1, 145; Sarg., Silva I, 49. 



North America: N. B., Q., Ont., Man. to Assiniboia; 

 S. to N. Eng., N. J. and Ga.; W. to Minn., Neb. and Tex. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; especially in forest dis- 

 trict, but on banks of streams; W. to Dakota line; rich soil. 



HERB.: Taylor 485, Janesville; Sheldon 56, Elysian; 

 Sheldon 654, Waseca; Taylor 662, Cobb river, Blue Earth Co.; 

 Taylor 800, Glenwood; Bollard 55 5, Spring lake, Scott Co.; 

 Sheldon 848, Sleepy Eye; Sheldon 389, Madison Lake; Herrick 

 53, Minneapolis; Holzinqer 40, Winona Co.; Bailey 224, Ver- 

 milion lake; Bailey 249, Vermilion lake; Sondberg 101, Cannon 

 Falls; Herb. Wickersheim 26, Lake Benton. 



LXIX. MALVACEAE, Mallow Family. 



Endlicher, Gen. PI. 978 (1836-40); Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Plant. I, 

 195; Baillon, Hist. PI. IV, 57 (1873) excl. Sterculiaceae; Schumann in Eng- 

 ler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, VI, 30 (1890). 



Genera : 30 ; cosmopolitan. 



Species: 650 700; most abundant in tropics. A large 

 number endemic in W. hemisphere. 



MALTA LINN. Gen. 557 (1737). 



Callirrhoe NUTT. Jour. Phil. Acad. II, 181(1822). 

 Nuttallia BART. Fl. Am. II, 74 (1822). 

 Malvastrum DC. Prodr. I, 430 (1824). 

 Malvella JAUB. and SPACH, 111. Or. V, 47 (1853). 

 Phyllanthophora GRAY, Wilkes Exp. I, 151 (1854). 

 Nototriche TURCZ. ex Baill. Hist. 1. c. (1873). 

 Baillon, Hist. PL IV, 138; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL I, 201; Engler 

 and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, VI, 40, 41 (Schumann); Durand, Ind. Gen. 

 Phan. 38; Gray, 111. Gen. II, 49, 51, 59. 



Living species: 100 ; N. America, 25; rest in Cape of 

 Good Hope region, Europe and Asia and N. Africa. Canada, 

 1; E. Sts., 4-5; S. Sts., 6; W. Tex., 10; rest Mexican, S-west- 

 ward and Central America. S. America, 15-20 sp. 



Malva triangulataLEAVENW. Am. Jour. Sci. VII, 62 (1823). 

 M. houghtonii T. and G. FL I, 225 and 681 (1838). 

 Callirrhoe triangulata GRAY, PL Fendl. 16 (1849). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 98; Upham, FL Minn. 34; Chap., 

 Fl. S. St. 53; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 133. 



North America: Ind. to Minn.; S. to N. Car. and Alab. 

 Minn, valley: Prairie region on higher levels; far S. 

 W. ; dry and exposed hillsides; rare. 



