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XVI. MALVACEAE. 



Germens several. Styles united at base. Sepals valvular. Petals convolute. Filaments united 



into a complete tube. 



131. MALOPE. 



1. malacoides. Stalks 1-flowered, axil- 

 lary. L. ovate, crenate. Stip. oblongo-Unear. 

 a. 6. Dry coast. Prov. It. 



132. MALVA. 



A. Outer Calyx of 2 L. ! Sp. 1. 



B. AsiUary Stalks solitary, exceeding L.- 

 stalk. Sp. 2-5. 



C. Axillary StallvS generally solitary, very 

 sliort. Sp. 6, 7. 



D. Axillaiy StaUcs many, longest equalling 

 L.-staUc. Sp. 8-11. 



S. Axillary Stallcs many, aU. mucb shorter 

 tban L.-stalk. Sp. 12-21. 



A. Outer Calyx oflL.l [In aU the other 



species there are 8.] 



1. hispanica. L. semi-orbicular, crenate ; 

 uppennost somewhat rhomboid. Stem erect, 

 haii-y. a. Sic. Not seen by Gussone. 



B. Lower Flower-stalks axillary, solitary, 



exceeding L.-stalk. 



2. cretica. Lower L. cordato-subrotund, 

 crenate; ujiper 3-5 -partite. Stem erect, a. 5. 

 Calcareous hills. Terracina. Sic. 



3. tournefortiana. Eoot L. 5 -partite, 

 trifid or somewhat pinuatifid. Segments linear. 

 Stem decumbent. Hairs few, steUato -fascicu- 

 late, a. 6. Coast of Mdt. Prej. Eons. 



4. Alcea. Root L. cordato-subrotund; 

 upper 5 -partite. Segments trifid,inciso-dentate, 

 or pinnatifid, rough with steUato-fasciculate 

 hairs. Outer Sepals ovate, prolonged. Valves of 

 Caps, glabrous, somewhat transversely wrinkled. 

 p. 7-9. Sedges, m. and s. Em-. 



j3. italica. Outer division of Cal. ovate or 

 elliptic, acuminate. 



5. moschata. Eoot L. cordato-subrotund. 

 Stem L. 5 -partite. Segments pinnatifid, incise, 

 or bipinnatifid. Cal. hairy ; outer divisions 

 liueari-lanceolate. Valves of Caps, densely 

 hii'sute. p. 7, 8. Dry shade. 



Mr. Borrer gathered in Somersetshire a 

 variety with the Stem L. also cordato-subrotund. 

 It has propagated itself in his garden as an 

 annual for twenty years without alteration. 



C . Flower-stalks axillary, generally solitary, 

 very short. 



6. Morenii. " Stem erect. L. cordato- 

 subrotund, 5-lobed, crenate, hoary beneath. 

 Fruit-stalks nearly solitary. Cal. tomentose ; 

 outer divisions ovate, acute. Caps, smooth. Fl. 

 large, p. 5, 6. Monte Baldo. Trent. &c." 

 • — Poll. Put by DC. as a variety of M. 

 Alcea. 



7. tomexitella. 



stellate pubescence. 



Prostrate, hoary with 

 L. cordato-subrotund, 5- 



anglcd, obtuse, dentate. Outer divisions of 



Cal. oblong, obtuse. 

 - Guss. from Presl. 



5. Fields. Trapani. 



I>. Lower stalks axillary, several, unequal; 

 longest as long as L.-stalk. 



8. ambigua. Stem ascending. L. crenate; 

 lower cordato-subrotund, somewhat 5-7-lobed ; 

 upper ovato-subrotund, acutely palmate. Stip. 

 leaf-Hke. Pet. three times as long as calyx. 

 Caps, hirsute, a. b. 4, 5. Of en fields, s. Sic. 



9. polsnmorpha. Erect. Lower L. cordato- 

 subrotund, obtusely lobed, crenate ; upper 

 truncated at base, acutely 3-5 -lobed, dentato- 

 serrate. Stip. leaf-like. Pet. quarter of calyx. 

 Caps, hirsute. The upper Stipules are some- 

 times scariose. a. b. 4, 5. Fields and uncult. 

 Trapani. Marsale. Pal. 



10. erecta. Villous, erect, somewhat 

 branched. L. cordato-subrotund, crenato- 

 dentate ; upper 5-lobed. Stip. scariose, cUiate. 

 Fl.-stalks 1 or 2, erect, stiff. Pet. three times 

 calyx. Caps, rugidose, tomentose. a.b. 4, 5. 

 Dry fields and uncult. Pal. &c. Sic. Ln 

 the character Gussone says, "Peduneiilis 

 foKo sequalibus ;" in the longer description of 

 his Variety 6, ' " Pedunculi petiolo ssepiiis bre- 

 viores." 



11. hirsuta. Hii'sute, erect. L. cordato- 

 peltate, nearly round. Hairs adpressed. Lower 

 L. obtusely lobed, dcntato-crenate ; uppermost 



