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POPULAR FLORA. 



{Najma) Glade-]\Iallow. 



(Sida) Sid A. 

 {Ahiitilon) Indian-jMallow, 



Involucel or outer calyx none. 



Flowers dioecious, small, white. Pods or cells one-seeded, 

 Flowers perfect. Cells of the pod 5 to 15. 



Seed only one in each cell. Flowers yellow or white, 

 Seeds 2 to 9 in each of the cells. 

 Anthers attached along the sides of the upper part of the slender column. Pod of 3 to 5 



cells, and sphtting into as many valves. 

 Involucel of many thread-shaped leaves. 



Calyx splitting down one side when the flower opens. Pod long, 

 Calyx not splitting down one side. Pod short. Seeds naked, 

 Involucel of 3 heart-shaped toothed leaves. Seeds bearing wool, 



(Abelmoschis) * Okka. 



(Hibiscus) Hibiscus. 



( Gossypiura) * Cotton. 



317. Stamens nf Mallow unifd in a tiil'e (monadelplioiif). SIS. An anther more magnified. 319. Ploweis and leaf of 

 INIaish-Mail'iW. 320. Us compouuU iJisiil magiiiticd. Si.1. Pod of Hibiscussunouuded by the calyx and involu- 

 cel. 3i2. The pod spliiling- into 5 valves. 



Mallow. Mdlva. 



Involucel or outer calyx 3-leaved. Petals notched at the upper and broader end. Styles many. 

 Little pods oi'. cells many in a ring around a narrow axis or column (the whole shaped like a cheese), 

 when ripe falling away separately, each one-seeded. — Herbs ; flowering all summei*. 



1. Low JLvLLow. Poot very long; stems spreading on the ground,; leaves round-kidney-shaped, 



long-stalked, scarcely lobed, crenate ; flowers several in the axils, small, whitish. Very common 

 weed in waste and cultivated ground. M. rotundifblia. 



2. High I\I. Stem 3° high; leaves lobed; flowers large, rose-purple. Gardens. M. sylvesins. 

 8. Musk M. Stem 2° high; leaves 5-parted and the divisions cut into linear lobes (the smell faintly 



musky); flowers large, rose-color. Gardens. M. moschata. 



4. CuKLED :M. Stem 4° to 6° high ; leaves round, toothed, much ciirled around the edge ; flow- 

 ers small, white, sessile in the axils. Gardens. ^^' cnspa. 



Hibiscus. Blhhcus. 

 Flowers large, with an involucel of many narrow bractlets, and a 5-cleft calyx, which does not open 

 down one side. Stamens in a long and slender column. Stigmas 5. Pod short, 5-celled, splitting 

 ■when ripe into 5 valves, many-seeded; the seeds smooth or hairy, not long-woolly. Showy herbs or 

 shrubs: flowerinsr in autumn. 



