56 MALVACEAE. (jIALLOW FAMILY.) 



pels 12-14, hairy, inflated, truncate, S-seeded, with two lonfj and spreading 

 spines. — Waste places cliiefly in the middle and upper districts. Introduced, (i) 

 — Stem 2° - 5° high. Leaves 4' -6' wide. Flowers orange-red. 



2. A. Hulseanuni, Torr. Stem liispidly pilose ; leaves orbicular-ovate, 

 abruptly acnniiiiate, velvety beneath with a whitish pubescence, rou<j;liish-tomen- 

 tose above, crcnatc-dentate ; peduncles axillary in the upper leaves, several- 

 flowered ; styles about 12. — Tampa Bay, Florida. — Leaves 3 inches or more 

 ia diameter. Flowers 1^-' in diameter, purplish ; pedicels very short. 



3. A. Jacquini, Don. Stem erect (2° -3°), branching, smooth or soft- 

 downy ; leaves lonj^'-petioled, cordate or oblong-cordate, acuminate, unequally 

 crcnatc, velvety on both surfaces and hoary beneath, or roughish above; pedun- 

 cles solitary in the upper axils, 1-flowcrcd, about the Icngtii of the petioles, or the 

 upper ones longer ; lobes of the calyx ovate or oblong, shorter than the yellow 

 petals ; cai-pels 8 - 10, j-igid, hairy, longer than the calyx, acute or beaked, 3-sccded. 

 (A. pcraffine, Sluittl. Lavatera Americana, L. Sida abutiloides, Jacq. S. lig- 

 nosa, Cuv.) — South Florida. — Flowers 9"- 12" wide. 



4. A. crispum, Gray. Hoaiy-tomentose ; stem sparingly branched ; 

 loaves round-cordate, acuminate, finely crenate ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, 

 elongated, filiform, refracted after flowering ; carpels 10, beaklcss, inflated, cor- 

 rugated, hispid, 2-seedcd. — Key "West. — Stem slender, \°-2° high. Leaves 

 1'- 2' long, the upper ones nearly sessile. Peduncles as long as the leaves. 

 Flowers 4" - G" wide, white. 



6. MODIOLA, Mcrnrh. 



Involuccl 3-leavcd, persistent. Stamens 10-20. Ovaries 14-20, transversely 

 2-ceikd, each cell 1-ovulcd. Stigmas capitate. Caqjcls 2-valved, 2-seeded, sep- 

 arating at matuiity from each other and from the central axis, each valve tipped 

 with a skndor spine. — Prostrate herbs, with palmately divided leaves, and small 

 axillary flowers. 



1. M. multiflda, Mcsnch. Hirsute; stems diflTusc ; leaves long-petioled, 

 cordate-ovate, more or less deeply 5 - 7-parted ; the divisions lobed and toothed ; 

 peduncles longer than the petioles ; carpels hispid. (Malva Caroliniana, L.) — 

 Waste places, Florida to North Carolina and westward. July - October, y. — 

 Stems 1° -2° long. Earliest leaves orbicular, undivided. Petals red, as long 

 as the calyx. 



7. PAVONIA, Cav. 



Tnvolucol r> - ir)-lcaved, persistent. Ovaries 5, 1-cellcd, 1-ovnled. Stigmns 10. 

 capitate Carpels indehiscent or somewhat 2-valvcd, naked or armed at the 

 apex with three hispid awns, separating nt maturity. Embryo incurved. Rad- 

 icle inferior.— Chiefly shmbs, with pctioled stipulate leaves, and solitary flow- 

 ers on axillary peduncles. 



1. P. LeCOntoi, Torr. & Oray. Stf-m mii<]i lirnnfhed, rongbi'^hpubeR- 

 cent ; leaves ovate or somewhat sagittate, obtusely tooibed, densely pubescent 



