G08 MALVACE^. 



ALSINE, Tourn. 



A. Pitcheri. Stems erect (G'-d' liigli) ; leaves narrow linear, obtuse ; 

 cyme iniiuiicletl, setaceous, spreading; i)etals oblong, longer tlian tbe .']-5- 

 nervcd lanceolate-subulate sepals. (Arenaria, Nutt.) — Eastern shore of 

 Mobile Bay (Mula). 



STELLARIA, L. 



S. crassifolia, Elirliart. Stems weak, diffuse (G'-12' long); leaves 

 linear-spatulate or oblong, spreading ; peduncles axillary, longer tlian tlie 

 leaves ; flowers very small, mostly 4-androus ; petals longer tlian tlie calyx, 

 or none; sepals S-nerved, acute (Sagina fontinalis, N/iort .J- Prters). — 

 Springy places, Tennessee (Dr. Gutlinger). April. — Flowers apctalous. 



Order MALVACE^. 



MALVASTRUM, Gray. 



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

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

 gle, or the upper ones densely spiked; involucel 3-leaved, as long as the very 

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

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



SIDA, L. 



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

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

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

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

 tosa, 7>'6\) — Cedar Keys, Florida. Introduced. November. — Stem3°-5° 

 high. Leaves 2' -3' long. 



PAVONIA, Cav. 



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

 petioled, cordate-ovate, acuminate, slightly serrate, 8-nerved ; stijjules subu- 

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

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

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

 C»><«s). —Stem 6° -8° high. 



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

 ovate or cordate, coarsely serrate; flowers long-ped uncled ; involucel 8- 

 leaved, longer than the calyx, shorter than the yellow corolla ; carpels armed 

 with three stout retrorsely bearded spines. — Charleston (Rev. Dr. Bnchwan). 

 Mayport, Florida (Curtiss). Introduced. — Stem 3° -5° bigli. Corolla V 

 wide. 



