88 MALLOW FAMILY. 



6. MALVASTRUM, FALSE MALLOW. (Name altered 'from 

 Malva.) 



M. angiistum, (Jray. Erect ; leaves huice-nblong or linear ; flowers 

 yellow, on axillary ])eduncles. © Tenn. and III, W. 



M. coccineum. <iray. Low, lioary ; leaves 5-parted or pedate ; flowers 

 red in short si)iUes or racemes. 2/ Minn, to Tex. and W. 



7. SIDA. (A nanipusedby Theophrastus.) Flower summer and autumn. 



* Peduncles hearing a corymb of several ichite flmrers from the upper 

 axilf:. 



S. Napsea, Cav. Smooth; stem simple, ■4°-7'^ high ; leaves rounded, 

 5-cleft, the lobes toothed and taper-pointed ; corolla about 1' broad ; 

 styles and cells of the pod 10. Rocky banks, Penn. and Va. Rare, but 

 cult, in old gardens. 21- 



* * PeduHcle.'i axillari/, l-jlowered; corolla yellow. 



S. spinosa, Linn. Stems nmch branched, 10'-20 high ; leaves lance- 

 ovate, serrate, minutely soft-downy; peduncles very short; flower very 

 small ; pod ovate, of 5 carpels, each splitting at top into 2 points. A 

 common weed S. and W. (t) @ Tropics. 



S. EUidttii, Torr. & Gray. Nearly smooth, l°-4" high ; leaves linear 

 or lanceolate, .serrate, short-petioled ; flower 1' broad, on a short pedun- 

 cle ; fruit of 10-12 nearly blunt carpels. Woodlands S. 21 



S. rhombif6lia, Linn. Leaves usually lance-oblong, .short-petioled, 

 serrate, pale and whitish downy beneath ; steins 1^-3° high, much 

 branched ; peduncles rather long ; flower small ; fruit of 10 or 12 one- 

 pointed carpels. A weed, only S. 



S. stipulata, Nutt. Weed far S., has leaves and branches 2-ranked ; 

 leaves lance-oblong and acute, linear-subulate, stipules longer than the 

 petioles, and yellow flowers at midday, single or clustered on peduncles 

 3-4 times as long as the petioles, (i) or 21 



8.. ABUTILON, INDIAN MALLOW. (Origin of name obscure.) 



* A naturalized weed ; petaU small, loidely spreading. 



A. AvicenncB, Gsertn. Velvet Leaf. 3'-'-5° high ; leaves roundish, 

 heart-shaped, taper-pointed, soft-velvety ; peduncles shorter than petiole. 

 l-.3-flowered ; corolla orange-yellow ; fruit of 12-15 united hairy carpels 

 with spreading beaks ; flowers autumn. ® India. 



* * Tender cultivated .^Iirults ; fowers large. 



■*- Corolla not spreading open widely j plant smooth. 



-M- Leaves lobed or parted. 



A. striatum, Dicks. Striped Abutilox. Leaves rounded, heart- 

 shaped, 3-lolH'd, the lobes very taper-pointed ; flowers solitary, hanging 

 on a very long and slender peduncle ; corolla orange-colored, with deeper 

 or brownish veiniiig or stripes. Leaves often spotted. Brazil. 



A. venbsum. Lem. Tall shrub; leaves palinately 7-9-parted, the lobes 

 distantly tudthcd ; flowers solitary, 3' long, hanging on stalks a foot long, 

 orange with red veins. Mexico. 



++ ++ Leaves not lobed. 



A. vexillarium, Morren. Leaves long-ovate and cordate, coarsely 

 toothed ; flowers rather small, cylindrical, pendulous, the calyx dark red, 

 projecting petals pale yellow, and column of stamens dark brown, very 

 handsome. Probably from tropical America. 



