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PLATE XXII. LETTER XXIV. 



MONADELPHIA. 

 Fig. i. Althaea officinalis. MarJJi Mallow. 

 a The flower, fliowing the five petals united 

 at bottom, obcordate or inverfely heart- 

 fhaped, and flightly emarginated or 

 end-nicked. In the centre is the 

 column of flamens, with the piftils in 

 the middle of them. 



b The column of flamens and piftils re- 

 moved from the corolla, and fhowino- 

 the rudiment of the fruit underneath. 



c The piflil feparate. 



d The calyx, exhibiting the nine divifions 

 of the outer calyx, which is one of the 

 principal generic characters. 



Fig. 2. Malva fylveflris. Common Mallow. 



a The flower as before. The petals nar- 

 row, heart-fhaped, and much more 

 deeply end- nicked. 



b c The column of flamens, and pifril f e - 

 parated. 



d The fruit, with the double calyx; the 

 outer vtry narrow, the clefts of the 



