88 MALLOW FAMILY. 



6. MALVASTRUM, FALSE MALLOW. (Name altered from 

 Malva.) 



M. angiistum, Gray. Erect ? leaves lance-oblong or linear ; flowers 

 yellow, on axillary peduncles. Tenn. and 111., W. 



M. coccfneum, Gray. Low, hoary ; leaves 5-parted or pedate ; flowers 

 red in short spikes or racemes. 2Z Minn, to Tex. and W. 



7. SID A. (AnameusedbyTheophrastus.) Flower summer and autumn. 



* Peduncles bearing a corymb of several white flowers from the upper 



axils. 



S. Napsea, Cav. Smooth ; stem simple, 4-7 high ; leaves rounded, 

 5-cleft, the lobes toothed and taper-pointed ; corolla about 1' broad ; 

 styles and cells of the pod 10. Rocky banks, Penn. and Va. Rare, but 

 cult, in old gardens. 2/ 



* * Peduncles axillary, \-flowered; corolla yellow. 



S. spindsa, Linn. Stems much branched, 10'-20 high ; leaves lance- 

 ovate, serrate, minutely soft-downy ; peduncles very short ; flower very 

 small ; pod ovate, of 5 carpels, each splitting at top into 2 points. A 

 common weed S. and W. <f) (f) Tropics. 



S. Elli<5ttii, Torr. & Gray. Nearly smooth, l-4 high ; leaves linear 

 or lanceolate, serrate, short-petioled ; flower I 1 broad, on a short pedun- 

 cle ; fruit of 10-12 nearly blunt carpels. Woodlands S. 2/ 



S. rhombifdlia, Linn. Leaves usually lance-oblong, short-petioled, 

 serrate, pale and whitish downy beneath; stems l-3 high, much 

 branched ; peduncles rather long ; flower small ; fruit of 10 or 12 one- 

 pointed carpels. A weed, only S. 



S. stipulata, Nutt. Weed far S., has leaves and branches 2-ranked; 

 leaves lance-oblong and acute, linear-subulate, stipules longer than the 

 petioles, and yellow flowers at midday, single or clustered on peduncles 

 3-4 times as long as the petioles. or JJ. 



8. ABUTILON, INDIAN MALLOW. (Origin of name obscure.) 



* A naturalized weed ; petals small, widely spreading. 



A. Avicennce, Gsertn. VELVET LEAF. 3-5 high ; leaves roundish, 

 heart-shaped, taper-pointed, soft-velvety ; peduncles shorter than petiole, 

 1-3-flowered ; corolla orange-yellow ; fruit of 12-15 united hairy carpels 

 with spreading beaks ; flowers autumn. India. 



* * Tender cultivated shrubs ; flowers 'large. 



- Corolla not spreading open widely ; plant smooth. 



*+ Leaves lobed or parted. 



A. striatum, Dicks. STRIPED ABUTILON. Leaves rounded, heart- 

 shaped, 3-lobed, the lobes very taper-pointed ; flowers solitary, hanging 

 on a very long and slender peduncle ; corolla orange-colored, with deeper 

 cr brownish veining or stripes. Leaves often spotted. Brazil! 



A. vendsum, Lem. Tall shrub; leaves palmately 7-9-parted, the lobes 

 distantly toothed ; flowers solitary, 3' long, hanging on stalks a foot long, 

 orange with red veins. Mexico. 



++ *-> Leaves not lobed. 



A. vexillarium, Morren. Leaves long-ovate and cordate, coarsely 

 toothed ; flowers rather small, cylindrical, pendulous, the calyx dark red, 

 projecting petals pale yellow, and column of stamens dark brown, very 

 handsome. Probably from tropical America. 



