72 MALLOW FAMILY. 



flowers l' in diameter, the petals pale rose-color or white, striped with dark 

 purple or violet veins, (i) 



M. sylv^Stris, HIGH M. Gardens and roadsides; 2 - 3 high, branch- ^- 

 ing, witJi rather sharply 5-7-lobed leaves, and purple-rose-colored flowers rather $4^*. 

 smallcr,thau in the last ; fruit wrinkled-veiny. (f 7/ 



M. Alcea. Gardens ; 2 -4 high, hairy, with stem-leaves parted almost KcM 

 to the base into 3 - 5 divisions which are again :j-5-elcft or cut-toothed ; and C-yj-j^ 

 showy flowers in clusters or terminal racemes; corolla deep rose-color, l'-2' r 

 broad ; fruit smooth, minutelv wrinkled-veiny. 2/ 



rti V>*M. moschata, MUSK M. Gardens, and escaped to roadsides, l-2 

 Lft hito n > rather hairy, with the herbage faintly musk-seentc'l.'leaves about" thrice 

 - '^parted or cut into slender Ijnear lobes, and short-pedunclcd flowers somewhat 

 clustered or racemed ; corolla l broad, rose-color or wjiite ; fruit downy. 



6. CAIiLIRRHOE. (A Greek mythological name, applied to N.American 

 plants.) Species chiefly farther W. and 8., becoming rather common in 

 choice gardens. Flowers crimson, mauve, or red-purple, very showy, pro- 

 duced all summer. 



* Root thick, often turnip-shaped, farinaceous : stems roughish-hairy or smoothish. 2/ 



C. triangulata. Dry prairies from Wisconsin S. ; stems erect, 2 high ; 

 leaves triangular, halberd-shaped, or the lowest heart-shaped, the upper cut- 

 lobed or 3 - 5-cleft ; flowers somewhat panieled and short-peduneled ; involucre 

 as long as the calyx ; corolla 1 ' or less in diameter ; carpels of the fruit even 

 on the back, tipped with a short point. 



C. involucrata. Wild from plains of Nebraska S., and cult, for orna- 

 ment; stems spreading on the ground, l-3 long; stipules conspicuous; 

 leaves rounded, 5-parted or cleft and cut-lobed, shorter than the axillary pedun- 

 cles ; involucre shorter than the calyx ; corolla 2' or more broad ; carpels of 

 the fruit reticulated, tipped with a flat and inconspicuous beak. 



C. Papaver. Wild in rich woodlands from Georgia to Texas, and spar- 

 ingly cult. ; stems short, ascending, few-leaved ; leaves 3 5-partcd with lance- 

 linear divisions, or the lowest rather heart-shaped and cleft into oblong lobes ; 

 axillary peduncles very (often 1) long; involucre of 1-3 bracts or none; 

 corolla 2' or more broad ; carpels of the fruit wrinkled or reticulated and with 

 a stout incurved beak. 



C. digitata. Wild in prairies of Arkansas and Texas ; 1 high ; leaves 

 mostly from the root, 5 - 7-parted into long linear sometimes 2 -3-cleft divis- 

 ions ; peduncles long and slender ; involucre none; corolla 1^'- 2' broad, the 

 petals fringe-toothed at the end ; fruit nearly as in the last. 



# # Hoot slender or tapering : herbage smooth. (D 



C. pedata. Wild in E. Texas; not rare cult. ; stem erect, l-5 high, 

 leafy ; leaves rounded, 3-7-lobed or parted and the wedge-shaped divisions cleft 

 or cut; peduncles slender, longer than the leaves ; involucre none; corolla about 

 1^' broad, the petals minutely eroded at the end ; carpels of the fruit smooth 

 and even on the back, and with a stout conspicuous beak. 



7. NAPJEA, GLADE-MALLOW. (From Greek name for glade or nymph 

 of the groves.) Only one species, 



N. diolca. In valleys, chiefly in limestone districts of I Vim., Virginia, 

 and W. A rather coarse, numhish herb; stem 4 - 7 high; leaves !)-ll- 

 parted and their lobes cut and toothed, the lowest often 1 in diameter ; flowers 

 small, in panielcd corymbs, in summer. 



&. ANODA. (Origin of the name obscure.) Low herbs from Mexico, 

 Texas, &c., sparingly cult, for ornament. Stems, <&c. hirsute: peduncles 

 long and slender, 1-flowered. Fruit in the form of a many-rayed star, sup- 

 ported by the spreading 5-rayed calyx : when ripe the rim of each carpel falls 

 away with the seed it embraces, the sides or partitions disappearing. 

 A. hastata has mostly halberd-shaped leaves, and blue or violet torolla 



only 1 ' - 1^' in diameter; lobes of the calyx ovate, scarcely pointed. 



