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MALOPE 



glabrous or pilose: Ivs. entire or 3-cut : fls. usually 

 violet or rosy; bractletg large, cordate; calyx 5-cut; 

 column of stamens divided at the top into filaments. 

 Culture easy. )iee Annuals. 



trifida, Cav. Lvs. S-nerved, .-i-eiit, dentate, glabrous; 

 lobes acuminate: pedunclts axiliarv, 1 IM. ^;|i:iin, N. 

 Africa. - Var. grandifldra, I'axf. • .\l . ,in,H.l,i/.n-<i , F. G. 

 Dietr.l, is said to be min-li suiini.M- 1" i1h> t\ i-.-. with fls. 

 2V2-3 in. across, deep rosv n-d. viint-d iiiM.li- (hirker. 

 Gn. 21, p. 145. P.M. 1:177. .)/. grand, flora alha is also 

 cult. 



1351. Virgi 



MALPlGHIA (llaroello Malpighi, 1628-1693, distin- 

 guished anatomist at Houlogne.who wrote on the anatomy 

 of plants). Malinijhit\ce(e. About 20 species of small 

 trees or shrubs, mostly natives of tropical America, one 

 of which is the Barbadoes Cherry, M. glabra. The fruit 

 is about the size and shape of a small northern cherry, 

 but inferior in quality. It has an acid taste. It Is borne 

 on a shrub, which grows about 6 ft. 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 : fls. axillary, clus- 

 tered or corymbose, rarely solitary, red, rose or white; 

 calyx 5-parted, 6-10-glandular; stamens 10: ovary 3- 

 celled: styles 3, distinct: drupe 3-stoned, the stones 

 with or without 3-5 crests or wings on the back. 



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

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

 date hairs which disappear early : umbels S-o-fld. : ca- 

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



MALUS. SeePy<»s. 



MALVA (old Latin name from Greek wia^ncAe,- refer- 

 ring to the emollient lvs.). Malv(ice<e. About 16 species 

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

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

 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 sliowij, iyi-2 in. across. 



B. Fruit downy, not wrinkled. 



moschita, Linn. Mcsk Mallow. Perennial, 1-2 ft. 

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

 parted, the lobes being linear: fls. rose or white; calyx 

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

 1851:. 381. 



EB. Fruil glabrous, minutely wrinkled or veiny. 



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

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

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

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

 (pink, veined deeper). — Var. fastigiita, Koch (M. 

 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. 



sylv^striB, Linn. Biennial or perennial, 2-3 ft. high, 

 rough-hairy, branching: lvs. rather sliai|ily ."i-7 l(il>e,l : 

 fls. purple-rose. Eu., temp. Asia, wa\ -il.-; N . Aintr. 

 A.G. 13:471. -Not advertised. See J/. :■'..' ..., m mij. ele- 

 mentary list. Var. Hauritl&na (M. Jlfinrfinnni, l.iim.) 

 has long been cult, in cottage gardens aljroaci as the 

 Tree Mallow. It is taller, smoother and has more 

 obtuse lobes. 



aa. Fls. small, inconspicuous, u-Iiitislt. 



B. Lvs. curled or puckered at the margin. 

 crlspa, Linn. Curled Mallow. Unbranched annual, 



4-6 ft. high, leafy from 

 basetotop: Ivs. rounded, 

 5-7-lobed or angled: fls. 

 clustered , almost sessile. 

 Eu.; sparingly escaped 

 from old gardens. Gn. 2, 



315. 



"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 tor 

 garnishing dishes. Gen- 

 erally self-sows in gar- 

 dens. 



rled ( 



rotundlfdiia, Linn. Fig. 

 1.352. Co.MMcix 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, 

 fruits are known to child 

 called "Shirt-button plant 



