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Malcomia (Wm. Malcolm, English horticulturist of the eighteenth century). Also written Malcolmia, but it was originally spelled Malcomia. Cruciferae. Flower garden annuals.

Malcomia is a genus of branching herbs, the branches often prostrate: lvs. alternate, entire or pinnatifid: fls. white, purplish or reddish, in a loose raceme; petals long and linear or long-clawed: pods rather terete, long or awl-shaped; seeds in 1 series or in 2 series at the base of the cells, not marginate.—Species about 30, Medit. region.

M. bicolor, Boisa. & Heldr. Low, about 6 in., pubescent: lvs. oblong-laneeolate to ovate, nearly entire: fla. pink, yellowish at base. Mountains, Greece. Gt. 1:220. — M. littorea, R. Br. Six to 12 in.: lvs. hoary, lance-linear, nearly entire: fls. large, pink-purple, the spreading limb not prominently veined.
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