284 MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. d,. XVI. 



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

 abrupt, flat, their claws attached to the tube formed by the sta- 

 mens. Filaments numerous, hair-like, united below into a tube ; 

 anthers kidney-shaped. Germen round, depressed. Style cylin- 

 drical ; stigmas numerous, bristle-shaped, nearly as long as the 

 style. Capsules numerous, compressed, arranged in a circle round 

 the columnar receptacle, each two-valved and one-celled. Seed 

 solitary, kidney-shaped. Name altered from malache, soft, or 

 emollient. 344. 



1. M. sylvt-stris. Common Mallow. Stem erect; leaves with five or 



seven somewhat acute lobes ; leaf-stalks and flower-stalks hairy. 



Stem much branched, from two to three feet high : leaves" folded, soft 

 and downy : flowers numerous : petals purplish-red, deeply notched. 

 Perennial : flowers from June to September : grows about hedges and 

 road-sides: common. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 671. Eng. Ft. vol. iii. 

 p. 245. 1016. 



2. M. moschdta. Musk Mallow. Stem erect ; root-leaves kidney- 

 shaped, cut ; those of the stem deeply divided into five or seven pin- 

 natifid, jagged segments ; calyx hairy, its outer leaves narrow, lance- 

 shaped. Stems about two feet high, little branched, rough : flowers 



on long axillar simple stalks : petals large, rose-coloured. Perennial : 

 flowers in July and August : grows in pastures and by way-sides : fre- 

 quent. Eng. Bot. vol. xi. pi. 754. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 247. 1017. 



3. M. rotundifolia. Dwarf Mallow. Stem prostrate ; leaves roundish- 

 heart-shaped, obtusely five-lobed ; fruit-stalks bent downwards. 



Stems numerous, lying flat on the ground : flowers pale-lilac. A variety 

 with whitish flowers, whose petals are not longer than the calyx. Peren- 

 nial : flowers from June to September: grows in waste, 'ground and by 

 way-sides : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xvi. pi. 1092. and vol. iv. pi. 241. 

 Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 246. 1018. 



5. LAVATE'RA. TREE-MALLOW. 



Calyx superior, double, permanent ; the outer larger, of one 

 leaf, deeply divided into three broad, spreading segments; the 

 inner of one leaf, divided half-way into five acute lobes. Petals 

 five, inversely heart-shaped, abrupt, flat, attached by their nar- 

 row claws to the tube formed by the stamens. Filaments 

 numerous, hair-like, united below into a cylindrical tube; 

 anthers kidney-shaped. Germen round, depressed. Style cy- 

 lindrical, with a conical permanent base ; stigmas from seven to 

 fourteen, bristle-shaped, as long as the style. Capsules from 

 seven to fourteen, arranged in a circle round the columnar recep- 

 tacle, each two-valved and one-celled. Seeds solitary, kidney- 

 shaped. Named after the two Lavatcrs. 345. 



1. L. arburea. Sea Tree-Mallow. Stem woody ; leaves downy, plaited, 



with seven angles ; flowers on simple aggregated axillar stalks. Stem 



from three to five feet high, erect: flowers large: petals purplish rose- 

 colour, darker on the base. Biennial: flowers from July to October: 

 grows on rocks along the sea-shore : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvi. pi. 1841. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 248. 1019. 



