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MALVACEAE. I. MAIOPE. II. MALVA. 



Division II. Calyx without an involucel. 



23 PALA VIA. Calyx naked, S-cleft. Carpels capsular, nu- 

 merous, 1 -seeded, disposed into a head without any order. 



24 CRISTA'RIA. Calyx naked, 5-cleft. Fruit orbiculately- 

 depressed, covered with a thin pellicle, composed of numerous 

 1 -seeded carpels, bearing 2 wings in the centre. 



25 A'NODA. Calyx naked, 5-cleft ; lobes acuminated, spread- 

 ing when in fruit. Capsule somewhat hemispherical beneath, 

 depressed above and star-formed, many-celled, especially with 

 1 -celled, 1 -seeded, connate carpels. 



26 PERI'PTERA. Calyx naked, 5-cleft. Petals erect, spirally 

 twisted into a tube, at length free. Capsule stellately many- 

 celled ; cells 1 -seeded. 



27 SI'DA. Calyx naked, 5-cleft, usually angular. Stylesmul- 

 tifid at the top. Carpels capsular, 5-40, 1 -seeded, seldom blad- 

 dery, disposed in a whorl around the axis, more or less connected 

 with each other, or wholly connected into a many-celled capsule. 



28 ABUTILON. Calyx naked, 5-cleft, usually angular. Styles 

 multifid at the apex. Carpels capsular, 5-30, many-seeded, 

 usually bladdery, disposed in a whorl around the axis, so closely 

 connected with each other as to form a many-celled capsule. 



29 NUTTA'LLIA. Calyx naked, 5-cleft. Anthers numerous. 

 Stigmas numerous, filiform. Carpels numerous, disposed into 

 a ring or whorl, 1 -seeded, not opening spontaneously. 



30 LAGUNE'A. Calyx naked, 5-cleft. Anthers on the top 

 and sides of the tube. Stigmas 5. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved ; 

 valves with a dissepiment in the middle, -separable, standing 

 above the filiform central axis. 



31 INGENHOU'ZIA. Calyx naked, 3-parted ; lobes ovate, lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated. Petals 5. Urceolus campanulate, situated 

 within the petals. Stamens numerous, monadelphous. Style 1. 



32 EURYA'NTHE. Calyx naked, 5-cleft. Petals 5. Stamens 

 indefinite, hardly connected at the base. Style 1 . Capsule 3- 

 celled, 3-valved, many-seeded ; valves with a dissepiment in the 

 middle of each. 



Division I. Calyx double, or girded by an involucrum. 



I. MA'LOPE (from /KiXoe, tender ; soft leaves). Lin. gen. 

 no. 843. Lam. ill. t. 583. D. C. prod. 1. p. 429. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polydndria. Calyx 5-cleft, girded 

 by a 3-leaved involucrum ; leaflets cordate. Carpels many, 1- 

 seeded, collected into a head. Herbs resembling Mdlva, with 

 large purplish or small white flowers. 



1 M. MALACOI'DES (Lin. spec. 974.) leaves ovate, crenated ; sti- 

 pulas oblong-linear ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. Q.H. Na- 

 tive of Italy, Provence, Spain, Mauritania, and the island of Scio, 

 in meadows. Sweet, fl. gard. icon. Cav. diss. t. 37. f. 1. Sabb. 

 hort. 1. t. 50. Moris, hist. 2. p. 522, sect. 3. t. 17. f. 11. 

 Bocc. sicil. 15. t. 8. f. 2. Barrel, icon. t. 1189. Flowers purplish. 



Var. ft, sinuata (D. C. prod. 1. p. 429.) leaves some obtusely 

 tnfid, others sinuated or pinnatifid. 0.H. Native of Mauritania. 

 Cav. diss. t. 27. letter X. Intermediate between M.malacoldes 

 and M. slipulacea. Flowers large, purplish-violet, like those 

 of a species of Mallow. 



Mallow-like Malope. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1710. PL li ft. 



2 M. STIPULACEA (Cav. ann. cienc. nat. 3. p. 74.) leaves 

 ovate, crenated ; stipulas cordate, ovate, acute ; peduncles axil- 



lary, 1-flowered. Q. H. Native about Mogodor. Flowers 

 large, purple, like those of a common Mallow. 



Large-stipuled Malope. Fl. July, Sept. PI. 1 foot. 



3 M. TRI'FIDA (Cav. diss. 2. p. 85. t. 27. f. 2.) leaves 3- 

 nerved, trifid, toothed, glabrous ; lobes acuminated ; peduncles 

 axillary, 1-flowered. . H. Native of Portugal, Spain, and 

 Mauritania, in meadows. Flowers large, purple. 



Trifd-leaved Malope. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1808. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



4 M. MULTIFLORA (Trig, in Cav. diss. 2. p. 85.) leaves round- 

 ish, crenated, villous; flowers 3-4, axillary. Q. H. Native 

 of Portugal and Spain. Flowers small, white. 



Many-flowered Malope. PI. \ foot. 



Cult. The seeds of these beautiful plants only require to be 

 sown in the open border about the beginning or middle of April. 



II. MA'LVA (altered by the Latins from the Greek word 

 fiaXa^r), malache, soft, which comes from fia\aaaii>, to soften ; 

 in allusion to the soft mucilaginous qualities of the species). 

 Lin. gen. no. 841. Lam. ill. t. 582. D. C. prod. 1. p. 430. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polydndria. Calyx 5-cleft, girded 

 by a 3-leaved involucrum, or rarely with a 5 or 6-leaved in- 

 volucrum ; leaflets oblong or setaceous. Carpels capsular, 

 many, disposed in a round head. Many of the species are shewy. 

 Mdlva was an excellent vegetable among the Romans, but what 

 species is uncertain, and the Chinese use some sort of Mallow 

 as food. 



SECT. I. MALVA'RTRUM (a name altered from Mdlva}. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 430. Carpels 1 -celled, 1 -seeded. 



1. Chrysdnlhce (from -^pvaot, chrysos, gold, and 

 anthos, a flower ; because all the species contained in this sec- 

 tion have yellow flowers). D. C. prod. 1. p. 430. Leaves 

 undivided. Flowers small, yellow, almost sessile in the axils of the 

 upper leaves, and sometimes apparently in spikes, in consequence 

 of the upper leaves being wanting. 



1 M. TRICUSPIDA'TA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 210.) 

 leaves oblong or ovate, acute, serrated ; flowers axillary, glo- 

 merate ; carpels tricuspidate. $ . S. Native of Jamaica. M. 

 Americana, Cav. diss. 2. t. 22. f. 2. M. carpinifolia, Desr. in 

 Lam. diet. enc. 3. p. 754. M. Coromandeliana, Willd. Swartz, 

 Sida Jamaicensis, Mill. 



Var. /3, subtriloba (D. C. prod. 1. p. 430.) leaves somewhat 

 3-lobed. M. Antillarum, Zucc. obs. no. 79. 



Tricuspidate-carpelled Mallow. Fl. July, Aug. Clt*. 1726. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



2 M. AMERICA' NA (Lin. spec. 968.) leaves ovate, acute, cre- 

 nately serrated, rather pilose ; flowers axillary, generally solitary, 

 or in terminal capitate spikes ; carpels awnless. () H. Native 

 of St. Domingo. M. ulmifolia, Balb. herb. M. Curassavica, 

 Desrous, in Lam. diet. enc. 3. p. 754. 



American Mallow. Fl. July. Clt. 1756. PI. 1 foot. 



3 M. SCA'BRA (Cav. diss. 5. 1. 138. f. 1.) leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, coarsely toothed, obsoletely 3-lobed, under surface as well 

 as branches scabrous with stellate hairs ; peduncles axillary, 

 generally 2-flowered. J? . G. Native of Peru in arid places. 

 M. scoparia, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 139. M. corchorifolia, Desrous 

 in Lam. diet. enc. 3. p. 743. M. Lagascse, Cat. hort. taur. 

 1821. p. 36 1 There is a variety with sessile flowers. 



Scabrous Mallow. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1798. Shrub 4 ft. 



4 M. SCOPA RIA (Lher. stirp. t. 27.) leaves ovate, crenately- 

 serrated, under surface as well as branches somewhat velvety 

 from stellate down ; flowers axillary, crowded, fj . G. Native 

 of Peru. Cav. diss. 2. p. 65. t. 21. f. 4. Racemes axillary. 



