BIALVACKyK. (mALLOW FAMILY.) 9'J 



Tribe I. MA1.VE.*:. Columns of stamens anther bearing at the top. Ovaries and 



piuls (carpels) 5-20 or more, closely unitea in a ring around a. central axis, from which 



they separate after ripening. 

 • Stigmas occupying the innt r face of the styles : carpels 1-see.leJ, falling away separately. 

 1. Alllin;a. Involucel of to U bractleU. 

 2 Miilva. Involucel of 3 bractlets. Petals obcorilate. Carpels rounded, beakless. 



3. Cullitrhoc. Involucel of 3 I)ractlet3 or none. Petals truncate. Carpels beaked. 



4. NniiDca. Involucel none. Flowers diujcious. Stamens few. 



* » Stigmas terminal, capiUte : carpels I,- few-seeded, usually dehiscent. 

 5 ninlvastriiin. Involucel of 3 bractlets or none. Seeds solitary in the cells, ascending. 

 C. Sitlii. Involucel none. Seed solitary in tlie cells, pendulous. 

 7. Abuliloii. Involucel none. Seeds 3 or more in each cell. 

 8 Modiola. Involucel of 3 bractlets. Seeds 2 in each cell, and with a transverse partitioa 



between tlieni. 

 Tribe II. HIBISCE.15. Column of stamens anther-bearing for a considerable part of 

 its length, naked and S-toothed at the very apex. Pod mostly Scelled, loculicidal, leaving 

 scarcely any a.xis in the centre after opening. 

 9. Kosteletzkyn. Involucel of several bractlets. Pod 5-celled, 5-seeded. 

 10. Hibiscus. Involucel of many bractlets. Pod 5-celled, many-seeded. 



1. ALTHiEA, L. Mausii-M.xllow. 



Calyx surromuk'd by a C-9-clet't involucel. Otherwise as in Malva. (Name 

 from (iXdio, to cure, in allusion to its healing properties.) 



1. A. offk'in.\lis, L. (Common M.\ksh-Mallo\v.) Stem erect; leaves 

 ovate or sliohtly heart-shaped, toothed, sometimes .3-lol)ed, velvety-downy : pe- 

 duncles axillary, many flowered. — Salt marshes, coast of New England and 

 New York. Aug., Sept. — Flowers pale rose-color. Perennial root thick, 

 abounding in mucilage, the basis of the Pates de Guimauve. (Nat. from Eu.) 



2. MALVA, L. Mallow. 



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

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

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

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

 old I.atin name, from fiaXa^^rj, sof}, alluding to the emollient leaves.) 



1. M. HOTt:Ni)ii-t)i.iA, L. (CoM.MOX Mallow.) Slemx pwnim'ieiif from a. 

 di'cp biennial root ; Unrcs round-heart-shaped, on very long petioles, erenatc, 

 o!iscunli/-lobed ; petals twice the length of the calyx, whitish; carpels pid)esceiit, 

 even. — Waysides and cultivated grounds: common. (Nat. from Eu.) 



2. M. svLVESTnis, L. (High M.) Biennial; stem erect, branchefl (2°-S° 

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

 purple and rose-color; carpels wrinkled-veiny. — Waysides. (Adv. from Eu.) 



.'5. M. CKfSPA. (Curled M.) A tall, erect annual, with roimd and angled 

 toothed and cn's/ied leares, anil small sessile flowers crowded in the axils, — spar- 

 iii-ly escaped from old gardens. (.\dv. from Eu.) 



4. M. .moscii\ta, L. (Mlsk M.) A low perennial; with t.\\c stem-leaves ^^^ 

 /I'lrled, and tlie divisions once or twice jxirted or clefl into linear lobes, faintly 

 musky-scented, tha Jlowcrs rose<olor or white (1^' in diameter) on short pc- 



