52 MALVACE^. (mallow FAMILY.) 



* * Aiumals: Jlowers small, crowned, erjxindiwj at nl(jht. 



8. S. Antirrhina, L. Stem slender, smootliisli, elaimny below the upper 

 joints ; leaves linear, acute, sessile, the lowest laneeolate, narrowed into a petiole ; 

 flowers panii;led ; calyx smooth; petals obcordate, rose-colored. — Dry old 

 fields, Florida and northward. May and June. — Stems G' - 2° high, simple or 

 branched. FUjwcrs minute. 



9. S. quinquevulnera, L. Hairy ; stem brancliinq: ; leaves spatulatc, 

 the upper ones linear; flowers in 1-sided racemes; calyx hairy; petals rounded, 

 entire, pink or crimson with a paler border. — Near Charleston. Naturalized. 



— Stem l°liigh. 



15. SAPONARIA, L. Soap wort. 



Calyx tubular, terete, 5-toothed. Petals long-clawed. Stamens 10. Styles 

 2. Capsule sessile or short-stiped, 1-celled, or 2-celled at the base, 4-toothed at 

 the apex. — Cymes dense-flowered. 



1. S. officinalis, L. Perennial ; stems stout, erect, smooth ; leaves ovate, 

 connate, strongly S-rihhed ; petals crowned, wiiite or rose-color, mostly double. 



— Waste places. Naturalized. — Stems 1° - 2° high. 



16. AGROSTEMMA, L. Corn-Cockle. 



Calyx tubular, with 5 elongated linear deciduous lobes. Petals 5, entire, 

 croNvnlcss. Stamens 10. Styles 5. Capsule 1-celled, .5-toothed. — Annual or 

 bieimial pubescent herbs, with linear leaves, and sliowy purple flowers on elon- 

 gated peduncles. 



I. A. GithagO, L. Plant {\°-2° high) whitenc<l with long nppressed 

 hairs; stem forking; petals obovate, cmarginate, shorter tlian the lobes of the 

 calyx. — Grain fields. Introduced. June and July, (i) — Peduncles 4' -6' 

 lonir. Flowers 1' wide. 



Ohder 22. 3IALVACE7E. (Malloav Family.) 



Mucilaginous herbs or shrubs, with palmately veined alternate stipulate 

 leaves, and regular monadelphous flowers on jointed juchnulcs. — Sepals 

 .5, united at the base, valvate in the bud, persistent, otuii witii a calyx- 

 like involucel. Petals 5, convolute in the bud. Stamens nunuroiis. united 

 into a column which is continuous with the claws of the petals: anlhcrs 

 1-celled, opening transversely. Ovaries united into a ring, or forming a 

 several-celled capsule. Styh's separate or united. Seeds kidney-sliaped. 

 AlVmmen scarcer or none. Embryo large, curved, with h'afy colyiedons. 

 Pubescence connnoidy stellate. Pollen grains hisj>id 



SynopNis. 



Tridf. I. HIAl.VK^. — CnrpclK as mnny lui the HtlcmnN, 1 - fow-t>pp<lccl,(ll8po«(<cl In n rlrcle 

 itniiiiKl >i central nxW, FopnnitiiiK i>t iiiiiturlty from tliu axiii ttiul from I'lu'li otiiur. Ad- 

 thtrs boriip nt t'lc Mpcx <if tlio cnhniin. 



