MALVACE.*:. (mallow FAMILY.) 99 



else as in Sida, but the solitary kidney-sliapcd seed ascending and the radicle 

 pointing downward, as in the former. (Name altered from Malva.) 



1. M. anglistum, Gray. Annual, sliglitly hairy, erect (G'-l^ high); 

 leaves huue-oMong or linear, with scattered fine callous teeth; (lowers in the 

 upper axils, on peduncles shorter than the broadly ovate-triangular sepals; 

 bractlets and stipules setaceous; petals yellow, scarcely exceeding the calvx; 

 carpels 5, kidney -shaped, smooth, at length 2-valved. — W. Tenu. to Iowa 

 and Kan. Aug. 



2 M. COCCineum, Gray. Perennial, low and hoary ; leaves 5-partcd or 

 pedate , dowers in short sj)ikes or racemes, the pink-red petals verv much 

 longer than the calyx; carpels 10 or more, reticulated on the sides and iude- 

 hiscent. — Minn to W. Tex., and westward. 



6. SlDA, L. 



Calyx naked at the base, 5-cleft. Petals entire, usually oblique. Styles 5 

 or more, tipped with capitate stigmas ; the ripe fruit separating into as many 

 1-seeded carpels, which are closed, or commonly 2-valved at the top, and 

 tardily separate from the axis. Seed pendulous. Embryo abruptly bent; 

 the radicle pointing upward. (A name used by Theophrastus.) 



1. S. Napaea, Cav. A smooth, tall (4-10° high) perennial; haves 3-7- 

 clejl, the lobes oblong and pointed, toothed ; Jloicers {white) umbelJafe-cori/nihed, 

 V wide ; carpels 10, pointed. — Rocky river-banks, along the Alleghanies, Penn. 

 to Va. ; rare. (Cultivated in old gardens.) 



2. S. EUiottii, Torr. & Gray. A smooth, erect perennial (1-4° high); 

 leaves lined}-, serrate, short-petioled ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, short; 

 flowers (i/e/low) rather large; carpels 9-10, slightly and abruptly pointed, 

 forming a depressed fruit. — Sandy soil, S. Va. and southward. May -Aug. 



S. spiNosA, L. Annual weed, minutely and softly pubescent, low (10-20' 

 high), mucli branched; leaves ovate-lanceolate or oWo??*/, serrate, rather long- 

 petioled ; i)eduncles axillary, 1-flowered, shorter than the petiole ; /A»«t/s 

 \yellow) small ; carpels .5, combined into an ovate fruit, each splitting at the 

 top into 2 beaks. — A little tubercle at the base of the leaves on the stronger 

 plants gives the si)ecitic name, but it cannot be called a spine. — Waste places, 

 S. New York to Iowa, and common southward. (Nat. from the tropics.) 



7. SPH^RALCEA, St. Ilil. 



Ovules and seeds usually 2 or 3 in each cell. Cliaracters otherwise as in 

 Malvastrum. (Name from acpalpa, a sphere, ixixd dhKia, a mallow — from the 

 commonly spherical fruit.) 



1. S. acerifblia, Nutt. Perennial, erect, 2-6° high, stellately pubescent 

 or glal)rate; leaves maple-.shaped, 3- 7-c left ; flowers clustered in the upper 

 axils and subspicate, rose-color to white. — Kankakee Co., 111., £. J. Hill ; Dak. 

 and westward. 



8. ABtlTILON, lourn. Indian M.vi.r.ow'. 



Carpels 2-9-8eeded, at length 2-valved. Radicle ascending or pointing in- 

 ward. Otherwise as in Sida. (Name of unknown origin.) 



A. AviCENN.T-:, Gaertn. (Vei.vet-Lkak.) Tall annual (4° high) ; leaves 

 roundish-heart-shaped, taper-pointed, velvety ; peduncles shorter than the leaf- 

 stalks ; corolla yellow ; carpels 12-15, hairy, bieaked. — Waste places, escaped 

 from gardens. (Adv. from Inrlia.) 



