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MALYA* purpurata 



Purple Mallow. 



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MONADELfHIA POLYAlStDRIA. 



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Nat. ord, MALVACEiE Juss. (^Lindley^s introduction to the natural 

 system^ p. 33.) 



MALVA.—Swprd, vol. 4. foL 295; 



§1- Malvastrum; carpella unilocularia monosperma? Dec. 



Bismalvse; floribus purpurascentibus aut albis, pedicellis axillaribus 

 soUtariis unijloris, involucro triphyllo, foliis multipartitis, caule herbaceo. — 

 Dec. prodr. 1. 432. 



"i, purpurata ; pubescens, ascendens, foliis inferioribus 5-fidis superioribus 

 trifidis: laciniis ssepiiis trifidis lobis furcatis obtusis, floribus solitariis, 

 peduncylis petiolis longioribus. 



Herba perennis, ascendens^ ramis diffusis intricatis circulum diametro 

 ^-pedali efformantibus. Rami pubescentes. Folia pubescentia^ inferiora 

 5-partitay superiora ^-partita, laciniis subtrilobis: lobis divaricatim sub^ 

 bilobis. Flores solitarii, axillareSj pedunculo petiolo scepiUs longiore. In- 

 volucrumyer^ obsoletuniy ^ tribus setis deciduis constans. Calyx tomentosus, 

 campanulatus y 5-Jidus, laciniis acutis. Petala purpurea^ cuneata, calyce 

 longiora. Carpella monosperma^ inde hiscentia , inappendiculatay pubescentia. 



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Raised in 1826, in the Garden of the Horticultural 

 Society, from seeds collected by Mr. M'Rae in the Cumbre, 

 a pass in the Chilian Andes, in November 1825. In this 

 country it is a hardy perennial, increasing very little by 

 the root, but producing seeds in dry seasons. It flowers in 

 June, and continues in beauty till^ the frosts of autumn nip 

 ^t- It requires no ^rticular attention, thriving in any 

 common garden soil. 



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A perennial herbaceous plant, forming a patch about 

 two feet in diameter by its prostrate or ascending entangled 



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* An alteration o( ftaXccj^n, the Greek name of the Mallow. 



