MONADELPHIA— POLYANDKIA. Mah^u no 



Leaves ovate or heart-shaped at the base, various in breadth, 

 phiited, "(-ribbed, unequally ?^crrated, soft and pliable, more or 

 less deej)lv divided into 5 acute lobes. Fl. in very short, dense, 

 axillary panicles, rarely solitary, of a delicate uniform blu5^:h-co- 

 lour, not inelegant. Ouier calyx, with 8, 9, 10 or 12 divisions. 

 The whole plant, especially the loot, yields in decoction a pUn- 

 tiful tasteless colourless mucilage, very salutary in cases of in- 

 ternal irritation. 



318. iMALVA. Mallow. 



Linn. Gen. 3.")4. Juss. 272. Fl. Br. 740. DtCanJ. Prodi, r. 1. 430. 

 Tourn.t.24. Latn.t.bS'I. Gcsrtn. (.\'3ii. 



Nat. Orel. see. ?i. 34-7. 



Cul. double, permanent ; outer smallest, of 3 ovate acute 

 leaves; inner of 1 leaf, divided half way down into 5 

 broader segments. Pet. 5, inversely heart-shaped, abrupt, 

 rather oblique, flat, their claws attached to the tube of 

 the stamens. Filam. numerous, capillary, united below 

 into a tube ; separate at the summit. Anth. kidney- 

 shaped. Germ, orbicular, depressed. Style cylindrical. 

 Stigmas numerous, about the same length, bristle-shaped. 

 Caps, as many as the stigmas, compressed, ranged in a 

 circle round the columnar receptacle., each of 2 valves 

 and I cell, finally deciduous. Seeds kidney-shaped, so- 

 litary ; rarely 2 or 3. 



Herbaceous or shrubby, downy or hairy. Leaves simple, 

 mostly plaited and lobed. Fl. j)urplish, or white; in 

 several exotic species yellow; all axillary or terminal, 

 generally stalked and aggregate. Qualities mucilaginous. 

 Fibres of the bark tough. 



]. ^l. sijlvcslris. Common Mallow. 



Stem upright, herbaceous. Leaves with seven acute lobes. 

 Footstalks and flower-stalks hairy. 



U. sylvestris. Linn. Sp. PL 969. fnil<l. v. 3. 787. /•"/. Br. 740. 



Eugt. Bat. V. 1 0. ^ 67 1 . Curt. Lond.fasc. 2. I. ;> 1 . IVoodv. ^ .54. 



Hook. Scot. 208. Ger. Em. 930. f. DeCand. Prodr.v. 1.432. 



Cavan. Diss 7S. t. 26. J. 2. Fl. Dan. i. 1223. Bull. Fr. t. 225. 



Ehrh PI. Off. S AS. 

 M. n. 1069. Halt, h'ist. c. 2. 22. 

 M. vulgaris. Ruii Si/n.2.i\. 

 M. equina. Brunf. Herb. v. 2. 7 1 .f. 

 M . sylvestris elatior. Fuchs. HisL 509 . /. /c 29 1 ./. 

 Malva. Matlh. J algr. v.\.4\ 3./. Caincr. Epit. 238../". 

 About hedges, road sides, and in cultivated as well as waste g!o\md, 



coninwHi. 



