460 MALVACE#. I. 
Division II. Calyx without an involucel. — 
23 Paravia. Calyx naked, 5-cleft. Carpels capsular, nu- 
merous, 1-seeded, disposed into a head without any order. 
24 Crista‘r1a. Calyx naked, 5-cleft. Fruit orbiculately- 
depressed, covered with a thin pellicle, composed of numerous 
1-seeded carpels, bearing 2 wings in the centre. 
25 A’nopa. Calyx naked, 5-cleft ; lobes acuminated, spread- 
ing when in fruit. Capsule somewhat hemispherical beneath, 
depressed above and star-formed, many-celled, especially with 
1-celled, 1-seeded, connate carpels. 
26 Pertrtera. Calyx naked, 5-cleft. 
twisted into a tube, at length free. 
celled ; cells 1-seeded. 
27 Stpa. Calyx naked, 5-cleft, usually angular. Styles mul- 
tifid at the top. Carpels capsular, 5-40, 1-seeded, seldom blad- 
dery, disposed in a whorl around the axis, more or less connected 
with each other, or wholly connected into a many-celled capsule, 
28 Asvtiton. Calyx naked, 5-cleft, usually angular. Styles 
multifid at the apex. Carpels capsular, 5-30, many-seeded, 
usually bladdery, disposed in a whorl around the axis, so closely 
connected with each other as to form a many-celled capsule. 
29 Nurta’tuia. Calyx naked, 5-cleft. Anthers numerous, 
Stigmas numerous, filiform. Carpels numerous, disposed into 
a ring or whorl, 1-seeded, not opening spontaneously. 
30 Lacune‘a. Calyx naked, 5-cleft. 
and sides of the tube. 
Petals erect, spirally 
Capsule stellately many- 
Anthers on the top 
Stigmas 5. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved ; 
valves with a dissepiment in the middle, separable, standing 
above the filiform central axis. 
31 Incennovu'z1a. Calyx naked, 3-parted ; lobes ovate, lan- 
ceolate, acuminated. Petals 5. Urceolus campanulate, situated 
within the petals. Stamens numerous, monadelphous. Style 1. 
32 Eurya’ntue. Calyx naked, 5-cleft. Petals 5. Stamens 
indefinite, hardly connected at the base. Style 1. Capsule 3- 
celled, 3-valved, many-seeded ; valves with a dissepiment in the 
middle of each. 
Division I. Calyx double, or girded by an involucrum. 
I. MA’LOPE (from padoc, tender ; soft leaves). Lin. gen. 
no. 843. Lam. ill. t.583. D.C. prod. 1. p. 429. 
Lin; syst. Monadélphia, Polydndria. Calyx 5-cleft, girded 
by a 3-leaved involucrum ; leaflets cordate. Carpels many, l- 
seeded, collected into a head. Herbs resembling Málva, with 
large purplish or small white flowers. 
1 M. maracorpss (Lin. spec. 974.) leaves ovate, crenated ; sti- 
pulas oblong-linear ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. ©. H. Na- 
tive of Italy, Provence, Spain, Mauritania, and the island of Scio, 
in meadows. Sweet, fl. gard. icon. Cav. diss. t. 37. f. 1.—Sabb. 
hort. 1. t. 50.—Moris, hist. 2. p. 522, sect. 3. t. 17. f. 11.— 
Bocce. sicil. 15. t. 8. f. 2. Barrel. icon. t. 1189. Flowers purplish. 
Var. P, sinuàta (D.C. prod. 1. p. 429.) leaves some obtusely 
trifid, others sinuated or pinnatifid. ©.H. Native of Mauritania. 
—Cav. diss. t. 27. letter X. Intermediate between M. malacoides 
and M, stipulacea. Flowers large, purplish-violet, like those 
of a species of Mallow. 
Mallow-like Malope. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1710. Pl. 14 ft. 
2 M. srirura'cea (Cav. ann. cienc. nat. 3. p. 74.) leaves 
ovate, crenated ; stipulas cordate, ovate, acute; peduncles axil- 
MALrorE. 
I. Marva. ° 
lary, 1-flowered. ©. H. Native about Mogodor. Flowers 
large, purple, like those of a common Mallow. 
Large-stipuled Malope. Fl. July, Sept. Pl. 1 foot. 
3 M. tRYFIDA (Cav. diss. 2. p. 85. t. 27. f. 2.) leaves 53- 
nerved, trifid, toothed, glabrous ; lobes acuminated ; peduncles 
axillary, 1-flowered. ©. H. Native of Portugal, Spain, and 
Mauritania, in meadows. Flowers large, purple. 
Trifid-leaved Malope. Clt. 
to 2 feet. 
4 M. muttirrora (Trig. in Cav. diss. 2. p. 85.) leaves round- 
ish, crenated, villous; flowers 3-4, axillary. ©.H. Native 
of Portugal and Spain. Flowers small, white. 
Many-flowered Malope. Pl. 4 foot. , 
Cult. The seeds of these beautiful plants only require to be 
sown in the open border about the beginning or middle of April. 
Fl. July, Sept. 1808. Pl. 1 
II. MA’LVA (altered by the Latins from the Greek word 
paraxn, malache, soft, which comes from padacow, to soften ; 
in allusion to the soft mucilaginous qualities of the species). 
Lin. gen. no. 841. Lam. ill. t. 582. D. C. prod. 1. p. 430. 
Luv. syst. Monadélphia, Polyéndria. Calyx 5-cleft, girded 
by a 3-leaved involucrum, or rarely with a 5 or 6-leaved in- 
volucrum ; leaflets oblong or setaceous. Carpels capsular, 
many, disposed in a round head. Many of the species are shewy. 
Málva was an excellent vegetable among the Romans, but what 
species is uncertain, and the Chinese use some sort of Mallow 
as food. i 
Secr. I. Matva’rrrum (a name altered from Málva). D.C. 
prod. 1. p.430. Carpels 1-celled, 1-seeded. 
§ 1. Chrysánthæ (from ypvooc, chrysos, gold, and avboc, 
anthos, a flower ; because all the species contained in this sec- 
tion have yellow flowers). D. C. prod. 1. p. 430. Leaves 
undivided. Flowers small, yellow, almost sessile in the axils of the 
upper leaves, and sometimes apparently in spikes, in consequence 
of the upper leaves being wanting. 
1 M. rricuserpa'ra (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 210.) 
leaves oblong or ovate, acute, serrated ; flowers ‘axillary, glo- 
merate ; carpels tricuspidate. ¢.S. Native of Jamaica. M. 
Americana, Cav. diss. 2. t. 22. f. 2. M. carpinifolia, Desr. m 
Lam. dict. enc. 3. p. 754. M. Coromandeliana, Willd. Swartz, 
Sida Jamaicénsis, Mill. 
Var. B, subtriloba (D. C. prod. 1. p. 430.) leaves somewhat 
8-lobed. M. Antillarum, Zucc. obs. no. 79. 
Tricuspidate-carpelled Mallow. Fl. July, Aug. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
2 M. Americana (Lin. spec. 968.) leaves ovate, acute, Cre- 
nately serrated, rather pilose ; flowers axillary, generally solitary, 
or in terminal capitate spikes ; carpels awnless. ©. H. Native 
of St. Domingo. M. ulmifòlia, Balb. herb. M. Curassavica, 
Desrous, in Lam. dict. enc. 3. p. 754. ` 
American Mallow. Fl. July. Clt. 1756. Pl. 1 foot. 
3 M. sca'gra (Cav. diss. 5. t. 138. f. 1.) leaves ovate-lanceo- 
late, coarsely toothed, obsoletely 3-lobed, under surface as we 
as branches scabrous with stellate hairs ; peduncles axillary, 
generally 2-flowered. k.G, Native of Peru in arid places: 
M. scoparia, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 139. M. corchorifélia, Desrous 
in Lam. dict. enc. 3. p. 743. M. Lagàscæ, Cat. hort. taur. 
1821. p.36? Thereis a variety with sessile flowers. 
Scabrous Mallow. Fl. June, July. Cit. 1798. Shrub 4 ft. 
4 M. scora ria (Lher. stirp. t. 27.) leaves ovate, crenately- 
serrated, under surface as well as branches somewhat velvety 
from stellate down; flowers axillary, crowded. R. G.. Natıve 
of Peru. Cav. diss. 2. p. 65. t. 21. f. 4. Racemes axillary. 
Clt. 1726. 
