CL. XVI.] MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 283 



covered with close-pressed hairs ; petals notched, a little longer than the 

 calyx, which is prominently five-angled, with heart-shaped, awned di- 

 visions ; capsules smooth and even ; seeds reticulated. Stems procum- 

 bent, slender, with minute deflected hairs : two outer leaves of the calyx 

 five-nerved, each with two angles, the third four-nerved, forming an angle 

 by one of its sides, the rest three-nerved : petals oblong, purplish rose- 

 coloured. Annual : flowers in June and July: grows in gravelly soil : 

 not common. Eng. Bot. vol. iv. pi. 259. Eng.Fl. vol. iii. p. 241. 1012. 



** Peduncles one-flowered. 



12. G. sanguineum. Bloody Crane's-bill. Leaves roundish, with seven 

 deeply separated, three-cleft lobes ; calyx-leaves hairy, awned ; petals 

 inversely heart-shaped, twice the length of the calyx ; capsules even, 

 sparsely hairy ; seeds granulated. Root large, knotty. Stems nume- 

 rous, from one to two feet high, pale-green, covered with spreading hairs : 

 calyx-leaves three-ribbed: petals bright-red, with five transparent veins, 

 their claws very short, with two copious tufts of white hairs. Perennial : 

 flowers in June, July, and August : grows in hilly situations, and on the 

 grassy summits of maritime cliffs: not common. Eng. Bot. vol. iv. 

 pi. 272. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 232. 1013. 



POLYANDRIA. 



3. ALTHJE'A. MARSH-MALLOW. 



Calyx inferior, double, permanent ; the outer smaller, of one 

 leaf, deeply divided into nine segments; the inner of one leaf, 

 divided into five segments. Petals five, inversely heart-shaped, 

 flat, with broad claws attached to the bottom of the tube formed 

 by the stamens. Filaments numerous, hair-like, united below 

 into a tube ; anthers nearly kidney-shaped. Germen round, de- 

 pressed. Style cylindrical, as long as the tube of the filaments ; 

 stigmas about twenty, bristle-shaped, nearly as long as the style. 

 Capsules about twenty, compressed, arranged in a circle round the 

 columnar receptacle, each two-valved and one-celled. Seeds soli- 

 tary, kidney-shaped, compressed. Name from altho, to cure. 343. 



1. A. officitidlis. Common Marsh-Mallow. Leaves simple, very soft and 

 downy, slightly five or three-lobed. Stems erect, three feet high, sim- 

 ple, round, downy : flowers in axillar panicles : petals pale rose-colour. 

 The whole plant, especially the root, yields, by decoction, a mild muci- 

 lage, used medicinally. Perennial : flowers from July to September : 

 grows in salt marshes : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 147. Eng. 

 Ft. vol. iii. p. 244. 1014. 



2. A. hirsiita. Rough-leaved Marsh-Mallo-w. Leaves simple, rough 

 with hairs, the lower obtusely, the upper acutely lobed, crenate ; stem 



rough. Annual : flowers in June and July : found in a field between 



Cobham and Cuxton, but is not indigenous. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2674. 

 Brit. Fl. 4th ed. p. 262. ,1015. 



4. MA'LVA. MALLOW. 



Calyx inferior, double, permanent; the outer smaller, of three 

 egg-shaped, acute leaves ; the inner of one leaf, divided half-way 



