MALVACEAE 



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lamina 11 mm. long, 9 mm. broad ; petiole subterete, channelled 

 above, glabrous, reddish, about 1*5 cm. long. 



Stem undeveloped. 



Leaves simple, radical and cauline, alternate, stipulate, petiolate ; 

 stipules subulate. 



Nos. 1 and 2. Eeniform, crenate, sparsely pubescent on both 

 surfaces, palmately five-nerved, reticulate, rather fleshy. 



Ultimate radical leaves cordate-orbicular, coarsely crenate or 

 lobulate with obtuse mucronate teeth, radiately seven- to eleven- 

 nerved. 



Cauline leaves gradually developing from the scarcely divided 

 radical leaves, and each becoming more deeply lobed as the top of 

 the stem is approached. Lower ones shallowly radiately lobed ; 

 middle ones five- to seven- to nine-lobed or -partite with oblong 

 segments, coarsely and irregularly toothed above the middle; upper 

 ones tripartite, and ultimate ones entire or slightly serrate, lanceo- 

 late. 



Malva moschata, L. (fig. 211). 



Primary root normal, tapering, ultimately much branched and 

 fibrous. 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, gla- 

 brous, pale green, 4-6 mm. 

 long. 



Cotyledons somewhat un- 

 equal in size, cordate, minutely 

 emarginate, obsoletely tri-lobed 

 or -angled towards the apex, 

 cordate at the base, trinerved, 

 each nerve running into a lobe, 

 glabrous, deep green, petiolate ; 

 lamina of larger cotyledon 1'B 

 cm. long, 1-05 cm. broad, of 

 smaller cotyledon I'l cm. long, 

 85 cm. broad ; petioles semi- 

 terete, slightly grooved above, 

 glabrous, that of larger cotyledon 

 85 cm. long, that of smaller FlG .^i,-M a i V a moschata. 



cotyledon 1 cm. long. Cf. Cruci- Nat. size. 



feras, tribe Brassicese. 



Stem herbaceous, developed when about to flower, 12-18 inches 

 long, ascending, erect or spreading. 



Leaves simple, radical and cauline, alternate, stipulate (1st leaf 



