846 MALVACEAE 
dark and glabrous above, p below, or Me with a Vobis bloom, 
vase tufted in rey -axils: cymes compact, few-flowered: peduncle 
pubescent, the free por n 2-4 em. long, pea ec hoary- “tomentose: bract linear- 
elliptic to nearly spa a. often faleáte, glabrous, 8-16 em. long, dois nar- 
row: sepals hoary-tomentose without, two-thirds as long as dis lanceolate petals. 
[T. crenoserrata Sarg. labamensis o ich woods, various provinces, 
us r in the higher mountains, W Fla. to Tex., S E Okla., Ky., and W N. C. 
—(Menz.) 
14. T. australis Small. Tree DoE 20 m. tall: leaf-blades ur 2 
0 a I te-m 
portion em. li often 4 em. broad, 
E glaucous 2d glabrous beneath: sepals about t ree-fifths as DE 
the ls: staminodia pid -spatulate.—W ooded hillsides, Blue Ridge t 
Xon un provinees, Ala. to N. C. 
Famity 2. MALVACEAE — Marrow FAMILY 
Herbs, ie or trees. Leaves alternate: blades simple, palmately 
veined. Flowers perfect. Calyx of 5 d or less united valvate sepals. 
S 
stamens. Gynoecium of several united, “ofte n whorled, carpels. ruit 
capsular or sometimes baccate About 45 genera and 900 species, widely 
distribu ted. 
Fruit of cL radially Ed carpels whieh separate from each other at 
ma 
Carpels. a many as there are stigmas: staminal-column anther-bearing at the 
mit. 
Stigma is short, capitate or truncate. Tribe I. SIDEAE. 
Stigmas elongate, usually filiform, introrse. Tribe II, MALVEAE. 
Carpels one half as many a s there are stigmas: staminal- 
inm an ather bearin ng on CN upper part, but not at 
e lobed. or truncate summ 
Fruit Ps "Cloculicidal capsule or rael indehiscent. 
I. SIDEAE 
Tribe IIT. URENEAE. 
Tribe IV. HIBISCEAE. 
Seeds 2-several uu each carpel. 
Involucel wanting. 
Carpels leathery or oe Eee not bladdery. 1. ABUTILON. 
Carpels D bladder 2. GAYOIDES. 
i1nvolucel of 3 bra 3. MODIOLA. 
Seeds solitary in each carpel. 
Involucel of 2 2 ut ? bractlets. 4. MALVASTRUM. 
Involucel wanti 5. SIDA. 
I. 
Petals ed at the apex: carpels beakless, without inter- 
6. MALVA. 
nal proc 
Petals eoo Pat the apex: carpels beaked, with an internal 
process above the seed. 1. CALLIRRHOE. 
III. URENEAE 
Carpels dry, achene-like. 
Involucel unt inflorescence capitate. 8. MALACHRA. 
faxo ee ee cU bractlets: inflorescence axillary or 
Involucel “of 2 partially united bractlets: carpels 
spiny all ov 9. URENA. 
Involucel = 5-15 T a carpels unarmed 
h 1-3 spin e back. 
Mature eem spi Mcd 10. PAVONIA. 
Mature carpels M DIRcloss. E sometimes cuspidate. 11. MALACHE. 
Carpels o a drupelike berry, but separating at 
maturi 12. MALVAVISCUS. 
