852 MALVACEAE 
Sepals 5, united below. Petals 5, sometimes erose-fimbriate. Carpels 10-20, 
1-celled, more or less beaked, the faces smooth or reticulate at maturit 
About 8 species, North American.—POPPY-MALLOW 
Peduncles seeds a 1. C. triangularis. 
Peduncles 1-flow 
Involucels present, C. Papaver. 
Involucels wanting. $ C. alceoides. 
1. C. triangulata (Leavenw.) A. Gray. Stem 3-9 dm. tall rough-pubes 
cent: n blades triangular-ovate to v iringnlarhaset 3-1. 5 em. long, those 
of the lower ones erenate or lobed: calyx- 
E “deltoid ovate: petals deep-purple, 2— 
long: Pa Eur. mm. long. 
(CLUSTERED POPPY w.)—Dry woods, 
various provinces, Maium Coastal Plain, Ala. 
to Tex., Minn., Ill, and N. C.—Spr.-sum 
C. Papaver — A. Gray. Stem 
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0 es 
lobed or 3—5-parted: calyx-lobes lanceolate 
to e M P ae 1-1.5 em. lo dh o 
red-purple, 2-4.5 em. long: carpel 
long — Sandy woods, Coastal Plain, Fes rs 
ex. and Ga.—Spr.— 
8. C. alceoides (Michx.) A. Gray. Stem with strigillose branches 2-5 dm 
tall: leaf-blades palmately lobed or incised: calyx-lobes triangular or tri- 
angular-lanceolate, less than 1 cm. long: petals. EE or rose, 1-1.5 em. long: 
earpels 4 mm. long.—Dry soil, various provinces, Ala. to Tex., Nebr., and 
Ky.—Spr.-sum. 
8. MALACHRA L. Herbs or woody plants, sometimes with stingin 
hairs. Leaf-blades lobed. Involucel wanting. Sepals 5, partially united. 
Petals 5, broad. Carpels 5, 1-celled, beakless, the faces reticulate-veiny.—About 
6 species, tropical American. 
Bracts acuminate: calyx-lobes acuminate, with rather weak hairs. M. ur 
Bract acute: calyx-lobes setaceous-tipped, with stout hairs. . M. alceifolia. 
rens Poit. Stem 2-6 dm. tall, more or less branched and spreading, 
finely ison in lines and with coarse simple or branched hairs: leaf-blades 
ovate to lanceolate, sometimes slightly 3- 
. long, ra 
n tips: 
petals 6-12 mm. long, light-yellow, iei 
or = usually 5 sparin ngly pubes ME 
bou mm. lon eed nearly a wide as 
g: 
long edes a o. and waste- 
places, S pen. Fla. and the Keys.— (W. I.)— 
All year. 
M. alceifolia Jacq. Stem mostly 3-10 
EN tallor diffusely branched and spreading. 
finely soft-pubescent all over and with stiff 
forki duin : 
ovate, sometimes 3-lobed, 3-15 em. long, 
