142 DIADELPHIA HEXANDRIA. [CI. 17. 



Field near Cobham, Kent. Native ? © . 6, 7. Hispid. Fl. small, 

 red-purple. 



348. MaLVA. Mallow. 



1. M. sylvestris, 10. 671. (Common M.) Stem upright, herbaceous. 



Leaves with seven acute lobes. Stalks of the flower and of the 

 leaf, hairy. 

 Hedges and road-sides. If . 5 — 8. Much branched. Fl. large, purp. 



2. M. rotundifolia, 16. 1092. p. pusilla, 4. 231. (Dwarf M.) Stems 



prostrate. Leaves roundish-heart-shaped, bluntly five-lobed. 

 Stalks of the fruit bent downwards. 

 Waste gr. . 6 — 9. Scarcely branched. Fl. small, reddish ; in 

 /S. very minute. 



3. M.moschdta, 11. 754. (Musk M.) Radical leaves kidney-shaped, 



cut; the rest in five deep, pinnatifid, jagged segments. Calyx 

 hairy ; its outer leaves linear-lanceolate. 

 Grav. soil, by hedges. If. . 7,8. Roughish; musky-sc. Fl. large, rose-c. 



349. LAVATERA. Tree-mallow. 



1. L. arborea, 26. 1841. (Sea T.) Stem arboreous. Leaves downy, 

 plaited, with seven angles. Stalks axillary, crowded, single- 

 flowered. 

 Maritime rocks, rare. $ . 7 — 10. 6f Fl. purple, shining. 



Class XVII. DIADELPHIA. Filaments 

 combined, in two sets. 



Order I. HEXANDRIA. Stamens 6. 



350. FUMA.RIA. Cal. of 2 leaves. Cor. ringent, prominent and 



honey-bearing at the base. Each filament with 3 anthers, — 



N.O. FtJMARIACK^E. 



Order II. OCTANDRIA. Stamens 8. 



351. POLyGALA. Two segments of the cal. like wings. Stand- 



ard of the cor. cylindrical. Caps, of 2 cells and 2 valves. Seeds 

 solitary, crested N.O. Polygale^e. 



Order III. DECANDRIA. Stamens 10. 



An entirely Nat. Ord., comprehending the Papilionaceous plants ; 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



* Stamens all connected at the base ; the tube which they form mostly 

 split along its upper side. 



352. SPaRTIUM. Filam. all forming a simple tube. Stigma lateral, 



linear, hairy. Legume flat. 



