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f Calyx naked at base. 



62. ABITTTI^OIV, Tournef. 

 [A name supposed to be derived from the Arabs.} 



Carpels mostly numerous, verticillate and coherent, forming a com- 

 pound Capsule, spreading at summit, where each splits open along 

 the inner edge. Seeds about 3 in each carpel. 



1. A. Avicennae, Gaertn. Leaves orbicular-cordate, acuminate, vel- 

 vety ; peduncles axillary, shorter than the petiole. 

 Sida Abutilon. L. $ Fl. Cestr. ed. 2. p. 397. 

 AVICENNA'S ABUTILON. Indian Mallow. Velvet-leaf. 



Annual. Stem 2 to 4 or 5 feet high, branched. Leaves 4 to 6 or 8 inches long, 

 nearly circular, with a closed sinus, and slender acumination ; petioles 3 to 5 inches 

 ong; stipules subulate, caducous. Flowers yellow. Carpels about 15, in a cam- 

 panulate truncate head, with oblique radiating beaks at summit. 

 Hob. Cultivated grounds, and waste places. Nat. of Asia. Fl. July. Fr. Aug. 



Obs. This foreign weed is becoming rather troublesome in our 

 Cultivated grounds. 



63. SrDA, L. 



[A name used by ancient Greek writers.] 



Carpels 5, or more, 1-seeded, separable at maturity, each opening 

 at summit. Flowers perfect. 



1. S. spinosa, L. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, with a subspinose tuber- 

 cle at the base of the petiole. 

 SPINOSE SIDA. 



Annual. Stem 9 to 18 inches high, slender, with a few spreading branches near 

 the base. Leaves about 2 inches long, serrate-dentate; petioles half an inch to 

 three-quarters in length ; stipules filiform. Flowers yellow. Peduncles about half 

 an inch long, 1 or 2 in each axil, articulated near the flower. 

 Hob. Road sides, and waste places. Nat. of India. Fl. July. Fr. Sept. 



f f Calyx involueellate at base. 



64. MAI/VA, L. 



[An ancient Latin name, derived from the Greek.] 



Irivolucel mostly of 3 linear bracts. Carpels numerous, verticillately 

 arranged in a depressed orb, each mostly 1-seeded and indehiscent. 



1. M. rotundifblia, L. Procumbent; leaves cordate-orbicular, ob- 

 tusely 5-lobed ; lobes crenate dentate ; flowers small. 

 ROUND-LEAVED MALVA. Running Mallow. 



Perennial. Stem 9 to 18 inches long, branching only from the root. Leaves 1 to 

 2 or 3 inches long ; petioles 2 to 6 or 8 inches in length. Flowers reddish-white, 

 with purple veins. Peduncles axillary, mostly in pairs, 1 to 2 inches long, unequal, 

 bent down in fruit. 

 Hob. Yards, gardens, &c. Nat. of Europe. Fl. May. Fr. Aug. 



Obs. This foreigner is extensively naturalized, and a rather trouble- 

 some weed in gardens. The plant is mucilaginous, and quite a 

 popular ingredient in cataplasms, demulcent drinks, &c. The M. 

 crispa, sylvestris, and moschata, are frequent about gardens ; but are 

 scarcely naturalized, yet. 



