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obtuse, clasping-. Flowers Fl. in clusters. J. 

 Aug-. Peat marshes. 



Order 20. MALVACEAE. MALLOWS. 



Leaves alternate, stipulate, more or less lobed; 



flowers showy; stamens' filaments united; petals 



5, sepals 5. 



MALVA. P. calyx with a three leaved involucre. 

 M. rotundafolia. Prostrate; leaves round-cordate 



on long petioles, crenate, flowers small, W. , 



cult, ground. 

 M. sylvestris. Erect, leafy, 2 to 3 feet, leaves 5 



to 7 lobed; flowers P. and R. About old 



places. R. 

 M. crispa. A. Tall, erect, stout, very leafy, 3 to 6 



feet; leaves rounded, ang-led and crisped; 



flowers small, W. Escaped from g-ardens. R. 

 M. moschota. P. Low, branching- from ground; 



leaves 5 lobed and cleft, flowers pale Rs. 1> in 



across. Has the odor of musk. Escaped from 



gardens. 



M. moschota alba has white flowers. 

 N APAEA. P. Flowers of two kinds stam. and pist. 



on different plants. 

 N. dioica. P. Erect, little branching-, roughish, 



5 to 9 feet, leaves larg-e, 9 to 11 parted, the lobes 



cut; flowers small, W. J. 111. Valley. 

 MALVASTRUM. False Mallow . 



M. ang-ustum. A. Erect, 6 to 12 in., some hairy; 



leaves lance-oblong- with fine, scattered, hard 



teeth; flowers small, Y, petals little long-erthan 



the sepals. Aug-. 



SI DA. Calyx without involucel, 5 cleft; petals en- 

 tire, stipules 5 or more. 

 S. Spinosa. A. Erect, branched, soft-hairy, 10 



