MALVACK.E. (mAI.LOW FAMILY.) 101 



1. M. angUStum, Gray. Slijihtly hairy; stem erect (6' -9' high) from 

 an anniiiil mot ; loaves iaiiff-oljlony or linear, with scattered fine callons teeth; 

 flowers in the upper axils, on peduncles shorter than the broadly ovate-triangu- 

 hir sepals ; bruetlets and stipules setaceous; petals yellow, scarcely exceediii"- 

 the calyx; carpels 5, kidney-shaped, with smooth sides, at length 2-valvcd. — 

 Kock Island in the Mississippi, Illinois, Ewjelmun)}, Parn/. Aug. 



2. M. eoccineum, (Jray (Sida coccinea, Pursh), a low and hoary 

 ])en-iniiai, with 5 -parted or pedate leaves, and short spikes or racemes of 

 showy pink-red flowirs, the jjctals very much lon,L;cr than the calyx ; tiic car- 

 jjcls 10 or more, reticulated on the sides and iiukhisccnt : abounds on the 

 plains from Iowa and iMinncsota westward. 



6. SIDA, L. Sida. 



Calyx naked at the base, 5-cleft. Petals entire, usually oblique. Styles 5 or 

 more, tipped with capitate stigmas: the ripe fruit separating into as many 1- 

 seeded carpels, which are closed, or commonly 2-valved at the top, and tardily 

 separate from the axis. Seed pendulous. Embryo abruptly bent; tlic radicle 

 pointing upwards. — Flowers perfect. (A name used by Theophrastus.) 



1. S. Napaea, Cav. Asmooth, tall (4° -10° high) perennial; hares 5<lf/t, 

 the lobes oblong and pointed, toothed; Jloarrs {tclu'le) umhcllate-corijmhal, large; 

 carpels 10, jiointed. (Napica laivis & herniaphrodita, L.) — Rocky river-banks, 

 Penn., York Co., &c., PorUr. Kanawha Co., Virginia, Rtv. J. M. IJroicn. 

 (Cultivated in old gardens.) 



•2. S. Elliottii, Torr. & Gray. A smooth, erect perennial (l°-4° hi|^h) ; 

 leaves linear, serrate, short-petioled ; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered, short ;^ow- 

 ers {ijellow) rather large; carpi Is 9-10, sllfjhili/ and abruptly y.ointtd, iorming a 

 depressed fruit. — Sandy soil, S. Virginia and southward. May -Aug. 



3. S. spin6sa, L. Annual weed, minutely and softly pubescent, low (10'- 

 20' high), much branched; leaves omle-lannolatc or ohloncj, serrate, rather long- 

 petioled ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, shorter than the petiole ; Jioivtrs {yelloir) 

 small; carpels H, combined into an ovate fruit, cack splitlimi at the top into 2 

 licaks. -:- A little tu])erele at the base of the leaves on the stronger plants gives 

 the specific name, but it cannot be called a spine. — Waste places: common 

 southward. (Nat. frimi Trop. Anier. or Afr.) 



7. ABUTILON, Tourn. Indiax Mallow. 



Carpels 2-9-scc(k'il, at length 2-valvpd. Padicle ascending or pointing in- 

 wards. Otherwise as in Sida. (Name of unknown origin.) 



1. A. AvicENX.E, Gajrtn. (Velvet-Leaf.) Tall annual (4° high) ; leaves 

 roundish-heart-shaped, taper-pointed, velvety ; peduncles shorter than the leaf- 

 stalks ; corolla yellow; pods 12-15, hairy, beaked. — Waste places, escaped 

 from gardens. (Adv. from India.) 



8. MODIOLA, Mocnch MonioL.\. 



Calyx with a 3-lcaved involucel. Petals obovate. Stamens 10-20. Stigmas 

 capitate. Carpels 1-1-20, kidney-shaped, pointed, and at length 2-valved at the 



