GROUP V. ANGIOSPERSLE ; DICOTYLEDONES. 541 



almost apocarpous (Malopeae) ; usually syncarpous with a multi- 

 locular ovary, splitting into cocci (Fig. 352 C D), with usually one 

 ovule in each coccus (p. 473), or a loculicidal capsule (Hibiscese). 

 Under-shrubs or herbs : leaves stipulate and generally palmately 

 veined. 



Malva, the Mallow, has an epicalyx of three bracteoles, Hibiscus has one 

 of many bracteoles, and Althaea has one of 6-9 brocteoles : Althcea rosea is 

 the Hollyhock, and A. officinalis is the Marsh-mallow: several species 

 of Malva are indigenous, M. sylvestris, rotundifolia, and moschata : Gossij- 



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FIG. 352. A Flower of Malva Alcea (nat. size) : fc calyx ; c corolla ; s connate stamens, 

 with the anthers (a) ; 71 stigmata. B Fruit of Althcea rosea enclosed iu {fc) the calyx : ak 

 epical3-x. C The same after the removal of the calyx. D A single coccus of the same in 

 longitudinal section : seed ; w radicle ; st cotyledon of the embryo (mag.). 



plum herbaceum (with the vars. religiosum and hirmtum) and G. arboreum 

 in Egypt and the East Indies, and G. barbadtnse (with var. peruvianuni) in 

 America, yield Cotton, which consists of the long hairs on the testa of the 



SERIES II. DISCIFLOR.E. 



Flowers typically encyclic and generally pentamerous, often 

 obdiplostemonous : sepals free and coherent : petals in a single whorl : 

 stamens usually definite, and hypogynous : a disc is usually present : 

 gynseceum generally syncarpous. 



Cohort I. Geraniales. Flowers usually pentamerous through- 

 out ; formula Kb, Co \ -45 + 5, G- } ; generally obdiplostemonous; 

 the carpels are opposite to the petals : ovary usually 5-locular, with 



