72 MALLOW tAMH.Y. 



flowers \y in diameter, the petals pale rose-color or white, striped with dark 

 purple or violet veins. (T) 



M. Sylv6stris, Ili-.rr M. Gardens ;ui(l mid-idcs ; 2 - 3 hi-h, branch- 

 ing, with rather sharply 5 7-lobed leaves, and purp <>lored tlowers ratlur 



ler.tlian ill tin- lu-t ; fruit wrinkled-veiny. - 2/ 



M. AlCGcl. (iardens; 2 - 4 hiuh, hairy, with stem -leaves parted almost 

 to the base into 3-5 divisions which are again 3 - 5-cleft or cut-toothed ; and 

 sho\vy (lowers in clusters or terminal racemes ; corolla deep rose-color, l^'-n' 

 broad; fruit smootli, minutely wrinkled-veiny. 11 



M. moschata, MTSK M. Gardens, and escaped to roadsides, l-2 

 high, rather hairy, with the herbage I'aintlv musk-scented, leaves about thrice 

 parted or rut into >leiider linear lohcs, ami short-peduncle. i (lower- >oincwhat 

 clustered or racemed ; corolla 1.' broad, ro-e-i-olor or \\hite; fruit downy. 



6. CALLIRRHOE. (A Greek mythological name, applied to N. American 



plants.) Species chiefly farther W. and S., beeoiiiiiii: rather coiumon in 

 choice Lrardens. Fiowcrs crimson, mauv.e, or red-purple, very showy, pro- 

 duced all summer. 



* Root thick, often turnip-shaped, farinaceous: stems rmiahish-hairy or smootftish. If. 



C. triangulata. Dry prairies from Wi-eon-in S. ; steins erect, i' hi-h ; 

 leaves triangular, halberd-shaped, or the lo\\est heart-shaped, the np|icr cut- 

 lobed or 3 - 5-cleft ; flowers somewhat panieled and short-peduncled ; imolnere 

 as lunij as the calyx ; corolla H' or le>s in diameter ; carpels of the fruit even 

 on the hack, tipped with a short point. 



C. involucrata. Wild from plains of Xehraska S., and cult, for orna- 

 ment ; stem- -j.readin.c: on the -round, l-3 Ion--; stipules cuiispieuoiis ; 

 leaves rounded, .Vpartcd or cleft and eut-lolicd, .-horter than the axillary pedun- 

 cles ; involucre shorter than the calvx ; corolla 2' or more hroad ; i-arpels of 

 the fruit reticulated, tipped with a Hat and inconspicuous beak. 



C. Papaver. Wild in rich woodlands from Georgia to Texas, and spar- 

 ingly cult. ; steins >liort, a>ccndint;-, few-leaved ; Iea\es .'{ - .">-parteil with lance- 

 linear divisions, or the lowest rather heart-shaped and deft into oblong Inhrs ; 

 axillary peduncles verv (often l c ) loii'_r ; invohicn- of l-;j bracts or none; 

 corolla "2' or more broad ; carpels of the fruit, wrinkled or reticulated and with 

 a stout incurved beak. 



C. digitata. Wild in prairies of Arkansas ami Texas ; 1 hjcr]] ; leaves 

 mostly from the root, 5 - 7-partcd into Ion-- linear sometime-; 2 - .'{-cleft divis- 

 ions ; peduncles lout; and slender ; involucre none; corolla 1 A' - 2' broad, the 

 petals fringe-toothed at the cud ; fruit nearly as in the last. 



# * Root slender or tapering : In rl,iii< nntnnth. @ @ 



C. pedata. Wild in K. Texas ; not rare cult.; stem erect, 1 - 5 hi'_ r h, 

 leafy ; lea\e-; rounded, 3- 7-lobed or parted ami the wedge-shaped divisions deft 

 or cut; peduncles slender, longer than the leaves; involucre none; corolla abi.ut 

 IV broad, the petals minutely eroded at the end; carpels of the fruit smooth 

 and even on the. back, and with a stout conspicuous beak. 



7. NAPJEA, <;L.\IM;-MALL<>W. (From Greek name for ^tafe or nympA 



I.) < >nly one spccli g, 



N. dioica. In valleys, ehictly in lime>tone districts of Pcnu., Vir-rinia, 

 and W. A rather eoar>e, roiiLilii^h herb; Mem 4 - 7 hiirh ; leaves 9-11- 

 jiarted and their lobes cut and toothed, the lowest often 1 in diameter; ilov\' rs 

 small, in panieled corymbs, in summer. 



8. ANODA. (Origin of the name obscure.) Low herbs from Mexico, 

 Texas, i<.c., .sparinnlv cailt. for ornament. Stems, v \c. hirsute: ).eduncles 

 IOULC and slender, i-Howered. I-'ruit in the form of a many-rayed star, sup- 

 ported by the spreading fi-raycd calyx : when ripe the rim of each caqiel falls 

 away with the seed it embraces, the si.lcs or partitions disappearing. 



A. hastata has mostlv halberd-shaped leaves, and blue or violet corolla 

 only 1 ' - lj' in diameter ; lobes of the calyx ovate, scarcely pointed. 



