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feet high, hranchctl : the leaves oi» lopg petioles, 

 verv soft, tomcatose, toothed, seven-angled, the 

 anules of the upper ones sharper: the stipules 

 hmecolatc, ciliate, bowing at isottom and then 

 erect : the flower.-; axillary, about four together, 

 on upright peduncles : the outer calyx cup- 

 shaprd, ""with ovate segments : inner a little 

 lon<.'er, five-cornered above, with lanceolate seg- 

 iiients: the corolla twice the length of the calyx, 

 pale l)lue, with oblong, eniargmate petals : the 

 germ orbicular-flatted, ten-grooved: the stigmas 

 ten: the fruit smooth, within the calyx: tlie 

 capsules ten, round a column terminated by a 

 h.emisplicre with a very small point at top, dis- 

 appearing when the fruit is ripe, and leaving a 

 hole in the middle of the capsules, wliich then 

 turn black. It is a native of the island of Can- 

 dia or Crete, flowering in July. 



It varivswilh red flowers, with white flowers, 

 and with purple flowers. 



The second has also an annual root, white, 

 with spreading beards : the stem round, two 

 feet hisjh, branched, the lower branches almost 

 horizontal : the leaves crenale-toothed, smooth, 

 on lona: petioles, gradually narrowed lowards the 

 tip : stipules ovate-lanceolate, ciliate, bovsed at 

 bottom and then straight : the flowers solitary, 

 axillary, on peduncles shorter than the peti(,de : 

 outer calyx semi-trilid, with keeled segments; 

 itiner larger, with lanceolate segments, curled at 

 the edge; the corolla large, spreading, bcll- 

 shapcd, pale flesh colour, with whitish lines ; 

 petals broader above, crenate, frequently rolled 

 up, the edges of the claws deep purple: the germ 

 very smooth : the style multifld : the stigmas 

 pale-flesh-coloured, longer than the tube, thir- 

 teen to eighteen: the fruit hemispherical, con- 

 vex beneath, covered at top with a circular, con- 

 cave, smooth lid or peltate umbrella : thtr^ are 

 about twenty capsules in a whorl ; they arc brown, 

 closed all round and not opening, with a longi- 

 tudinal raised line along theb^ck, elegantly mark- 

 ed on the sides with flexuose streaks drawn from 

 the circumference to the centre : the seeds are 

 ferruginous. It is anaiiveof the South of Europe, 

 &c. flowering fronj July to September. 

 There are several varieties. 

 The third has the stem five or six feet high, 

 woolly, branched : the lower leaves heart-shap- 

 ed, crenate, roundish-lobed : upper ha^tate, on 

 short petioles : the stipules lanceolate : the 

 flowers axillary, bolitary, pedunclcd ; peduncles 

 longer than the leaf: the calyxes subtomcntose : 

 the segments of the outer heart-shaped, with a 

 very sharp point ; of the inner oblong acute : 

 the corolla huge, spreading, pale violet or pur- 

 pli^^h, shaped like those of the Marsh-mallow, 

 but larger: petals emarginale : the capsules 



about twenty (fourteen) in a wing of a papery 

 substance, somewhat rugged, about a columnar 

 receptacle, which has many wings from the 

 permanent sides of the capsules, like the cogs of 

 a mill wheel, ending in a conical awl-shaped 

 point: the seeds flatted a little, smooth, sub- 

 cinereous or brown. It is a native of Sweden, 

 flowering from July to September. 



The fourth species rises with a strong thick 

 stalk the height of eight or ten feet (in gardens), 

 dividing into many branches at the lop: in its 

 wild state, when largest, from four to six feet 

 high, and as much as four inches in diameter: 

 the leaves are alternate, numerous, cordate, 

 roundish-seven-ar.gled (some five- and others 

 three-angled), the angles blunt, soft as velvet, 

 shorter than the petioles: the stiptil-'s short, 

 smooth, acuminate at the tip, broad at the base: 

 the fliivvers mostly in )iairs, sometimes three to- 

 gether, on upright peduncles an inch and a half 

 in length : the outer calyx ovate at the base, di- 

 vided half way into three broad blunt segments; 

 inner only half the size, divided half way into 

 live sharp segments : the corolla purplish red, 

 with dark blotches at the base, spreading bell- 

 shaped (like that of the common Mallow), an 

 inch or more in diameter : the petals broader at 

 top, narrow at the base, so that the calyx ap^ 

 pears between the claws: the cylinder of fila- 

 ments ptirple, woolly at the base: the germ very 

 smooth: the style usually eight-cleft at top: 

 the stigmas revolute, reddish: the ring or whorl 

 of fruits is seven- or eight-capsnied : the com- 

 mon receptacle awl-shaped, Vvith a conoid glo- 

 bule at top, and small crescent-shaped lamcTue 

 at the base and tlie interstices of the capsules : 

 the capsules are reniform-rounded, sharply 

 three-cornered, memhranaceous,wrinkled. closed 

 on all sides, pale bay-coloured, not opening: 

 the seeds kidney-shaped, and ash-cJoured. It 

 is a native of Italy, &c. flowering from June or 

 July to September or October. 



The fifth has a round branched stem, five feet 

 high, villose at lop, reddish : the leaves soft, 

 wliitish, tomentose, unequally serrate; the lower 

 subcordate-hastate, five-angled ; the upper ovate, 

 three-cusped, the middle lobe narrowed, acute, 

 oblong: the stipules ovate-lanceolate, viilose : 

 the flowers on short peduncles, axillary, solitary, 

 verv seldom two together; terminating ones in a 

 spike: the outer calyx ovate, with roundish- 

 acute seoments ; inner larger, with lanceolate- 

 acute segments : the corolla large, spreading 

 very much, reddish-purple : the petals with nar- 

 rowed claws, covered with white hairs, in-eaed 

 into a flesh-coloured tube: the stamens purple: 

 the germ roundish-compressed, with twenty 

 grooves ; the, style divided into about twenty 



