SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF MALVEiE. 295 



Var. rufescens. — Foliis rufescentibus. 

 Hub. Venezuela ! Columbia ! Paraguay ! 



Var. compacta. S. multiflora Jacq. Obs. Pt. 2, t. 45, f. 1, 

 Paniculis compactis non laxe diffusis. 

 Hab. " In Antilles," Jacquinl 



96. S. Schweinfurthii, n. sp. — Caule erecto tereto, foliis 

 petiolatis ovatis inaequaliter serratis basi rotundatis utrinque minute 

 pubescentibus, floribus paniculatis paniculo laxo magno pedicellis 

 tenuibus, calyce tereto pubescente sepalis ovatis acutis, carpellis 5 

 dehiscentibus dorso rotundatis lateribus reticulatis apice breviter 

 bicuspidatis. 



Hab. Tropical Africa. Bongoland. Mongocongo, Schweinfurth, 



No. 2910! 



2* 



Stem 3 ft. or more ; leaves 2-3 in. long, 2 



97. S. filipes A. Gray, PL Lindh. p. 164. 

 Hab. Texas ! North Mexico ! 



98. S. Palmeri, n. sp. — Caule erecto ligneo ramoso, foliis 

 breviter petiolatis oblongis vel lanceolatis basi cordatis vel sub- 

 cordatis molliter cano-tomentosis serratis, floribus solitariis axil- 

 laribus pedunculis gracilibus versus apicem articulatis, calyce non 

 angulato sepalis triangularibus canesceutibus, petalis calyce multo 

 longioribus in sicco purpureis, carpellis dorso pubescentibus lateribus 



reticulatis. 



Hab. Mexico ; between San Luis Potosi and Tampico, Palmer, 



No. 1038 I 



Stem 2-3 ft. or more ; leaves f-1 in. long ; sepals £ in. ; petals 



Somewhat resembles S. filipes A. Gray, but the leaves are con- 

 colorous and much shorter, and the peduncles are not nearly as 

 long as in that species. 



99. S. acuminata DC. Prod. i. p. 462 ; K. Schum. 1. c. p. 332. 



S. maculate Bert., non Cav. 



Hab. Brazil ! St. Domingo ! Porto Rico ! 



Var. sessilis.— Floribus sessilibus vel subsessilibus. 



Hab. Porto Bico ! St. Thomas ! Venezuela ! Paraguay ! 



Var. Bracei. — Foliis ovato-lanceolatis acutis serratis majoribus 

 quam typo, pedunculis axillaribus et ad apicem ramulorum aggre- 

 gatis gracilibus versus apicem articulatis, carpellis 8 stellato- 



pubescentibus. 



Hab. New Providence, Brace, No. 436 ! 



100. S. micrantha St. HiL, A. Juss., et Camb. PL Us. t. xlix. ; 



K. Schum. /. c. t. lix. S. buttneriacea Kl. in Bot. Zeit. iv. p. 102. 



& phlebococca Griseb. PL Cub. p. 25. & rubra Dietr. Synop. iv. 



p. 848. 



Hab. Cuba ! Venezuela ! New Granada ! Columbia ! Brazil. 



Var. parvifolia. — Foliis parvis. 



Hab. Brazil, nr. Crato, Prov. Ceara, Gardner, 1467 I 



Var. diffusa. — Paniculis laxe diffusis. 



Hab. Brazil, nr. Catombi, Burchell, No. 1321. 





