608 MALVACEAE. 



ALSINE, Tourn. 



A. Pitcheri. Stems erect (3' -6' high); leaves narrow-linear, obtuse ; 

 cyme peduncled, setaceous, spreading; petals oblong, longer than the 3-5- 

 nerved lanceolate-subulate sepals. (Arenaria, Nutt.) Eastern shore of 

 Mobile Bay (Jfohr). 



STELLARIA, L. 



S. crassifolia, Ehrhart. Stems weak, diffuse (6' -12' long); leaves 

 linear-spatulate or oblong, spreading ; peduncles axillary, longer than the 

 leaves ; flowers very small, mostly 4-androus ; petals longer than the calyx, 

 or none ; sepals 3-nerved, acute ( Sagina f ontinalis, Short $ Peters) . 

 Springy places, Tennessee (Dr. Gattinger). April. Flowers apetalous. 



ORDER MALVACEAE. 



MALVASTRUM, Gray. 



M. Rugelii, Watson. Stems erect, much branched, stellate-hairy; 

 leaves ovate, coarsely serrate, slender-petioled ; flowers axillary, small, sin- 

 gle, or the upper ones densely spiked ; involucel 3-leaved, as long as the very 

 hairy calyx ; petals yellow, oblique; carpels 12, even, awnless. (Malope, Ell. 

 Malva, L.) South Florida. Stems 2 - 4 high. Flowers \' wide. 



SIDA, L. 



S. COrdifolia, L. Annual, villous ; stem tall, much branched ; leaves 

 ovate, cordate, entire or angularly 3-lobed, crenate-serrate ; flowers small, 

 yellow, mostly crowded in axillary and terminal racemes; carpels 10-12, 

 shorter than the slender retrorsely scabrous awns. (S. althaeifolia, var. aris- 

 tosa, DC. ) Cedar Keys, Florida. Introduced. November. Stem 3 - 5 

 high. Leaves 2' - 3' long. 



PAVONIA, Cav. 



P. racemosa, Swartz. Shrubby, tomentose, sparingly branched ; leaves 

 petioled, cordate-ovate, acuminate, slightly serrate, 3-nerved ; stipules subu- 

 late, deciduous ; racemes terminal, leafless, few-flowered ; involucel 8-leaved ; 

 petals twice as long as the calyx, convolute, " dull white tinged with yellow " ; 

 stigmas sessile, " carpels unarmed." Miami and Key Biscayne ( Garber, 

 Curtiss). Stem 6 -8 high. 



P. spinifex, Willd. Shrubby, hirsute; leaves long-petioled, oblong- 

 ovate or cordate, coarsely serrate ; flowers long-peduncled ; involucel 8- 

 leaved, longer than the calyx, shorter than the yellow corolla ; carpels armed 

 with three stout retrorsely bearded spines. Charleston (Rev. Dr. Bachman). 

 Mayport, Florida (Curtiss). Introduced. Stem 3 -5 high. Corolla 1' 

 wide. 



