970 



MALOPE 



violet or rosy ; bractleta large, eortlnte ; calyx 5-cui ; 

 column of stamens divided at the top into tilaments. 

 Culture easy. See Annuals. 



trifida, Cav. Lvs. 3-nerved, 3-cut, dentate, glabrous; 

 lobes acuminate : peduncles axillary, 1-fld. Spain, N. 

 Africa.-Var. granditldra, Past. {M. grandlflbra, F. G. 

 Dietr. ) , is said to be much superior to the type, with tls. 

 2^2-3 in. across, deep rosy red, veined inside darker. 

 Gn. 21, p. 145. P.M. 1:177. 3t. iinnuJi flora aUia is also 

 cult. 



MALUS. 



Piirus. 



MALPlGHIA (Marcello Malpighi, 1628-1693, distin- 

 guished amtoniist at Boulogne who wrote on the anatomy 

 of plants) Valpuih,,,,,,! \h(nit 20 species of small 

 trees or shrubs nn stU n itn es cf tropical America, one 

 of which IS the 1 iil,ul.,(s Hi. ii\ M.tihihra. The fruit 

 is about the si/o md sh ipe ot i siiiali northern cherry, 

 but inferior in (iinlit\ It has an acid taste. It is borne 

 onashrub which grow saboutOft high and has handsome 

 crimson fls of a distinct appearance. The fl. is about 

 % in. across, and the 5 petals have a claw about as long 

 as the fringed blade. This shrub is a native of the West 

 Indies and is cult, in all the Islands as well as S. Amer. 

 It is also offered in S. Fla. 



Malpighias have opposite, short-stalked lvs., glabrous 

 or tomentose, entire or spiny-toothed : Hs. axillary, clus- 

 tered or corymbose, rarely solit;ir\', rtM], rttse or white; 



calyx 5-parted, 6-10-gliUMlul:M ; m: us 10: ovary 3- 



celled: styles 3, distinct: diii]!.- .; ^I"th-.1, the stones 

 with or without 3-5 crests or wui-s ,iii the back. 



glabra, Linn. Barbadoes Cherkv. Lvs. ovate, gla- 

 brous, entire, usually pointed, having a few biscuspi- 

 date hairs which disappear early : umbels 3-5-Hd. : ca- 

 lyx 6-8 glandular: stones obtusely 4-angled. B.M. 813. 

 W. M. 



MALVA (old Latin name from Greek malache; refer- 

 ring to the emollient lvs.). MalvAcetf. About 16 species 

 of herbs, widely scattered, 4 of which are cult, in America 

 and have escaped from old gardens, while one, M. rotnn- 

 difolia (Fig. 1352), the common Mallow, is a familiar 

 weed. These plants are of the easiest culture, and bloom 

 all summer and fall, having pink, rose or purple fls. 

 sometimes 2 in. across. Malva is distinguished from 

 numerous allied genera by the carpels in a single whorl: 

 ovules solitary, ascending: bractlets 3, distinct: carpels 

 not beaked or appendaged within. Malvas are hirsute 

 or nearly glabrous: lvs. angled, lobed or dissected: fls. 

 solitary, in the axils or clustered, sessile or peduncled; 

 petals 5, notched at the apex. In the first 2 species the 

 pedicels are solitary in the upper axils; in the next 3 

 they are numerous and clustered. 



A. Fls. large and sliowy,iyi-3 in. across. 



B. Fruit downy, not wrinkled. 



jnOBchita, Linn. Musk Mallow. Perennial, 1-2 ft. 

 high, less hairy than J/. Alcea : stem-lvs. 3-many times 

 parted, the lobes being linear: fls. rose or white; calj'x 

 with long, simple hairs. Eu. ; cult, and escaped. K.H. 

 1851:381. 



BB. Fruit glabrous, minutely wrinkled or veiny. 



Alcea, Linn. Perennial, 2-4 ft. high : stem-lvs. parted 

 almost to the base into 3-5 divisions, which are again 

 3-5-cut, the lobes broad: fls. deep rose; calj-x densely 

 stellate-pubescent. Eu. ; cult, and escaped. B.M. 2297 

 (pink, veined deeper). — Var. Sastigi4ta, Koch {3t. 

 Morinii, PoUini). Lvs. less incised; upper stem-lvs. 

 3-fid; intermediate ones 5-fid; lobes oblong, unequally 

 dentate. B.M. 2793. 



BBB, Fruit prominently wrinkled-veiny. 

 BylvfistriB, Linn. P.icnnial or pprenni:il. 2-;i ft. lii:;h, 

 rough-hairy, brancliiir_': 1\ s. r:ithcr sli:n|ily ." 7 1ol..',l: 

 fls. purple-rose. Eu., i.in|i. Asia, wa\ siiUs X. Amer. 

 A. G. 13:471. -Not a.l^.■rtisra. S.'c .!/.;./., mm, n.su|.|.le- 

 mentary list. Var. Mauritiana (J/. J[„„,;ii,i,i.:, Linn.) 

 has long been cult, in cottage gardens abroad as the 

 Tree Mallow. It is taller, smoother and has more 

 obtuse lobes. 



aa. Fls. small, inconspicuoxis, whitish. 



B. Lvs. curled or puckered at the margin. 

 crispa, Linn. Curled Mallow. Unbranched annual, 



4-6 ft. high, leafy from 

 base to top: lvs. rounded, 

 5-7-lobed or angled : fls. 

 clustered, almost sessile. 

 Eu.; sparingly escaped 

 from old gardens. Gn.2, 

 p. 315. Vilmorin's 

 "Vegetable Garden," p. 

 319.— No longer adver- 

 tised, but procurable 

 abroad and still cult, in 

 America. No part of the 

 plant is eaten, but the 

 elegantly crisped leaves 

 are sometimes used lor 

 garnishing dishes. Gen- 

 erally self-sows in gar- 

 dens. 

 BB. Lvs. vol curled at 



the margins. 

 rotundlfdlia, Linn. Fig. 

 1.352. CoMMO.N Mallow. 

 Stems trailing from a 

 strong, deep root: lvs. 

 rounded kidney-shaped, 

 crenate; leaf-stalks very 

 long : peduncles rather 

 slender. — Common bien- 

 nial or perennial weed, not cult. The flat wrinkled 

 fruits are known to children as "cheeses." Also locally 

 called "Shirt-button plant." 



