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MALVACE^. [Malva. 



2, L. virginianum ; annuum, erectum, canle superne ramoso subanguloso, foliis ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis margine scabiiusculis, racemis elongatis foliosis, fioribus unilateralibus, 

 sepalis late ovatis mucronatis capsula depressa subbrevioribus. — Linn. Sp. PL p. 399. 

 Mich, Am, v. 2. p, 36. Fursh, M, Am, v. I, p. 210. Elliott^ Carol v. 1. p. 375. BigeU Fl, 

 Bost ed. 2. p. 123. Torrey, Fl. of Un, St v. I. p. 330. 



Hab. Lake HuroD, which is perhaps its most northern range. Dr.' Todd, 



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Fioribus ccBruieis, 



S. Ij, perenne ; subperenne, glabrum, ramis erectis virgatis, foliis alternis acutis ssepe 

 pellucid o-punctatis, floribus suboppositifoliis terminalibusque, filamentis subulatis, stylis 

 ad basin usque liberis, sepalis ovalibus basi obscure 5-nerviis ext. acutis int. obtusis, 

 capsula globosa paulo, petalisque retusis S-plo, brevioribus. — Linn, Sp. PL p. 397. Cham, 

 et SchlecL in Linnma^ v. 1. p, 71. EngL Bot, t. 4-0. Ilich. in FrankL 1st Journ, ed. 1. p, 735. 

 Nutt. Gen. v. 1. p, 206. Torrey in PL of Rocky Mount, p. 171. — L. Lewisii, Purshy FL 

 Am, V, 1. p. 210. — L. sibiricum et L. anglicum, {MilL) De Cand. Prodr. v. \. p, 427. 



Hab. From Canada, {Mrs, Percivdl^ throughout North America, among the Rocky Mountains, (Drum- 

 THondf Douglas,^ to the shores of the Pacific, (Douglas^) and as far north as the shores of the Arctic Sea, 

 Dr. Richardson. — Chamisso and Schlechtendal unite with this, and, I think, justly, L. austriacumy Jacq., Z. 

 leBve^ Scop, and Z, alpitmm, Jacq. ; for the differences are indeed very trifling and very inconstant. At the same 



le, those authors distinguish the L, perenne from our British Z. perenne^ (Z. anglicum, MilL and De Cand.) 

 by its "drooping capsule, whereas in Z. anglicum it \% constantly eT^cii" a chai'acter, perhaps, on which 

 too much stress is laid, even were it constant; hut in my American specimens, often on the same plant, the 

 capsules are sometimes erect and sometimes drooping. Although this species of Flax is of such general 

 occurrence in North America, Pursh and Douglas both observe that it is never employed by the natives for 

 economical purposes. 



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Ord. XVII. MALVACE^. Br. De Ozwd— Malvace^. Sect. 1. 2. 3. Juss. 



1. MALVA. Linn. 



CaL cinctus involucre 3-phyllo rarius 5-6-phyllo, bracteolis oblongis setaceisve. Car- 

 peUa capsularia plurima in orbem disposita. 



Sect. Malvastrum. DC. * floribus purpureis v. cameis. 



1, M. rotundifdia ; caule prostrato, foliis cordato-orbiculatis obtusissime 5-lobatis, 

 pedunculis fructiferis declinatis. — Linn, Sp, PL p, 969. EngL Bot. p. 1092, Pursh, Fl. 



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Am. V, 2, p. 454. Elliott, Carol, v. 2, p, 162. 



Hab. About Montreal and Quebec, in cultivated plains. Mrs, Percival; Mrs. Sheppard; Dr. Bich- 

 ardson. . 



2. M. Munroana ; herbacea, albido-tomentosa, foliis subrotundis cordatis subquinque- 

 lobis dentatis, involucello setaceo, pedunculis terminalibus paniculatis. LindL — Douglas, 

 MSS. in Herb, Hart, Soc— LindL in Bot. Reg. t, 1306. 



Hab. Common on the arid, barren, sandy deserts of the Columbia, from the « Great Falls" to the Rocky 

 Mountains, covering the ground with scarlet^ as Papaver BJueas does in our country. Douglas, 



