-I COMMON CANADIAN WILh PLANTS. 



Synopsis of 1h- <;>MT:>. 



1. rortula'ca. Stamens 8-20. PCK! opening by a lid (Fig. 207, Part L), 



many-seeded. 



2. Clayto'nia. Stamens 5. Pod 3-valved, 3-6-seeded. 



1. PORTULA'CA, Touru. PURSLANE. 



P. olera'cea, L. (COMMON PURSLANE. ) A low fleshy herb, 

 very smooth, with obovate or wedge-shaped leaves. Calyx 2- 

 cleft, the sepals keeled. Petals yellow, fugacious. A common 

 pest in gardens. 



. CLAYTO/WIA, L. SPRING-BEAUTY. 



1. C. Virgin'ica, L. Loaves linear-lanceolate, 3-6 inches long. 



2. 0. Carolinia'na, Michx. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 

 tapering at the base. In both species the corolla is rose-coloured, 

 with dark veins. The stem springs from a small tuber, and bears 

 two opposite leaves and a loose raceme of flowers. Rich woods 

 in early spring. 



ORDER XVIII. MALVA'CEJE. (MALLOW FAMILY.) 



Herbs", with palmately-veined alternate stipulate leaves. 

 Flowers regular. Calyx valvate. Corolla convolute in the bud. 

 Sepals 5, united at the base. Petals 5, hypogynous. Stamens 

 numerous, monadelphous, hypogynous ; anthers 1 -celled. Car- 

 pels united in a ring, separating after ripening. Seeds kidney- 

 shaped. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



.1. Malva. Carpels without beaks, 1-seeded. A circle of 3 bractlets at the 



base of the calyx. 

 2. Alm'tilon. Carpels 2-beaked, 1-6-seeded. No circle of bractlets. 



1. MALVA, L. MALLOW. 



1. M. rotundifolia, L. (ROUND-LEAVED MALLOW.) Stems 

 several, procumbent, from a stout tap-root. Leaves long-petioled, 

 round-heart-shaped, crenate, crenately-lobed. Petals obconlatr, 

 whitish, streaked with purple, twice as long as the sepals. Way- 

 sides and cultivated grounds. 



2. M. sylves'tris, L. (Hion M.) Stem erect, 2 feet high. 

 Learcs: sharply 5-7-lol>l. /YM/x jtiirjitr, 3 times as long as the 

 sepals. Near dwellings. 



