NEW COMBINATIONS IN MALVA (MALVACEAE, MALVEAE)

Four new combinations in Malva, M. assurgentiflora, M. lindsayi, M. oc cidentalis, and M. wigandii, and five replacement names, M. autraliana , M. canariensis, M. dendromorpha, M. linnaei, and M. pacifica, are pr oposed to accommodate species of Lavatera that are more closely relate d to the type species of Malva than they are to the type species of La vatera. These species are in the ''Malvoid group,'' discussed by Ray i n an earlier paper. One other Lavatera species that should also be pla ced in Malva is discussed but not formally transferred. Some lectotype s and neotypes are designated.