B103 



MALLOW NINEBARK 



Opulas'ter malva'ceus, syns. O. paucifio'rus, Physocar'pus malva'ceus, 



P. pubes'cens 



- Flowers white, about K in. across, 

 with slender, densely hairy stalks, 

 numerous, in umbrella-shaped end 

 clusters (corymbs) 



Petals 5, about % in. long 



Stamens about 40, on the edge of a 

 Jf disk at base of petals 



Outer united flower parts (calyx) 

 broadly bell-shaped below, densely 

 hairy, 5-lobed; lobes egg-shaped, per- 

 sistent, folding over seed pods 



Seed pods (follicles) 2 (sometimes 3), 

 united for about % their length, dry, 

 flattened, splitting down both edges 

 when ripe, with 1 to few shining seeds 



Leaves alternate, thin, rounded to 

 egg-shaped, often broadest above 'mid- 

 dle, 3- to 5-lobed, digitately Jj-veined. 

 from base, often heart-shaped at base, 

 doubly scallop-toothed, hairless or hairy 



Stems woody, up to about 7 ft. high; 

 bark reddish brown to grayish, readily 

 peeling off in thin layers (whence the 

 name "ninebark") 



