the dilated downy base of the style, which latter is cleft 
at the extremity into several segments. Corolla of five 
very broad, wavy, obcordate or somewhat cuneate petals, 
united at the base, in our gardens varying excessively in 
colour though generally inclining to rose-red, often with a 
pale eye or centre, surrounded with a deep black-purple 
ring. 
in native of China ; introduced in 1753, and now an uni- 
versal inhabitant of the garden and shrubbery in all the 
temperate parts of Europe, where it is a hardy biennial and 
greatly admired for its stately growth, and the size and 
profusion and rich and varied colour of the blossoms, which 
continue to flower in succession from June till a late period 
in autumn. Hollyhocks succeed too in any soil, but no 
where perhaps so perfectly as in the vicinity of the sea. 
SEE 
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Fig. 1. Young fruit— Natural size. 
