240 14. MALVACEAE. 



Malva borealis, Wall. 



Area* * [3]. 



lucognit, Said to have been found at Hythe, in Kent, 

 which requires confirmation. Whether this is truly the 

 species intended by Ray (and by Hudson under name of 

 M. parviflora) may be still uncertain. It has also been 

 reported to me, from Glamorganshire. 



Malva Alcea, Linn. 



Area * [5 -:^ * 8]. 



Incognit. Borders of fields, &c. (Ray. Syn.) In the 

 counties of Warwick, Leicester and Nottingham (Huds. 

 Ang.). 



208. Alth^a officinalis, Linn. /^ /^. /// , / j^ » 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 6 * 8 * [10 * 12 13 * 15] 16. 



South limit in Devon, Isle of Wight, Kent. ^^t^rt4i . 



North limit in Lincolnshire and Arran. 



Estimate of provinces 8. Estimate of counties 15. 



Latitude 50 — 56. English type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Midagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to a trifling elevation, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 48. 



Native. Paludal. A local species, which apparently 

 has been reported from too many of the provinces. Mr. 

 Denny is the authority for its occurrence in the province 



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