268 ORDER 24. MALYACKdS. 



6. SlDA, L. Calyx 5-cleft, without an involucel ; fls, perfect ; styles 

 5 or more, with capitate stigmas ; ovary 5 to many-celled ; capsule of 

 5 or more 1-seedcd carpels ; radicle superior. 



Loaves palmately parted. Fls. rose-white. Carpels, beaked .Nos. l r 2 



Leaves undivided. Fls. yelli>\v. Carpels 5. No 3 



Carpels S 12 Nos. 4 6 



1 S. Napsea Cav. Nearly glabrous; Ivs. palmately 5-lobed, lobes oblong, acu- 

 minate, coarsely-toothed; ped. many-flowered; carpels 10, acuminate-beaked. 

 2 In rocky woods, Penn. and Va. (rare, more common in gardens). Sts. 2 4f 

 high. Lobes of the Ivs. 2 3' long. Fls. white, twice larger (7 9" broad) than 

 in Napsea dioica. Petals obovate, twice longer than the calyx. Jl. \ (Napasa 

 laevis and hermaphrodita L.) 



2 S. alcasoides MX. Strigous-pubescent ; Ivs. palmately 5 1 -parted, the seg- 

 ments laciniate ; fls. corymbed, terminal; carp. 10, aewfe. % In barren oakland-s, 

 Tenn., Ky. Sts. 1 2f high. Corymbs 3 6-flowered. Fls. nearly as large as 

 those of the musk mallow, to which plant this bears a general resemblance. 

 (Callirrhoe alcaeoides Gray.) 



3 S. spinosa L, St. rigid, branched, minutely pubescent, Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, 

 serrate, with a spinous tubercle at the base of the petiole; stip. setaceous, shorter 

 than the petioles or axillary peduncles ; carp, birostrate. (|) Sandy fields and 

 roadsides, Mid., S. and W. States. Plant bushy, 816' high. Lvs. 915" long, 

 | as wide, mostly obtuse at each end. Petals yellow, obovate, of short duration. 

 Carp. 5. JL, Aug. 



4 S. hispida Ph. Hispid-pubescent; Ivs* lanceolate, and rhombic-lanceolate, 

 dentate-serrate ; stip. subulate, hispid, longer than the petioles or axillary, 

 solitary or clustered peduncles ; carpels 2 -horned, 10 12. 14 Sandy soils, 

 S. Car., Ga. (Feay). Sts. much branched, 1218' high. Petioles 2 3," long, 

 the peduncles rather longer, jointless. Petals yellow, a little exceeding tho 

 calyx. On the young stems the Ivs. are rhomboidaL JL Aug. 



5 S. Elliottii Torr & Gr. Lvs. linear-oblong and linear, denticulate, obtuse at 

 base; ped. 1-flowered, a little longer than the very short (2 5") petioles, 

 % Sandy plains, S. Car. to Fla. St. slender and widely branched, 2 5f high. 

 Lvs. 1 3' long, varying from narrowly linear to oblong (1 5" wide). Fls. 1' 

 broad, orange-yellow, nearly solitary in the axils. Petals emarginate. Carp. 

 about 10. May Aug. 



6 S. rhombifolia L. Lvs. rhombic-oblong, serrate, cuneate and entire, at lose; 

 ped. much longer than the petioles, jointed just below the flower ; caps. 2-beaked. 

 Sandy soil, S. Car. to Fla. St. 1 to 2f high, minutely downy. LYS. 1 to 2' 

 long, rather obtuse at apex. Fls. yellow, 7 to 9" broad, the stalks 1 to 2' long-. 

 Cal. angular, with broad, cuspidate sepals. May Jl. 



7. ABUTILON, Dill. INDIAN MALLOW. Calyx 5-cleft, without an 

 involucel, often angular; styles 5 to 20, with capitate stigmas; carpels 

 as many, arranged circularly, each 1-celled, 3 to 6-seeded, and opening 

 by 2 valves. 



1 A. Avicennae. Lvs. roundish, cordate, acuminate, dentate, velvety-tomentous; 

 ped. shorter than the petiole, solitary; carp, about 15, 3-seeded, inflated, truncate, 

 2-beaked. CD Native in both Indias and naturalized in most of the States^ in- 

 habiting waste places, &c. St. branched, 3 to 4f high. Lvs. 4 to 6' diam., 

 deeply cordate at base, abruptly acuminate at apex, very soft and velvety at sur- 

 face. Fls. yellow, near I' broad. Jl. 



2 A. striatum Dick. Shrub, with 5-lobed, long-stalked Ivs., the lobes acuminate, 

 dentate ; peduncles long, nodding, with a handsome bell-shaped flower, the column 

 exserted. An elegant green-house shrub, flowering at all seasons. Petals 

 orange-color, with conspicuous purple striae, f Brazil. 



8. MALVAVISCUS, Dill. GLUE MALLOW. (Lat malva, mallows, vis- 

 cus, giue.) Calyx 5-cleft, subtended by an involucre of many bractlets ; 



