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feet hi^h. branched : the leaves on lone petioles, 

 yen? soft, tomentose, toothed, seven-angled, the 

 angles of the upper ones sharper: the stipules 

 lanceolate, ciliate, bowing at bottom and then 

 . t : the flowers axillary, about tour together, 

 on upright peduncles: the outer calyx cup- 

 shaped, with ovate segments : inner a little 

 longer, live-cornered above, with lanceolate scg- 

 ments: the corolla twice the length of the calyx, 

 pale blue, with oblong, emarginate petals : the 

 genu orbicular-flatted, ten-grooved: the stigmas 

 ten : the iruit smooth, within the calyx: the 

 capsules ten, round a column terminated by a 

 hemisphere with a very small point at top, dis- 

 appearing when the fruit is ripe, and leaving a 

 hole in the middle of the capsules, which then 

 turn black. It is a native of the is'and of Can- 

 dia or Crete, flowering in July. 



It i red flowers, with white flowers, 



ind with purple lie alts. 



The second his also an annual root, white, 

 with spreading beards : the stem round, two 

 i I high, branched, ihe lower branches almost 

 horizontal : es crenate-toothed, smooth, 



on long petioles, gradually narrowed towards the 

 tip : stipules ovate-lanceolate, ciliate, bowed at 

 bottom and then straight: the flowers solitary, 

 axillary, on peduncles shorter than the petiole : 

 outer calyx semi-trifidj with keeled segments; 

 inner larger, with lanceolate segments, curled at 

 the edge: the corolla large, spreading, bell- 

 shaped, pale fiesh colour, with whitish lines: 

 petals broader above, crenate, frequently rolled 

 up, the edges of the claws deep purple: the germ 

 very smooth : the style niultilid : the stigmas 

 pale-flesh-coloured, longer than the tube, thir- 

 teen to eighteen: the fruit hemispherical, con- 

 vex beneath, covered at top with a circular, con- 

 cave, smooth lid or peltate umbrella : there are 

 about twenty capsules in a whorl ; they are brown, 

 closed all round and not opening, with a longi- 

 tudinal raised line along the back, elegantly mark- 

 ed on the sides w tth flexuose streaks drawn from 

 the circumference to the centre: the seeds are 

 ferruginous. It is a native of the South of Europe, 

 &c. flowering from July to September. 



There are several varieties. 



The third has the stem five or six feet high, 

 woolly, branched : the lower leaves heart-shap- 

 ed, crenate, roundish-lobed : upper hastate, on 

 short petioles : the stipules lanceolate : the 

 flowers axillary, solitary, peduncled ; peduncles 

 longer than the leaf: the calyxes subtomentose : 

 the segments of the outer heart-shaped, with a 

 very sharp point; of the inner oblong acute: 

 the corolla large, spreading, pale violeT or pur- 



Elish, shaped like those of the Marsh-mallow, 

 ut larger: petals emarginate: the capsules 



about twenty (fourteen) in a wing of a papery 

 substance, somewhat rugged, about a columnar 

 receptacle, which has many wings from the 

 permanent sides of the capsules, like the cogs of 

 a mill wheel, ending in a conical awl-shaped 

 point: the seeds flatted a little, smooth, sub- 

 cinereous or brown. It is a n ttive of Sweden, 

 flowering from Jul) to September. 



The fourth species rises with a strong thick 

 stalk the height of eight or ten feet (in gardens), 

 dividing into many branches at the top: in its 

 wild stale, when largest, from four to six feet 

 ind as much as four inches in diameter r 

 the leaves are alternate, numerous, cordate, 

 roundish-seven-angled (some live- and others 

 three-angled), the angles blunt, soft as velvet, 

 shorter than the petioles: the stipules short, 

 smooth, acuminate at the tip, broad at the ba-c : 

 the ll >w ers mostly in pairs, sometimes three to- 

 gether, on upright peduncles an inch and a half 

 in length : the outer calyx ovate at the base, di- 

 vided half wav into three broad blunt segments ; 

 inner only half the size, divided half wav into 

 five sharp segments : the corolla purplish red, 

 with dark blotches at the base, spreading 

 siiaped (like that of the common Mallow), an 

 inch or more in diameter : the petals broader at 

 top, narrow at the base, so that the calyx ap- 

 pears between the claws : the cylinder of fila- 

 ments purple, woolly at the base: the germ very 

 smooth: the style usually eight-cleft at top: 

 the stigmas revolute, reddish : the ring or whorl 

 of fruits is seven- or eight-capsuled : the com- 

 mon receptacle awl-shaped, with a conoid glo- 

 bule at toil, and small crescent-shaped lamellae 

 at the base and the interstices of the capsules: 

 the capsules arc reniform-rounded, sharply 

 three-cornered, mcmbranaceouSjWrinkled, closed 

 on all sides, pale bay-coloured, ,not opening: 

 the seeds kidney-shaped, and ash-coloured. It 

 is a native of Italy, etc. flowering from June or 

 July to September or October. 



The fifth has a round branched stem, five feet 

 high, villose at top, reddish: the leaves soft, 

 sh, tomentose, unequally serrate; the lower 

 rd ite-hastate, five-angled ; the upper ovate, 

 three-cusped, the middle lobe narrowed, acute, 

 oblong: the stipules ovate-lanceolate, villose: 

 the flowers on short peduncles, axillary, solitary, 

 vi rv seldom two together; terminating ones in a 

 spike: the outer calyx ovate, with roundish- 

 acute segments ; inner larger, with lanceolate- 

 acute segments: the corolla large, spreading 

 very much, reddish-purple : the petals with nar- 

 rowed claws, covered with white hairs, inserted 

 into a flesh-coloured tube: the stamens purple:, 

 the germ roundish>-compressed, with W tuy 

 grooves : the style divided into about twenty 



