

66 MALVACEJE. (MALLOW FAMILY.) 



1. AL.THJ1HA, L. MARSH-MALLOW. 



Calyx surrounded by a 6- 9-clcft involuccl. Othcnvisc as in Malva. (Name 

 from oX#a>, to cure, in allusion to its healing properties.) 



1. A. OFFICIN\LIS, L. (COMMON MARSH-MALLOW.) Stem erect; leaves 

 ovate or slightly heart-shaped, toothed, sometimes 3-lobed, velvety-downy : pe- 

 duncles axillary, many-flowered. 1J. Salt marshes, coast of New England and 

 New York. Aug., Sept. Flowers pale rose-color. Root thick, abounding in 

 mucilage, the basis of the Pdtes de Guimauve. (Nat. from Eu.) 



A. R6SEA, and A. FiciFdLiA, are the well-known garden HOLLYHOCKS. 



2. MAJLVA, L. MALLOW. 



Calyx with a 3-leaved involuccl at the base, like an outer calyx. Petals ub- 

 cordatc. Styles numerous, stigmatic down the inner side. Fruit depressed, 

 separating at maturity into as many 1 -seeded and indehiscent round kidney- 

 shapcd blunt carpels as there are styles. Radicle pointing downwards. (An 

 old Latin name, from p-oKa^r), soft, alluding to the emollient leaves.) 



1. M. KOTUNDIF6LIA, L. (COMMON MALLOW.) Stems short, simple, de- 

 cumbent from a deep biennial or perennial root ; leaves round- heart-shaped, on 

 very long petioles, crenate, obscurely lobed ; petals twice the length of the calyx, 

 whitish; carpels pubescent, even. Way-sides and cultivated grounds; com- 

 mon. (Nat. from Eu.) 



2. M. BYLVESTKIS, L. (HIGH MALLOW.) Stem erect, branched (2 -3 

 high); leaves rather sharply 5-7 '-lobed; petals thrice the length of the calyx, 

 large, purple and rose-color; carpels wrinkled- veiny. ]\. Way-sides. (Adv. 

 from Eu.) 



M. cufsi'A, the CCRLED MALLOW, and M. MOSCH\TA, the Music MALLOW, 

 are occasionally spontaneous around gardens. 



3. CALLIRRIIOE, Nutt. CALLIUUIIOE. 



Calyx either naked or with a 3-leaved involucel at its base. Petals wedge- 

 shaped and truncate (usually red-purple). Styles, c. as in Malva. Carpels 

 10-20, straightisli, with a short empty beak, separated within from the 1 -seeded 

 cell by a narrow projection, indehiscent or partly 2-valved. Radicle pointing 

 downwards. Flowers perfect. 



1. C. triangulata, Gray. Hairy-pubescent; stems nearly erect (2 

 high) from a tuberous root ; leaves triangular or halberd-shaped, or the lowest 

 rather h'-art-shapcd, coarsely crenate; the upper incised or 3 - 5-clcft ; flowers 

 panicleil, short-pedicellcd (purple) ; involuccl as long as tie m/y.r ; carpets slioh- 

 fointed, crest I N.V. (Malva triangulata, Leai-cn worth. M. Iloughtonii, Torr. & 

 Gray.) Dry prairies, Wisconsin, Illinois, and southward. July. 



2. C. alcacoitles, Gray. Strigose-pubesccnt ; stems slender (1 high) ; 

 iuwer leaves triangular-heart-shaped, incised ; the upper 5-7-parted, laciniate, 

 Uie uppermost divided into linear segments ; flowers corymbose, on slender pe- 



