

- 72 - NATURAL ORDERS, 



MALVACE/E. Herbs or shrubs. Leaves palmately lobed, alternate, stipulate. 

 Flowers solitary or in cymes, actinomorphic Flowers with an epicalyx, hypogynous, 

 usually pentamerous ; stamens usually oo united ; ovary (1-co), usually (5), multilocular 

 with axile placentation. Fruit a schizocarp or capsule. 



130. Leaf. Draw the example provided. 



131. Flower. Draw an external view and longitudinal section of the flower and 

 construct a floral diagram of it. 



132. Fruit. Draw the capsule of a cotton plant and the example of a schizocarp. 



