t'' 11 ^ MALVACEAE. 



ALSINE, Toum. 



A. Pitcheri. Stems erect (3'-C high) ; leaves narrow-linear, obtuse ; 

 cyme peduncled, setaceous, spreading; petals oblong, longer than the 3-5- 

 nerved lanceolate-subulate Bepals. (Arenaria, Nutt.) — Eastern shore of 

 Mobile Bay [Mokr). 



STELLARIA, L. 



S. crassifolia, Ehrhart. Stems weak, diffuse (G'-l^ long); leaves 

 limar spatulate or oblong, spreading; peduncles axillary, longer than the 

 leaves ; flowers very small, mostly 4-androus ; petals longer than the calyx, 

 or none; sepals 3-nerved, acute (Sagina fontinalis, Short <j- Peters). — 

 Springy places, Tennessee {Dr. Gattinger). April. — Flowers apetalous. 



Order MALVACEAE. 



MALVASTRUM, Gray. 



M. Rugelii, Watson. Stems erect, much branched, stellate-hairy ; 

 leaves ovate, coarsely serrate, slender-petioled ; flowers axillary, small, sin- 

 gle, or the upper ones densely spiked ; involucel .'Heaved, as long as the very 

 hairy calyx ; petals yellow, oblique ; carpels 12, even, a unless. ( Malope, Ell. 

 Malva, L.) — South Florida. — Stems 2° -4° high. Flowers Y wide. 



SIDA, L. 



S. cordifolia, L. Annual, villous ; stem tall, much branched ; leaves 

 ovate, cordate, entire or angularly 3 lobed, crenate-serrate ; flowers small, 

 yellow, mostly crowded in axillary and terminal racemes; carpels 10-12, 

 shorter than the slender retrorsely scabrous awns. (S. althasifolia, var. aris- 

 tosa, DC.) — Cedar Keys, Florida. Introduced. November. — Stem 3° -5° 

 high. Leaves 2' - 3' long. 



PAVONIA, Cav. 



P. racemosa, Swartz. Shrubby, tomentose, sparingly branched ; leaves 

 petioled, cordate-ovate, acuminate, slightly senate, 8-nerved; Btipulea subu- 

 late, deciduous ; racemes terminal, leafless, few-flowered ; involucel 8 leaved ; 

 petals twiee as long as the calyx, convolute, " dull white tinged with yellow " ; 

 Stigmas sessile, "carpels unarmed." — Miami and Key Biscayne [Garber, 

 i 'ttrtiss). — Stem G°-8° high. 



P. spinifex, Willd. Shrubby, hirsute; haves long-petioled, oblong- 



ovate or cordate, coarsely serrate; flowers Long-peduncled ; involucel s- 

 leared, longer than the calyx, Bhorter than the yellow corolla ; carpels armed 

 with three stout retrorsely bearded spines.— Charleston [Rev. Dr. Bachman). 



Mayport, Florida ((.'urtiss). Introduced. — Stem o°-o° high. Corolla 1' 



wide. 



