﻿MALLOW 
  FAMILY 
  159 
  

  

  nodding 
  on 
  slender 
  peduncles. 
  Corolla 
  not 
  opening 
  widely, 
  orange, 
  

   striped 
  with 
  reddish-brown 
  veins. 
  Column 
  of 
  stamens 
  projecting 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  corolla 
  like 
  a 
  tassel. 
  Cultivated 
  in 
  hothouses. 
  From 
  

   Brazil. 
  

  

  II. 
  MALVASTRUM 
  Gray 
  

  

  Calyx 
  with 
  an 
  involucel 
  of 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  bractlets 
  or 
  none. 
  Petals 
  

   notched 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  or 
  entire. 
  Styles 
  5 
  or 
  more, 
  with 
  knobbed 
  

   stigmas. 
  Carpels 
  not 
  splitting 
  open 
  or 
  somewhat 
  2-valved, 
  fall- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  the 
  axis 
  when 
  mature, 
  tipped 
  with 
  a 
  point 
  or 
  beak. 
  

  

  1. 
  M. 
  coccineum 
  Gray. 
  RED 
  FALSE 
  MALLOW. 
  Perennial, 
  4-10 
  in. 
  

   high, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  dense 
  silvery 
  down 
  of 
  star-shaped 
  hairs. 
  Leaves 
  

   3-5-parted. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  short 
  spikes 
  or 
  racemes. 
  Petals 
  red, 
  much 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  calyx. 
  Carpels 
  10 
  or 
  more, 
  with 
  a 
  wrinkled 
  network 
  

   on 
  the 
  sides. 
  Prairies 
  W. 
  and 
  S.W. 
  

  

  III. 
  MALVA 
  L. 
  

  

  Calyx 
  5-cleft, 
  with 
  a 
  small, 
  3-leaved 
  involucel. 
  Petals 
  ob- 
  

   cordate 
  or 
  truncate. 
  Styles 
  many, 
  slender, 
  with 
  stigmas 
  run- 
  

   ning 
  down 
  the 
  sides. 
  Carpels 
  many, 
  1-seeded, 
  arranged 
  in 
  a 
  

   circle 
  and 
  separating 
  from 
  each 
  other, 
  but 
  not 
  opening 
  when 
  

   ripe. 
  

  

  1. 
  M. 
  rotundifolia 
  L. 
  COMMON 
  MALLOW, 
  CHEESES 
  (from 
  appear- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  the 
  unripe 
  fruit). 
  A 
  common 
  biennial 
  or 
  perennial 
  weed, 
  

   with 
  nearly 
  prostrate 
  stems. 
  Leaves 
  long-petioled, 
  round-kidney- 
  

   shaped, 
  with 
  crenate 
  margins. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  whitish, 
  on 
  long 
  

   peduncles. 
  

  

  2. 
  M. 
  sylvestris 
  L. 
  HIGH 
  MALLOW. 
  Biennial 
  or 
  perennial. 
  Stem 
  

   erect, 
  2-3 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  5-7-lobed. 
  Flowers 
  purplish, 
  larger 
  than 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  species. 
  

  

  IV. 
  CALLIRHOE 
  Nutt. 
  

  

  Calyx 
  naked, 
  or 
  with 
  a 
  3-leaved 
  involucel 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Petals 
  

   wedge-shaped, 
  often 
  toothed 
  and 
  fringed. 
  Styles 
  and 
  stigmas 
  

   as 
  in 
  Malva. 
  Carpels 
  10-20, 
  joined 
  in 
  a 
  circle, 
  1-seeded, 
  bea,ked 
  

   at 
  the 
  tip. 
  

  

  1. 
  C. 
  alcseoides 
  Gray. 
  LIGHT 
  POPPY 
  MALLOW. 
  Perennial. 
  Stems 
  

   rather 
  slender, 
  8-20 
  in. 
  high, 
  covered 
  with 
  close-lying 
  stiff 
  hairs. 
  

   Basal 
  leaves 
  triangular-heart-shaped, 
  palmately 
  lobed 
  or 
  incised; 
  

  

  