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MALVA* purpurata. 

 Purple Mallow. 



MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. MALVACEiE Juss. {Lindley's introduction to the natural 

 system, p. 33.) 



MALVA.— Suprd, vol. 4. fol. 296. 



§1. Malvastrum ; carpella unilocularia monosperma. Dec. 



* Bismalvse; fioribus purpurascentibus aut albis, pedicellis axillaribus 

 solitariis unijloris, involucro triphyllo, foliis multipartitis, caule herbaceo. — ' 

 Dec. prodr. 1. 432. 

 M. purpurata ; pubescens, ascendens, foliis inferioribus 5-fidis superioribus 



trifidis : laciniis seepiiis trifidis lobis furcatis obtusis, floribus solitariis, 



pedunculis petiolis longioribus. 



Herba perennis, ascendens, ramis diffusis intricatis circulum diametro 

 2-pedali efformantibus. Rami pubescentes. Folia pubescentia, inferiora 

 5-partita, superiora 3-partita, laciniis subtrilobis : lobis divaricatim sub- 

 bilobis. Flores solitarii, axiUares, pedunculo petiolo scBpiils longiore. In- 

 volucrumyere obsoletum, e tribus setis deciduis constans. Calyx tomentosus, 

 campanulatus, 5-Jidus, laciniis acutis. Petala purpurea, cuneata, calyce 

 longiora. Carpella monosperma, indehiscentia, inappendiculata, pubescentia. 



Raised in 1826, in the Garden of the Horticultural 

 Society, from seeds collected by Mr. M'Rae in the Cumbre, 

 a pass in the Chilian Andes, in November 1825. In this 

 country it is a hardy perennial, increasing very little by 

 the root, but producing seeds in dry seasons. It flowers in 

 June, and continues in beauty till the frosts of autumn nip 

 it. It requires no particular attention, thriving in any 

 common garden soil. 



A perennial herbaceous plant, forming a patch about 

 two feet in diameter by its prostrate or ascending entangled 



An alteration of /^ici>^ux,yi, the Greek name of the Mallow. 



