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mallow" C. trianc/iilata is the "clustered poppy m.'illow" 

 while C. alccoiilcs is simph- "jxippx- nialli)\v" without special 

 <|ualityiuj4' adjectives. 



()ui- two species of Mak'asfniiii — .1/. aiignstum and M. 

 coccincitiii — are known as tiie "yellow-" and the "red false 

 mallows," respectively. The second species is also called 

 "})rairie mrdlow" rmd "moss rose," the derivation of hoth 

 names heing ai)parent. Modiola Carolitia is the "i)ristly 

 fruited mallow" and Sida spinosa, as its name indicates is 

 the "prickly sida." This latter species is another "false 

 mallow." It has also heen confused with the Indian mallow 

 and is sometimes called "wireweed" prohahh- from some 

 reference to its stems. 



Completing our list are two remarkahle species, the 

 "glade mallow" {Napaca dioica) which is different from 

 most mallows in being dioecious, that is, with stamens and 

 carpels on different plants, and the "globe mallow" {Sphacr- 

 alcca rcnwta) which, if the manuals are correct, is now 

 limited to a single [)lant in the writer's garden. This plant 

 is also called "maple-leaved globe mallow." It is closely re- 

 lated to a western species but the Manuals hold that the plant 

 which once luxuriated on an island in the Kankakee river in 

 Illinois is a distinct species. If this plant is distinct from 

 the western form, all that remains of it is the specimen men- 

 tioned, the original locality for it having apparently been 

 destroyed. 



