TILIACEAE (LINDEN FAMILY) 



19 MALVALES. Mallow Order. 



i TILIACEAE. Linden Family. 

 i TILIA. 



1 a Leaves white- woolly beneath 



SILVER LINDEN. (T. tomentbsa*) 

 b Leaves not white-woolly beneath 2 



2 a Leaves usually with scattered hairs on the veins beneath ; 



cultivated species ....EUROPEAN LINDEN. (T. vulgaris.*) 

 b Leaves not usually with scattered hairs as in a; native 



species BASSWOOD. (T. americana.) 



2 MALVACEAE. Mallow Family. 



1 GOSStfPIUM COTTON. (G. herbaceum*) 



2 HIBfSCUS. 



i a Wild species; leaves velvety beneath 



SWAMP ROSE MALLOW. (H. moscheutos.) 

 b Cultivated species ; leaves not velvety beneath 



ROSE-OF-SHARON. (H. syriacus*) 



3 LAVATfeRA LAVATERA. (L. trimestris*) 



4 ALTHAfeA. 



i a Wild plant growing on salt marshes ; leaves velvety 



MARSH-MALLOW. (A. officinalis.) 

 b Cultivated plant; leaves not velvety 



HOLLYHOCK. (A. rbsea.*) 



5 MALVA. 



1 a Plant prostrate; flowers l A- l /2 in. broad 



COMMON MALLOW. (M. rotundi folia.) 

 b Plants erect; flowers 1-2 in. broad 2 



2 a Stem leaves deeply incised. . MUSK MALLOW. (M. moschata.) 

 b Stem leaves not incised . . HIGH MALLOW. (M. sylvestris*) 



6 ABtTTILON. 



1 a Wild herb with velvety leaves. .VELVET LEAF. (A. abiitilon.) 

 b Shrubs cultivated in pots 2 



2 a Leaves 2-6 in. long, 3-5-lobed 



STRIPED ABUTILON. (A. striatum.*) 

 b Leaves 1-3 in. long, not lobed 



NARROW-FLOWERED ABUTILON. (A. megapotdmicum.*) 



7 SlDA PRICKLY SIDA. (S. spinbsa.) 



20 PARIETALES. Rock-rose Order, 

 i THEACEAE. Tea Family. 



1 ACTINlDIA ACTINIDIA. (A. argitta*) 



2 CAMfeLLIA. 



i a Flowers 2-5 in. broad, sessile ; cultivated for the flowers 



CAMELLIA. (C. japonica.*) 

 b Flowers 1-2 in. broad, stalked; not cultivated for the 



flowers TEA. (C. thea*) 



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