258 ORDER XXXIII. — MALVACE^. 



ANALYSIS. 



1. Ca'ys hariiic: no involuf^el 4 



Ca yx having un involucel 2 



2. Involucel many-leaved 5 



Involucel y-leaved 3 



3. Carpols with 2 horns Modinla, 3 



Carpels without horns Malva, 2 



Carpels without horns, yellow Malope, 1 



4. One ovule in each cell Sida, 7 



Three or more ovules in each cell Ahutilon, 6 



5. Styles 10, cells l-seeded Malvoviscus, 4 



Styles 5, cells several-seeded Hibiscus, 8 



Genus I.— MAL'0?E. L. 15—12. 



(From the Greek malos, tender ; soft leaves.) 



Sepals 5, united, with 3 setaceous bracteoles, hairy. Capsules 

 with many distinct carpels, each 1 -seeded, aggregated. 



1. M. malacoi'des, (L.) Stem sparingly liranchnrl, with hairs near 

 the summit. Leavs ovale, crenate, obtuse at the ba.se. ghibnius on the 

 upper surf icp, h liry along the veins benerith. Flowers axillary soli- 

 tary. Petals about twice as lony- a< the sepals. CapHulen lii.^^pid. Seeds 

 coiupresseJ. — Yellow. ^. Vii-gi lia. 



Genus II— MAL'VA. L. 15—12. 

 (From malake, soft, in allusion to the mucilaginous qualities of the species.) 



Sepals 5, united, with 3 bracteoles at the base, both hairy. 

 Carpels generally more than 5, arranged circularly, indehiscent. 



1. M. rotu.ndifo'lia, (L.) Stem prostrate, hairy. Leaves 5 — 7- 

 lobiHl. cordate, orbicuhir, on long petioles; lobes obtuse, hairy. Flowers 

 axillary ; bracteoles subulate, nearly as long as the sejmls, hairy. Style 

 many-cleft. — White. IX May — July. About buildings. 1 — 2 feet 

 long. 



2. M. papa'vek, (Cav.) Stem herbaceous, prostrate, 1 — 2 feet long, 

 hairy. Petioles long (5 — 6 inches), hairy. Leaoes dii^itate. Lobes 

 from S — 5, long; margins and nerves bristled. Peduncles \oT)<g [o — 6 

 inches), hairy. C'ali/x usually double, the interior 5-parted ; margins 

 and nerves funushed with acute bristles. Petals 5, obtuse, fringed, or 

 lacitiiate on the exterior margins, large, dark purple. — In pine woods. 

 Florida and southern parts of Georgia. 



Croom in Sill. Jour., vol. xxvi. p. 313. 



Gexus III.— MODI'OLA, Moen. 15—12. 

 (From noodiolus, the nave of a wheel, in allusion to the arrangement of the carpels.) 



Cali/x 5-clefc, with 3 bracteoles at the base. Carpels ar- 

 ranged circularly, 2-valved, spuriously 2-ct41ed, 2-seeded. 



1. M. multik'ipa. (Mcen.) {Malva Carolinia'na of Ell.) Stem dif- 

 fuse, hirsute, j^rostrate. Leaves 3 — o-lohed, obtuse, cordate at tlie base. 

 Lobes dissected. Carpels mrmerous. hi>pi 1, with 2 subuJare horns, lu- 

 nate, compressed, united in a truncated head. — Red. 0. Ajiril — 

 June. Common about buildings. 



