MALLOW FAMILY. »7 



* * Flowers larger, more or less shuioy, l^'-2' in diameter ■ the purple, 

 rose-color, or sometimes ichite petals much exceeding the calyx; stem 

 erect. 



M. sylvestris, Linn. Ilicni i\L SUmu 2°-t3° high, rou2:h-hairy, branch- 

 ing, with rather .sharply 5-7-lobed leaves and purple-rose-colored flowers ; 

 fruit wrinkled-veiny. (2) 2/ Gardens and roadsides. Var. Mauritiana, 

 sometimes called Tuke Mallow. Cult. ; taller, smoother, with obtusely- 

 lobed leaves. 



M. Alcea, Linn. 2°-4" high, hairy ; stem leaves parted almost to the 

 base into :]-'} divisions, which are again o-5-cleft or cut-toothed ; corolla 

 deep rosc-ci)k)r, lJ'-2' broad; calyx densely stellate-pubescent; fruit 

 glabrous, minutely "wrinkled-veiny. 21 Gardens, and escaped. 



M. moschata, Linn. :Misk M. 1°-2° high, rather hairy ; leaves about 

 thrice parted or cut into slender linear lobes ; corolla II' broad, rose-color 

 or white ; calyx with simple hairs ; fruit downy, not wrinkled. Gardens, 

 and escaped to roadsides. 



4. CALLIRRHOE. (A Greek mythological name. ) Flowers all summer. 



* Boot thick, fusiform or napiform, farinaceous. % (some ®?) 



-t- Calyx -'ylobed to middle; invohicel ^-leaved; short peduncles umbel- 

 lately feic-several-flowered ; stipules small; carpels plain. 



C. triangnlata, Gray. Stems erect, 2° high ; leaves triangular, hal- 

 berd-shaped, or the lowest heart-shaped, the upper cutlobed or 3-5-cleft ; 

 corolla IV or less in diameter. Dry prairies, Minn, to Ind. and S. 



M- -1- f'ali/x !J-parted ; invohicel ^-leaved; peduncles long, l-flowered; 

 stipules conspicuous, ovate ; carpels wrinkled. 



C. involucrdta, Gray. Stems spreading on the ground, l°-3° long ; 

 leaves rounded, 5-parted or cleft and cut-lobed ; corolla 2' or more broad. 

 Wild, Minn, to Tex. ; cult, for ornament. 



■*- H- •(- Calyx 5-parted; involucel (or l-'.]-leaved i)i the second), and 

 stipides small ; carpels rugose or wrinkled. 



C. alcaeoides, (Jray. Stems \° high ; lower leaves triangular- heart- 

 sliapcd, upi)er 5-7-parted or divided into linear segments ; flowers co- 

 rymbose. Ky. and Tenn., W. 



C. Pap^ver, Gray. Stems short, ascending, few-leaved ; leaves 3-5- 

 parted with lance-linear divisions, or the lowest rather heart-shaped and 

 cleft into oblong- Inbes ; flowers solitary ; peduncles very long (often 1°). 

 Ga. to Tex., and siuuingly cult. 



C. digitata, Nutt. 1° high ; leaves mostly from the root, 5-7-parted 

 into long, linear, sometimes 2-3-cleft divisions ; flowers solitary on long 

 and slender peduncles ; petals fringe-toothed at the end. Wild Kans. to 



* * Boot slender or tapering ; involucel ; caipels even. ® 



C. pedata. Gray. Stem erect, 1°-!")° high, leafy ; leaves rounded, 

 .S-7-lobed or parted, and the wedge-shai>ed divisions cleft or cut ; pedun- 

 cles slender, longer than the leaves ; petals minutely eroded at tlie end. 

 Texas ; not rare cult. 



5. NAP^A, (ILADE MALLOW. (Greek: glade or nymph of the 



N. di6ica, Linn. A rather coarse, roughish herb ; stem 4°-7'^ high ; 

 leaves !)-ll -parted and their lobes cut and toothed, the lowest often 1° in 

 diameter ; flowers small, in panicled corymbs, in summer. Penn., Va., 

 and W. to Iowa. 



