88 ^ MALLOW FAMILY. 



6. MALVASTRUM, FALSE MALLOW. (Name altered from 

 Malva.) 



M. angdstum, Gray. Erect ; leaves lance-oblong or linear ; flowers 

 yelliiw, on axillary peduncles, (j) Tenn. and 111., W. 



M. coccineum, Gray. Low, lioary ; leaves 5-parted or pedate ; flowers 

 red in short spikes or racemes. 2L Minn, to Tex. and W. 



7. SID A. (AnameusedbyTheophrastus.) Flower summer and autumn, 



* I'eduncles bearing a c.ortjmh of several ichite flowers from the upper 



axils. 



S. Napaea, Cav. Smooth; stem simple, 4°-7'^ high ; leaves rounded, 

 deleft, the lobes toothed and taper-pointed ; corolla about 1' broad ; 

 styles and cells of the pod 10. Rocky banks, Tenn. and Va. Rare, but 

 cult, in old gardens, il 



* * Peduncles axillary, \-floincred; corolla yellow. 



S. spinosa, Linn. Stems much branched, 10'-20 high ; leaves lance- 

 ovate, serrate, minutely soft-downy; peduncles very .short; flower very 

 small ; pod ovate, of 5 carpels, each splitting at top into 2 points. A 

 common weed S. and W. (f) (g) Tropics. 



S. Elli6ttii, Torr. & Gray. Nearly smooth, l°-4° high ; leaves linear 

 or lanceolate, serrate, short-petioled ; flower 1' broad, on a short pedun- 

 cle ; fruit of 10-12 nearly blunt carpels. Woodlands S. "U 



S. rhombif6lia, Linn. Leaves usually lance-oblong, short-petioled, 

 serrate, pale and whitish downy beneath ; stems l°-8° high, much 

 branched ; peduncles rather long ; flower small ; fruit of 10 or 12 one- 

 pointed carpels. A weed, only S. ® 



S. stipul^ta, Nutt. Weed far S., has leaves and branches 2-ranked ; 

 leaves lance-oblong and acute, linear-subulate, stipules longer than the 

 petioles, and yellow flowers at midday, single or clustered on peduncles 

 3-4 times as long as the petioles, ® or 2Z 



8. ABUTILON, INDIAN MALLOW. (Origin of name obscure.) 



* A naturalized weed ; petals small., widely spreading. 



A. Avicennce, Gfertn. Velvet Leaf. 3°-5° high ; leaves roundish, 

 heart-shaped, taper-pointed, soft-velvety ; peduncles shorter than petiole, 

 1-3-flowered ; corolla orange-yellow ; fruit of 12-15 united hairy carpels 

 with spreading beaks ; flowers autumn. ® India. 



* * Tender cultivated shrubs ; flowers large. 



-t- Corolla not spreading open widely ; plant smooth. 



++ Leaves lobed or parted. 



A. striatum, Dicks. Striped Abutilon. Leaves rounded, heart- 

 shaped, 3-lobed, the lobes very taper-pointed ; flowers solitary, hanging 

 on a very long and slender peduncle ; corolla orange-colored, with deeper 

 cr brownish veining or stripes. Leaves often spotted. Brazil. 



A. venosum, Lem. Tall shrub ; leaves palmately 7-9-paited, the lobes 

 distantly toothed ; flowers solitary, 3' long, hanging on stalks a foot long, 

 orange with red veins. Mexico. 



++ ++ Leaves not lobed. 



A. vexillarium, Morren. Leaves long-ovate and cordate, coarsely 

 toothed ; flowers ratlier small, cylindrical, pendulous, tlie calyx dark red, 

 projecting petals pale yellow, and column of stamens dark brown, very 

 handsome. Probably from tropical America. 



