274 DICOTYLEDONS. GERANIACEiE. Evodkim. 



Herbs or ShniLs or Trees, Leaves alternate, with stipules. 

 Flowers axillary. Mirh. Juss. 



1. LAVATERA. 



Cal. double, exterior 3-cleft. Styles many. Capsules nume- 

 rous, circularly arranged, 1 -seeded. 



1. L. arhorea, stem arborescent, leaves with about 7 angles 

 downy plaited, peduncles axillary clustered single- flowered. 

 p. 209.— Rocks. 



2. MALVA. 



Cal. double, exterior of 3 leaves. Styles many. Capsules nu- 

 merous, circularly arranged, 1 -seeded, 



1. M, sylvestris, stem erect herbaceous, leaves witii 7 rather 

 acute lobes, peduncles and petioles hairy, p. 20S. — fFaste 

 places. 



2. M, rotundifolia, stem prostrate, leaves roundish cordate 5- 

 lobed, fruitstalks bent down. p. 208. — IVasie places. 



3. M. moschata, stem erect, radical leaves renifnrm in 5 or 7 

 broad incised lobes, cauline one 5 -partite piimato-multifid, 

 segments linear, cal. hairy, leaflets of the ext. cal. linear. 

 p. 209. — Meadows and pastures. 



3. ALTHiEA. 

 Cal. double, exterior of 9 leaves. Styles several. Capsules 

 numerous, circularly arranged, 1 -seeded. 



1. A. officinnlis, leaves oblongo-ovate slightly 3 — 5-lobed ser- 

 rated, p. 20S.— Marshes. 



Order LIV. GERANIACE.E. .//m-. 



Cal. inferior, 5-leaved. Cor. 5-petaled, regular or irregular. 

 Stamens 10, sometimes monadelphous. Ovary 1. Style 1. 

 Stigmas 5. Capsule 3 -celled, 3-valved, valves separating 

 with elasticity from their axis and remaining attached by their 

 indurated persistent style. Seeds one in each cell, erect, with- 

 out albumen. Embryo doubled. 



Herbs with alternate stipulated leaves. Mirb. 



1. ERODIUM. 



Monogynous. Cal. of 5 leaves. Cor. of 5 petals. Nectarife- 

 rous g^/a72</5 5. \m])ti\{cct Jilaments 5, alternating with the 

 5 perfect stamens. Fruit beaked, separating into 5 1-seeded 

 capsules, each with a long spiral awn bearded in the inside. 



1 , E. cicutarium, peduncles many-flowered, leaves pinnate, leaf- 

 lets sessile pinnatifid and cut, petals longer than t!ie cal,, stem 

 prostrate hairy, p. 205. — Waste grounds. 



