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MALVACEAE. II. MALVA. 



quinquifid, toothed at the apex ; stems erect ; corolla a little 

 smaller than the calyx. O- H. Native of Egypt, Mauritania, 

 and Spain. Cav. diss. 2. t. 17. f. 1. M. diphy'lla, Mcench. 

 Flowers pale-blue or purple. 



Egyptian Mallow. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1739. PI. 1 foot. 



27 M. TRI'FIDA (Cav. diss. 5. t. 137. f. 2.) leaves 3-parted ; 

 segments trifid, linear, obtuse ; stems erect ; corolla longer than 

 the ciliated calyx. 0. H. Native of Spain. Flowers purple. 



7Vj/W-leaved Mallow. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1815. PI. | to 1 ft. 



4. Bismdhee (meaning unknown). Medik. .D C. prod. 1. 

 p. 432. Flowers purple or white. Pedicels axillary, solitary, 

 l-Jloniered. Involucrum 3-leaved, Leaves many-parted. Stems 

 herbaceous. 



28 M. TOURNEFORTIA'NA (Lin. spec. 971.) leaves many- 

 parted ; lobes trifid, linear ; stems decumbent ; hairs almost 

 wanting or in starry fascicles. O-H. Native of Provence and 

 Spain by the sea-side. Cav. diss. 2. t. 17. f. 3. M. maritima, 

 Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 140. Stems prostrate, and much branched at 

 the base. Flowers purple. 



Var. ft, ciliata (Dufour, in litt.) stem erect, rather dwarf. 

 O- H. Native of Spain. 



Tournefurt's Mallow. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. PI. - ft. 



29 M. ALCE'A (Lin. spec. 971.) lower leaves angular, upper 

 ones 5-parted, cut ; stems and calyxes roughish-velvety from 

 stellate down. If. . H. Native of many parts of Europe, par- 

 ticularly France and Germany. Cav. diss. 2. t. 17. f. 2. Sims, 

 hot. mag. t. 2197. Blackw. t. 309. Flowers pale purple. 



Alcea or Vervain Mallow. . Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1797. PI. 

 4 feet. 4, 



30 M. MORE'NI (Poll, veron. 1816.) lower leaves 5-lobed, 

 upper ones palmately 5-cleft, with the lobes toothed ; stems and 

 calyxes roughish-velvety, with stellate hairs. If. . H. Native 

 of Italy. M. alceoides, Ten. cat. 1819. p. 55. Hook, bot. mag. 

 2793. Flowers red, disposed in terminal corymbs. 



Moreni's Mallow. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1820. PI. 2-3 feet. 



31 M. ITA'LICA (Poll. pi. veron. 1816.) stems erect, hairy; 

 lower leaves somewhat kidney-shaped, 5-lobed, upper ones 5- 

 parted, all toothed and roughish. If. . H. Native of Italy. 

 Flowers purple. 



Italian Mallow. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1829. PI. 3 feet. 



32 M. MOSCHA'TA (Lin. spec. 971.) lower leaves kidney- 

 shaped, cut, cauline ones with 5-deeply pinnatifid, jagged seg- 

 ments ; stems and calyxes scabrous from simple hairs. I/ . H. 

 Native of many parts of Europe. In Britain in grassy borders 

 of fields, and by way sides on a gravelly soil. Smith, eng. bot. 

 754. Curt. lond. 4. t. 50. Fl.dan. 907. Cav. diss. 2. t. 18. f. 1. 

 Flowers rose-coloured. 



Var. ft, lacinidta (Desrous. in diet. enc. 3. p. 750.) lower 

 leaves as well as upper ones deeply divided into 5 pinnatifid, 

 jagged segments. Moris, ox. sect. 5. t. 18. f. 4. M. tenuifolia, 

 Sav. cent. p. 122. M. moschata ft, undulata, Sims, bot. mag. 

 2298. Flowers white. The musky scent of these two plants 

 undoubtedly proceeds from the herbage, not from the flowers. 



Musk-scented Mallow. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. PL 1 to l ft. 



33 M. PURPURA'TA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1362.) plant pubescent, 

 ascending ; lower leaves 5-cleft, upper ones trifid ; segments 

 usually trifid, lobes forked, obtuse ; peduncles solitary, axil- 

 lary, longer than the petioles. If. . F. Native of Chili in the 

 Cumbre, a pass in the Andes. Petals purplish. An elegant 

 ascending plant with fine leaves. 



Purplish-Rovfered Mallow. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. PI. 

 prostrate. 



34 M. ALTH^ofrES (Cav. diss. 2. t. 135.) leaves palmate ; 

 lobes lanceolate, toothed ; hairs simple ; pedicels longer than 



the leaves; sepals acuminated. () H. Native of Spain. 

 Stems prostrate, hairy. Flowers large, whitish-rose-coloured. 

 . Var. ft, hirsuta (Ten. prod. 40.) lower leaves roundish-cor- 

 date, 7-lobed, the rest 5-parted. O- H. Native of Sicily. 

 Stems prostrate. Flowers large, rose-coloured. 



Althaea-like Mallow. Fl, July, Aug. Clt. 1822. PI. trailing. 



35 M. FASTIGIA'TA (Cav. diss. 2. t. 23. f. 2.) leaves cordate, 

 5-lobed, acuminated, unequally toothed, with the middle lobe 

 longer, and are as well as the erect stem tomentose from stellate 

 tomentum ; pedicels axillary, approximating into a terminal co- 

 rymb. Q. H. Native of the mountains of Auvergne. Flowers 

 large, rose-coloured. D. C. fl. fr. no. 4510. 



Var. ft, lobata (Cav. diss. 2. t. 18. f. 4.) leaves somewhat cor- 

 date, crenated ; flowers somewhat spiked. O-H. Native of 

 Spain. Petals large, purplish. Leaves 5-lobed. 



Var. 7, Albulensls (Cav. diss. 2. t. 34. f. 3.) upper leaves 

 cuneiform at the base. O- H. Native of Spain. 



Fastigiate-Qowered Mallow. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1S18. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



36 M. RIBIFOLIA (Viv. fl. cors. app. in Schlecht. Linnaea. 1. 

 p. 506.) stems erect, rough from simple and stellate hairs ; 

 lower leaves cordate, 5-lobed, upper ones 5-cleft, and palmately 

 lobed, beset with stellate pubescence beneath ; peduncles soli- 

 tary, longer than the leaves; petals 3 times higher than the 

 calyx. I/ . H. Native of Corsica. 



Gooseberry-leaved Mallow. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



37 M. CIRCINA'TA (Viv. fl. cors. app. in Schlecht. Linnaea. 

 1. p. 506.) stem erect, with a few scattered hairs ; leaves cor- 

 date, crenulated, lower ones kidney -shaped, upper ones circin- 

 ate, 6-lobed ; petioles hispid above ; peduncles solitary, 1- 

 flowered, not half so long as the petioles ; outer leaflets of the 

 calyx oblong, inner ones ovate, acute, 4 times shorter 'than the 

 corolla. O H. Native of Corsica. Like M. Nicceensis. 



Circmate-leaved Mallow. PI. 1 foot. 



$ 5. Fasciculate?, D. C. prod. 1. p. 432. Flowers purple or 

 white. Leaves angular, cordate, 5-nerved. Pedicels axillary, nu- 

 merous, 1 -flowered. Outer calyx 3-leaved. Stems herbaceous. 



38 M. TOMENTE'LLA (Presl.'ex Spreng. syst. append, p. 257.) 

 plant covered with stellate tomentum ; stem prostrate ; leaves 

 orbicular, cordate, obtuse, 5-angled, toothed ; peduncles shorter 

 than the petioles. O ? H. Native of Sicily. Flowers red. 



Sub-tomentose Mallow. FL June, July. PL prostrate. 



39 M. MAURITIA'NA (Lin. spec. 970.) stem erect ; leaves 5- 

 lobed, obtuse ; pedicels and footstalks smoothish. Q. H. Na- 

 tive of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Cav. diss. 2. t. 25. f. 2. 

 M. obtusa, Mcench. Flowers deep purple. 



Far. ft, Sinensis (Cav. diss. 2. t. 25. f. 4.) stem reclinate, very 

 smooth. M. glabra, Desrous. in diet. enc. 3. p. 752. Flowers 

 purple. 



Mauritanian Mallow. Fl. Ju..July. Clt. 1768. PL 4 to 6 ft. 



40 M. SYLVE'STRIS (Lin. spec. 69.) stem erect ; leaves 5-7- 

 lobed, acute ; pedicels as well as footstalks pilose. $ . H. 

 Native of most parts of Europe about hedges, road sides, and in 

 cultivated as well as in waste ground. Common in*Britain. 

 Smith, engl. bot. t. 671. Curt. fl. lond. fasc. 2. t. 51. Woodv. 

 t. 54. FL dan. t. 1223. Cav. diss. 2. t. 26. f. 2. M. vulgaris, 

 Ten. prod. fl. neap. Flowers purple, veiny. The whole plant, 

 but especially the root, yields in decoction a plentiful, tasteless, 

 colourless mucilage, very salutary in cases of internal irritation. 

 Decoctions of the leaves are sometimes employed in dysenteries, 

 heat, and sharpness of urine, and in general for obstructing acri- 

 monious humours ; but their principal use is in emollient glys- 

 ters, cataplasms, and fomentations. 



Var. ft. albiflbra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 432.) lobes of leaves 

 blunter ; flowers white. M. venata, Hortul. 



