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140966 to 141083— Continued 

 140968 to 140984. Althaea spp. Malvaceae. 



140968. Althaea officinalis L. Marshmallow. 



No. 6528. From Karak, Khorassan, August 7, 1940. A plant 4 feet high, grow- 

 ing along streams, with velvetlike leaves and small, pale rose-purple flowers, ^2 inch 

 across. 



140969. Althaea sp. 



No. 6164. From Tehran, June 16, 1940. A desert plant 2 feet high, with hirsute 

 leaves and single, pale-yellow flowers, deeper in the throat, about 2 inches across. 



140970. Althaea rosea (L.) Cav. Hollyhock. 



No. 6438. From Bujmerd, Khorassan, August 2, 1940. An unbranched plant 

 6 feet high, with deeply palmate leaves and single rose flowers, 4 inches across. 



140971. Althaea sp. 



No. 6040. From Labisufed, Bakhtiari, May IS, 1940. Plant about 4 feet high, 

 growing on rocky slopes, with single, white flowers about 3 inches across. 



140972. Althaea sp. 



No. 6260. From Khatirabad, Gurgan, July 10, 1940. A much-branched plant, 5 

 feet tall, with single, white-with-yellow-throat flowers, 3 inches across. 



140973. Althaea sp. 



No. 6297. From Gurgan, July 11, 1940. A bushy plant, with flowers 4 inches 

 across, pale yellow, deeper yellow in the throat. 



140974. Althaea sp. 



No. 6478. From Kataliyekchinar, Khorassan, August 5, 1940. A steppe plant 5 

 feet tall, with single, yellow flowers about 3 inches across. 



140975 to 140984. Althaea rosea (L.) Cav. 



140975. No. 6531. From Shirvan, Khorassan, August 9, 1940. A plant 8 feet 

 tall, freely branched from the base, with attractive single and double flowers. 



140976. No. 6923. From Turbati Haidari, Khorassan, September 10, 1940. A 

 plant 10 feet tall, with obscurely palmate leaves and single flowers 4 inches 

 across, rose pink with yellow centers. 



140977. No. 6693. From Fariman, Khorassan, August 14, 1940. A plant 7 feet 

 high, with attractive double flowers. 



140978. No. 6879. From Khaur, Khorassan, September 6, 1940. A cultivated 

 plant 6 feet high. 



140979. No. 7010. From Turbati Haidari, Khorassan, September 12, 1940. A 

 plant 8 feet high, with palmate leaves and pink, semidouble flowers 3^ inches 

 across. 



140980. No. 7011. Gulikhatmi. From Turbati Haidari, Khorassan, September 

 12, 1940. A plant more than 4 feet high, with obscurely palmate leaves and 

 single, white flowers tinged pink, 2 inches across. 



140981. No. 7012. Gulikhatmi. From Turbati Haidari, Khorassan, September 

 12, 1940. A plant 3 feet high, with obscurely palmate leaves and deep-rose 

 flowers with yellow centers, 3 inches across. 



140982. No. 7018. Gulikhatmi. From Turbati Haidari, Khorassan, September 

 12, 1940. Flowers single, maroon with yellow centers, 3% inches across. 



140983. No. 7021. Gulikhatmi. From Turbati Haidari, Khorassan, September 

 12, 1940. A plant 6 feet high, with deeply palmate leaves and double pink 

 flowers 3^ inches across. 



140984. No. 7022. Gulikhatmi. From Turbati Haidari, Khorassan, September 

 12, 1940. Leaves deeply cut, flowers semidouble, white tinged with pink, 3^ 

 inches across. 



