^I ALLOW FAMILY. 8.') 



S. Pseudo-Camellia, Maxim. (orS. gkandifloka). Loaves smooth, 2'-3' 

 loiiij,- ; tlowcrs i" wide ; tlu' seiTate sepals and erose petals dt-iisoly silky-hairy 

 outside; ant hers (irange ; pod ovoid. Japan. Hardier X. tlian the native 



^^ '^■''' * * .S7///C.S 5 ; pod sharply 5-angled and pointed. 



S. pentdgyna, L'ller. Leaves smooth, 5'-6' long, and very handsome 

 flowei's, tlieir petals (often 6) jagged-edged and tinged with cream-color, 

 the sepals often reddish outside; orange anthers. Mts. of Ky., Car., and 

 S. Cult. Hardy N. 



4. GORDONIA. (Named for Dr. Gordon and a London nurseryman 

 of the same name.) 



G. Lasi^uthus, Linn. Loblolly Bay. Usually a small tree, but 

 reaching 00^-75° ; leaves evergreen and smooth lance-oblong, tapering to 

 the base and miiuitely serrate ; flowers 'I'-'-V across, white, in summer on 

 slender peduncles ; stamens short, on a 5-lobed cup ; pod pointed. Swamps 

 near the eoast ivom Va., S., rarer W. Also cult. 



G. pub^scens, L'Her., also called FnANKLfNiA, after Dr. Franldin. 

 A tail, ornaiucntal shrub or small tree, with thinner and deciduous lance- 

 obovate leaves, whitish-downy beneath ; flowers on short, stout peduncles 

 in autumn ; stamens directly on the petals ; pod globular. Native of Ga. , 

 but no longer known wild. 



XXI. MALVACEJl, MALLOW FAMILY. 



Known by the mouadelphous numerous stamens, theii* tube 

 connected with the base of the petals, kidney-shaped, 1-celled 

 anthers (Lessons, Figs. 286, 298), the calyx valvate, and the 

 corolla convolute in the bud. Herbs or shrubs, with alternate, 

 palmately veined and often lobed leaves, evident stipules, and 

 regular flowers, the true sepals and the petals 5. There is 

 commonly an involucre of several bracts resembling an outer 

 calyx. Seeds kidney -shaped ; the leafj^ cotyledons crumpled 

 or doubled up in some mucilaginous albumen. Innocent 

 plants, mucilaginous, with a very tough fibrous bark. 



§ 1. Anthers all home in a cluster at ike top of the short tube of filaments. 



*■ Ovaries numerous and separate, crowded in a had in fruit het'nming littlr 1-seeded 



pods or akenes. Jnvolncel conspicunus as a sort of outer calyx. Herbs. 



1. -MALOPE. Involiuvl of:; <n:itc.,r lu.:irt.s!.a|HMl U':iv<. .\, minis. 



» * Ovaries several or main/ united in a rinr/ around an rix/.s'. in fruit commonly fall- 

 ing away separately, each l-seeded. Ours are all herbs. 



+- Stigmas running down the side of the slender styles. 



2. ALTH.EA. Involucel of (>-9 bracts united at the base. A.vis of the fruit not prqject- 



infr or enlarged. 



3. MALVA. Involucel of only 3 separate bracts. Petals obcordate, otherwise entire. 



Carpels beakless. 



4. CALLIKUirOE. Involucel of 1-8 bracts ornono. Petals wedped-shaped and truncate, 



denticulate, or cut-frinced at the end. Carpels with a sort of beak at the sumuilt. 

 Flowers crimson, mauve, or red-purple, very showy. 

 6. NAPjEA. Involucel none. Flowers dicecious. Carpels beakless. 



