MALVACE^; 



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

 thinly hairy when young, ultimately glabrescent, deep green above, 

 paler beneath ; petioles subterete, channelled on the upper side, 

 hairy ; stipules free, subulate, acute, broader upwards, hairy. 



No. 1. Rotund, crenate, seven-nerved. 



No. 2. Eeniform, crenate, seven-nerved. 



FIG. 212. Modiola multifida. Nat. size. 



No. 3. Suborbicula.r, shallowly cordate at the base, seven- to 

 nine-nerved, deeply crenate. 



No. 4. Broadly cordate, nine-nerved, lobulate and crenate. 



No. 5. More deeply and decidedly lobed than the last. 



Intermediate forms are orbicular, cordate at the base, seven- to 

 nine-nerved, lobed on the upper half, lobulate towards the base, 

 serrate-dentate, with obtuse, apiculate teeth. 



