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malvaceje. (mallow family.) 
down underneath ; the 1-flowered peduncles often united at the base 
with the petioles ; calyx not inflated ; seeds smooth. 1J. — Borders of 
marshes along and near the coast. Salt springs, Salina, New York. 
Aug., Sept. — Plant stout, 5° high. Corolla 5' in diameter, pale rose- 
i purple, or white with a crimson eye, showy in cultivation. 
3. II. militaris, Cav. (Halbert-leaved Mallow.) Smooth 
throughout; lower leaves ovate-heart-shaped, toothed, 3-lobed ; upper 
leaves halbert-form , the short lateral lobes spreading at the base, the 
\ ■ m iddle one prolonged and taper-pointed; peduncles slender; fruiting 
i calyx inflated ; seeds hairy. 1J. — River-banks, Penn, to Ohio. Aug. 
— As tall as, but more slender and smaller-flowered, than the last: 
corolla pale rose-color. 
4. H. TnoilIIlift, L. (Bladder Ketmia.) Somewhat hairy ; 
upper leaves deeply 3-parted, with lanceolate divisions, the middle 
one much the longest; fruiting calyx inflated , membranaceous , with 
bristly ribs, 5-winged at the summit; seeds rough. (D — Escaped 
from gardens, but scarcely naturalized. Corolla pale greenish-yel¬ 
low with a purple eye, ephemeral; hence the name Flower-of- 
an-hour. 
H. Syriacus, the Shrubby jjlthcea of the old gardeners, is cultivat¬ 
ed about houses. 
H. esculentus (the Okra), belonging to the section Abelm<5s- 
chus, Medic, (in which the leaves of the involucel are deciduous, 
and the membranaceous inflated calyx splits open on one side), 
■ is common in gardens, especially southward. 
Order 23. TTLIACEiE. (Linden Family.) 
Trees, with the mucilaginous properties, fibrous bark, and 
v ah ate calyx, fyc., of the Mallow Family ; but the petals 
imbricated in the bud, the stamens usually polyadelphous, 
and the anthers 2- celled ; — represented in northern regions 
only by the genus 
1* TIliIA, L. Linden. Basswood. 
Sepals 5. Petals 5, spatulate-oblong. Stamens numerous : 
filaments cohering in 5 clusters w r ith each other (in European 
species), or with the base of a spatulate petal-like body placed op¬ 
posite the real petals. Pistil with a 5-celled ovary and 2 half- 
anatropous ovules in each, a single style, and a 5-toothed stigma. 
Fruit a sort of woody globular nut, becoming 1-celled and 1-2- 
seeded. Embryo with a taper radicle and a pair of leaf-like 
