NAT. ORDER 

 Papaveraceos, 



ATHE^ ROSEA. GARDEN HOLLYHOKR 



Class XVI. MoNADELPHiA. Older VIII. Polyandria. 



Gen. Char. Calyx, double ; the exterior six or nine-cleft. Cap- 

 Sides, numerous and one-seeded. 



Spe. Cliar. Leaves, simple and downy. 



The root is perennial, long, woody, fibrous, of a white color, 

 tough, and very deeply set in the ground ; the stem is upright, round, 

 downy, from three to five feet in height, and somewhat branched 

 towards the top ; the leaves are alternate, petiolate, heart-shaped, 

 pointed, serrated, downy, and these towards the top of the stalk 

 somewhat cornered ; ihejloiccrs proceed from the axilla; of the leaves 

 in thick pannicles, along the stem and branches in spikes, small 

 leaves, flowers, and buds for flowers together ; the petals are five in 

 number, broad, round, and assume a variety of colors ; the calyx is 

 double, the exterior being divided into about nine segments, and the 

 interior into five; the filaments are numerous, united at their bases, 

 and supporting kidney-shaped anthers ; the gcrmcn orbicular, bear- 

 iag a cylindrical style, which supports many stigmas ; the seeds are 

 numerous and uniform. 



The present figure is a representation o^i\\e Athe<R rosea, formerly 

 known and called by the name of Malva arborea, by Salmond, and 

 by others Malva rosea. 



AtheiB hortcnsis, Double-flowered Holyhoke, in its roots, stalks, 

 leaves, magnitude, manner and form of growing, and its seeds exactly 

 resembles the former, the difference being the present one is double, 



Vol. iii.— 51. 



