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and waste-places, various provinces, Fla. to Tex., Ia., and Me.—Nat. of trop. 
Am.—(W. I., Mex., C. A., S. A.)—Sum. 
8. S. Ellottii T. & G. Plant 8-5 dm. tall or sometimes depressed: leaf- 
blades linear or nearly so, 2-7 em. ong. Po calyx-lobes triangular: petals 
deep-yellow: mature carpels 8-12, 4-5 long, rugose- Pia uie on the 
back.—Pinelands and edges of Bona e "Coastal Plain, Fla. to Miss., B 
and Va.—Sum. 
9. S. rubromarginata Nash. Plant 5-10 dm. tall: leaf-blades varying fro 
narrowly obovate to elliptie or ge lanceolate, 1.5—5.5 cm. long, na 
ealyx-lobes triangular: petals light-orange: mature carpels 8-10, 3-4 mm. 
long, rugose-pitted on the baek.—Sandy se a Fla.—Spr.—fall. 
^ S. leptophylla Small. Plant 9—13 dm. tall, thinly pubescent: leaf-blades 
near to ich -elliptic, 2-10 em. long, sharply serrate: ealyx-lobes triangular: 
Belus ight orange: matur i ioe about 4 mm. long.—Sandy soil, Coastal 
Plain, Ga. to La.—Spr.-f 
6. MALVA [Tourn.] L. Herbs. Leaf-blades lobed or dissected. Invo- 
lucel of usually 3 bractlets. Sepals 5, partially united. Petals 5, sometimes 
eroded. Carpels many, 1-celled, beakless, ed faces radially striate or ribbed 
at maturity.—A bout 30 species, natives of the Old World.—MaLLows.—The 
leaves and flowers " some species are e dn and are used medicinally. 
Corolla less than 2 em. broad: bractlets linear to lanceolate. 
Branches procumbent : carpels finely pubescent and smooth on 
the back. 1. M. rotundifolia. 
Branches erect or ascending: carpels glabrous and reticulated 
on the back. 2. M. parviflora. 
Corolla over 2 cm. broad: bractlets elliptic to ovate-lanceolate. 3. M. sylvestris. 
1. M. rotundifolia L. Plant Too leaf-blades obscurely lobed, crenate- 
ep iu calyx-lobes o to unc 7 vate: petals light-blue, pink, or white, 
—14 m = on 
m. is 
ee Low- ern )— Cult, “grounds, 
waste- aes. ne e various prov- 
inces, aoe aN t U. S. and S Can. Nat. of 
Eu.— —Spr.- 
M. parviflora L. Plant erect or ascend- 
and crenat es triangular: de 
white or n eT 3.5-7 mm 
on els 2-2.5 mm. long.—Waste- -plaees, vari- 
ous pos Fla. to Tex., Calif., and B. C. 
Nat. of Eu.—(Mex.)—Sum 
3. M. sylvestris L. Plant 3-4 dm. tall: 
leaf-blades p lobed and crenate - 
n Pr bu eu icis or nearly so: petals light purple to reddish- 
purple, 2-2.5 c a ER s obov a 3 mm. long.—(H168-MALLO w.)—-Fields, 
s -plaees, ius about sar dens. local in various provinces, "V. S. and S Can. 
t. of Eu. —( Mex.)—Sum. 
CALLIRRHOE Nutt. Herbs, resembling species of Malwa. Leaf- 
2e lobed, cleft, or dissected. Involucel of distinct bractlets, or wanting. 
