MALVACEAE 849 
M. angustum A. Gray. Stem 1-3 dm. tall; leaf-blades elliptic-lanceolate 
to linear-elliptie, 2-4 em. long, remotely serrate: calyx-lobes broadly triangular: 
petals yellow, about equalling the calyx- 
lobes: carpels 5 or 6, pubesce (Y 
FALSE-MALLOW.)—Dry soil = rocky hills, 
various provinces, rarely Coastal Plain, Ala. 
to Kans., Ia., and T 
2. M.  corchorifolium  (Desr.) Britton. 
3-9 dm. tal; leaf-blades ovate to 
elliptic-lanceolate, 2-6 m. g, arsely 
se -lobes triangular-ovate, acumi- 
nate: petals orange- nell e hispidu- 
lous, [M. Eugelü 8. 
te-places, aad cult. sem pen. 
and the Keys.—(W. I.) 
8. M. coromandelianum (L.) Garcke. Stem i f 
3-9 dm. tall: leaf-blades orbicular-ovate to elliptic-ovate, 2-8 em. bur — 
serrate: pleas rw le petals light-yellow: carpels hirsute on 
top. [M. L. r.]—Hamm eck, amar cult. grounds and 
Male i Coastal "Plain, Fla. "to Tex.—(W. I , €. A., 8. A., O. W.) 
4. M. spicatum (L.) A. Gray. Stem 3-9 dm. tall: leaf-blades ovate to 
deltoid-ovate, 3—8 cm. long, pem icd Or aad slightly lobed: calyx 
densely pubescent; lobes triangular-lanceolate, 3-4 m long: petals oran ê; 
i arpels 3 mm. long, the tip inflexed —Sandy soil, Coastal 
Plain, Fla. an 
5. SIDA I. Herbs or eia woody plants. Leaf-blades usually 
toothed. Involuce] usually wanting. Sepals 5, partially united. Petals 5 
pale, often yellow. Carpels 5 * many, l-celled, commonly singly or doubly 
beaked.—About 100 species, widely distributed—The bark of some species 
yields a strong fiber 
Leaf-blades palmately lobed: corolla white: calyx terete at the base 
PSEUDO-NAPAFA. 
af-blades merely oe corolla colored : calyx angled.— 
Subgenus MALVIN 
Flowers or flower-clusters in leafy involucres at the 
.— Subgenus 
I. HERMAPHRODITAE. 
ends of the branches. II. CILIARES. 
Flowers or flower-clusters axillary or sometimes in 
terminal panicles. III. SPINOSAE. 
I. HERMAPHRODITAE 
Tall perennial: lobes of the leaf-blades toothed. 1. S. hermaphrodita. 
II. CILIA 
Diffuse perennial, somewhat resembling a ec in 
na it: flower-clusters leafy-involucrate. 2. S. ciliaris. 
III. SPINOSAE 
tems or branches decumbent or prostrate 3. S. procumbens. 
Stems erect or ascendin 
f-blades cordate. 4. S. cordifolia. 
Leaf-blades acute, rounded, or truncate at the base. 
Leaf-blades ovate to cuneate or lanceola 
Ma aes rec ls 
e 
hose arising from the stem, much 
longer than the pedicels. 5. S. rhombifolia. 
Mature carpels with 2 teeth each: peduncles 
Shorter than the pedicels or only slightly 
