MALVACE^. (MALLOW FAMILY.) 175 



Tribe 1. OTAIiVE E, Staniiual column anther bearin> to apex. Branches of style 

 as many as carpels. Mature carpels separating from axis. 



* Ovules one in each, cell, ascending. 



1. ALTH^A. Bractlets 6-9. Cells not divided by a transverse partiti- in. 



2. ALCEA. Bractlets 6-9. Cells partially divided by a transverse partition. 



3. LAVATERA. Bractlets united iHto a 3-fid Involucre. 



4. MALVA. Bractlets 3, distinct, 



* * Ovules one in each cell, -pendulous. 



5. SIDA. Bractlets 0. Carpels dehiscent or 2-valved at tup. 



6. MALVALLA. Bractlets setaceous, short. Carpels inflated, indehiscent. 



* * * Ovules 2-several in each cell, some ascending, some pendulous, 



7. ABUTILON. Bractlets 0. Soft velvety or woolly shiubs with yellow flowers, 



Tribe II, HIBISCE^'E. Staminal column anther bearing below apex, naked and 

 5-toothed at apex. Brandies of style as many as cells of ovary. Carpels united into a 

 loculicidal capsule. 



8. HIBISCUS. Bractlets numerous, linear or setaceous. 



1. ALiTHJEA, L. Marsh Mallow. Khutmi. 



Bractlets 6-9, connate at base. Calyx 5-fid. Branches of style 

 filiform, stigmatose along their inner face! Carpels whorled around a 

 torus shorter than they, flattened at back, indehiscent, not divided by 

 a partition from the pericarps — Annual or perennial herbs. 



* An?iuals. 



1. A. birsiita, L. © .2 to .4, shaggy with long spreading hairs. 

 Leaves round kidney-shaped, crenate, obsoletely lobed, to palmati- 

 partite into 3-5, oblong, cut-crenate lobes. Peduncles solitary, 1- 

 flowered, longer than leaves; involucre-lobes 7-10, linear-lanceolate, 

 shorter than calyx ; petals about as long as or longer than calyx ; 

 carpels glabrous — Spring — Fields ; rather common, from coast to 

 1000 m. 



2. A. Lud^vigii, L. Hirsute with cluslered hairs ; stems 

 prostrate. Leaves giabrescent, round, the lower crenate, the others 

 3-5-lobed or parted into wedge-shaped segments, obtusely dentate at 

 apex. Pedicels very short, crowded; involucre-lobes linear-setaceous ; 

 calyx-lobes lanceolate ; petals somewhat longer than calyx ; carpels 

 glabrous — Spring — Arabia Petrgea. 



* * Perennials. 



3. A. officinalis, L. If Common, or officinal March Mallows. 

 .6 to 1, woolly. Leaves cordate to ovate, unequally toothed, more or 

 less 5-3-iobed. Peduncles 1 -several-flowered, much shorter than the leaf; 

 involucre lobes 7-10, linear-lanceolate, half as long as calyx ; petals 

 twice as long as calyx ; carpels wooUv— Summer— Ditches ; Damas- 

 cus to northern Syria, and northward. 



4. A. Armeiiiaca, Ten. 21 .6 to 1, tomentellous. Leaves 

 5-3-palmately parted or cut into obovate to oblong, sinuate-toothed, or 

 linear-lanceolate, lobes. Peduncles croicded, generally several-flowered, 

 OS long as the leaves or longer ; involucre-lobes lanceolate, half as long 

 as calyx ; petals twice as long as calyx— Summer — Bushy places ; 

 Marash. 



5. A. cannabina, L. 2f 1 to 1. 5, stellate— pubescent, sca&H^?/?ow«. 

 Leaves green, paler beneath, palmately parted or cut into short-petioled, 



