S20 xxTi. MALVACEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Lavatera. 



late. Peduncles about equalling the leaves. Bracteoles 3, broadly ovate, acute, com- 

 bined at the base. Sepals lancuolate, longer than the bracteoles. Corolla 3 in. diam., 

 pink ; petals cuneate, deeply 2-tid. Staminal column villous. Carpels reniform, smooth, 

 shorter than the projecting torus. 



3. nXAXiVA, Linn. 



Downy terbs. Leaves lobed. Flowers in axillary tufts. Bracfeoles 3, 

 distinct. Sepals 5, connate at the base. Petals emarginate, connate at the 

 extreme base. Staminal-tvhea.ut'hen.l&TOws, to the top, without sterile teeth. 

 Ovary many-celled ; styles as many as the carpels, stigmas linear ; ovules 

 1 in each cell. Ripe carpels 1-seeded, indehiscent, separating from a short 

 conical tcynis. Seed ascending.— Disteib. Temperate regions of the Old 

 World. Species about 16 ; many are widely diffused by cultivation, &c. 

 None of the Indian species are endemic. 



1. ni. verticillata, L. ; BC. Prodr. i. 433; an erect annual or peren- 

 nial, pubescent, flowers nearly sessile in dense axiUary clusters. Wall. Oat. 

 1879, 1884, 3, 4. M. neilgherrensis, Wight Ic. t. 950. M. alchemillsefolia, 

 Wall. Cat. 1884, d. 



Tempekatb Himalaya, ascending to 6-12,000 ft., from Assam and Sikkim to 

 Kumaon and Lahul ; Nilghihis Mts., in corn fields, Wight. — Disteib. Europe, Abyssinia, 

 Egypt, Amoor land; China. 



Stem bianched, 2-4 ft. high, jf^eaaes cordate, suborbicular, 5-6-lohed, downy; petiole 

 6-7 in. Flowers small, nearly sessile, densely crowded. Bracteoles linear. SepiAs 

 deltoid lanceolate. Petals notched, slightly longer than the sepals. Carpels 10-12, 

 enclosed within the accrescent calyx, netted on the sides, prominently ribbed at the 

 back. 



2. M. silvestris, L. ; BG. Prodr. i. 432 ; an erect nearly glabrousherb, 

 peduncles as long or longer than the flowers erector ascending. Boisi. 

 Flor. Orient, i. 819. 



Western Temperate Himalaya, from Kumaon, alt. 2500 ft., to Kashmib and the 

 Pasjab. — DisTRiB. Europe, N. Africa, Siberia. 



Annual, 1-B ft. high. Leaves cordate, rounded, lobed ; petiole 4-5 in. PedvjniS^s 

 about 1 in. Bracteoles ovate, entire, shorter than the bell-shaped calyx. Corolla 14 in. 

 diam. Petals notched, claw-bearded. Carpels reticulated, downy or glabrous. 



Var. 1. mauritiana; carpels reticulated, glabrous. M. mauritiana, DO. Prodr. i. 432, 

 Cav. Diss.ii. 25, f. 2 ; Boxb. Kl. Ind. iii. 181 ; W. & A. Prodr. i. 45 ; Wall. Cat. 1877; 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 819. — Bengal, Western Peninsula. M. ciliata, Wall. Cat. 1878. 



Vab. 2. eriocarpa, Boissier Fl. Orient, i. 819 ; carpels reticulated downy. — Himalaya, 



3. 1«. rotundifolia, L. ; BC. Prodr. i. 433; a spreading herb, 

 slightly downy, peduncles deflexed after flowering, claw of petal bearded. 

 Wall. Cat. 1885 ; Poiss. Flor. Orient i. 820. M. vulgaris. Fries. Novril. 219. 



i^ORTH-WEST Provinces ; Kdmaon and Sindh. — Disteib. Europe, W. Asia. 



A much-branched herb, sparingly villous. Leaves suborbicular, lobed, crenate ; petiole 

 6-7 in. Peduncles IJ in. Jiracteoles lanceolate half the length of the broadly lance- 

 shaped sepals. CoroUa 1 in. diam. Petals wedge-shaped, notched, twice the length of 

 tUfe sepals. Pipe carpels downy, flat or wrinkled. 



Var. 1. borealis; petals scarcely exceeding the sepals, carpels prominently wrinkled 

 and netted. M. rotundifolia, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 181 ; M. borealis, Wallm. ex Boiss. 

 Flor. Orient, i. 820 ; M. rotundifolia var. /3, W. & A. Prod. i. 45 ; Wall. Cat. 1884, e, f ; 

 M. parviflora, Huds. not of Linn. — Bengal, Mysore. 



var. 2. reticulata; petals exceeding the calyx; carpels glabrous, wrinkled, M. rotun- 

 difolia, var. a, W. & A. Prodr. i. 45 ; Wall. Cat. 1884, e.— Bengal, North- West Hima- 

 laya, alt. 1-2000 ft. 



