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Hesperalcea Greene, Pittonia, ii. p. 801. 



H. malachroides = Malva malachroides H. & A. Bot. Beech, p. 326. 

 Sidalcea malachroides Gray in Proc. Am. Acad. vii. p. 382. Prof. 

 Greene has founded this genus upon a Californian plant which has 

 hitherto been generally included among the Sidalceas. The name 

 was first suggested in the Flora Franciscana, p. 106. When 

 enumerating this species, together with S. vitifolia A. Gray, which 

 seems closely allied, I noted that they appeared unlike any other 

 members of the genus. Prof. Greene states that it is not only 

 different in habit and aspect from either Malva or Sidalcea, but 

 that its cotyledons are a specially distinguishing feature, " being 

 narrowed very abruptly to the petiolule," instead of having "neatly 

 cordate-rounded lobes at the base." Hesperalcea has a double 

 staminal column ; the filaments of the outer series being more or 

 less united into sets. The style is longitudinally stigmatose. 



Malvastrum diminutivum = Malva diminutiva Philippi, Verz. auf 

 Antofagasta et Tarapaca (1891), p. 8. 



Hab. Chili. Paroma, alt. 3800 metres. 



! I : . . I ■ 



Malvastrum stipulare Philippi, I. c. 

 Hab. Chili. Machucha. 



Malvastrum subacaule = Malva subacaulis Philippi in Anales 

 Univ. lxxxii. p. 14. 



Hab. Andes. Prov. Curico, M. Tidal. 



Malva (Malvastrum) Eeichei Philippi, I.e. p. 19, gathered in 

 Chili nr. Constitucion by C. Eeiche, may be synonymous with 

 Malcastrum nq.itatum (Cav.). 



Tarasa Philippi, Verz. auf Antofagasta et Tarapaca (1891), p. 10. 



T. Eahmeri Philippi, I.e. tab. 1, fig. 1. 



Hab. Chili. Prov. Tarapaca, at Sibaya ! The native name 

 for this plant is Tarasa. 



T. Alberti Phil, in Anal. Univ. lxxxii. p. 321. 



Hab. Argentine Andes, nr. Portezuelo del Tinguiririca, Albert. 



This genus is allied to Malvastrum and Cristaria; the carpels 

 being monospermous and appendaged, bearing at their apex two 

 plumose tails. Tarasa Eahmeri Phil, is either synonymous with, 

 or very closely allied to, Malvastrum plumosum A. Gray, and I rather 

 doubt the advisability of separating Tarasa from Malvastrum. If 

 Malvastrum is to be divided at all, by far the most important 

 division would be to form a separate genus for the phyllantho- 

 phorous species— to adopt, in fact, the arrangement of Weddell in 

 the Chlom Andina. I notice that Dr. Philippi, when diagnosing 

 the genus Tarasa, spells it thus, but in describing the second 



Cristaria Jarjs Philippi, Verz. auf Antofagasta und Tarapaca 

 (1891), p. 9. 



Hab. Chili. Prov. Antofagasta. Cortaderas. 

 The wing in this species is small. 

 C. flexuosa Philippi, I. c. p. 10. 

 Hab. Chili. Jaina. 



