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MANUAL OF BOTANY 



Cohort 6. — Malvale.?. 



Order 82. Malyace.e, the Mallow Order. — Character. — 

 Herhs, sliruhs, or trees. Leaves alternate, often downy, more or 

 less divided in a palmate manner, stipulate. Floivers regular, 

 usually axillary, and often surrounded by an involucre or 

 epicalyx. Sejjals usually 5, rarely B or 4, more or less united ; 

 with valvate or some form of circular testivation. Petals 



Fici. 1066. 



Fig. 1067. 



FiK. 1068. 



Fig. 1069. 



Fi'j. 10G6. Dhyrain of tlie flower of a specie.^ of Malta. The three external 



lines represent bracts, which together form an epicalj'x or involucre. 



Fig. 10G7. Vertical section of the flower of a Mallow. — —Fig. 1068. Pistil of 



the same surrotinded by the inferior calyx aiid involucre. Fig. 1069. 



Horizontal section of the fruit of Maha siilvestris. a. Axis. pL Placenta. 

 /. An empty cell. c. Eailjryo with twisted cotyledons. 



hypogynous, equal in number to the divisions of the calyx, with 

 a twisted aestivation, either attached to the column formed by 

 the united stamens or free. Stamens hypogynous, numerous, 

 monadelphous ; anthers 1-celled, reniform, with transverse 

 dehiscence. Ovary superior, consisting of several carpels, 

 which are either apocarpous, or united so as to form a compound 

 ovary with as many cells as there are carpels ; placentas 



