MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. [CL. XYI. 



half-way into five broad segments. Petals five, inversely heart- 

 shaped, abrupt, flat, their claws attached to the tube formed by 

 the stamens. Filaments numerous, hair-like, united below into 

 a tube ; anthers kidney-shaped. Germen round, depressed. 

 Style cylindrical ; stigmas numerous, bristle-shaped, nearly as 

 long as the style. Capsules numerous, compressed, arranged 

 in a circle round the columnar receptacle, each two-valved and 

 one-celled. Seed solitary, kidney-shaped. Name altered from 

 malache, soft, or emollient. 344. 



1. M. sylvestris. Common Mallow. Stem erect ; leaves with 

 five or seven somewhat acute lobes ; leaf-stalks and flower-stalks 



hairy. Stem much branched, from two to three feet high: 



leaves folded, soft and downy : flowers numerous : petals purplish- 

 red, deeply notched. Perennial : flowers from June to Septem- 

 ber : grows about hedges and road-sides : common. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 x. pi. 671. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 245. 1016. 



2. M. moschdta. Musk Mallow. Stem erect ; root-leaves kid- 

 ney-shaped, cut ; those of the stem deeply divided into five or 

 seven pinnatifid, jagged segments ; calyx hairy, its outer leaves 



narrow, lance- shaped. Stems about two " feet high, little 



branched, rough: flowers on long axillar simple stalks: petals 

 large, rose-coloured. Perennial : flowers in July and August : 

 grows in pastures and by way-sides : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xi. 

 pi. 754. Eng.Fl. vol. iii. p. 247. 1017. 



3. M. rotundifolia. Dwarf Mallow. Stem prostrate ; leaves 

 roundish-heart-shaped, obtusely five-lobed ; fruit-stalks bent 



downwards. Stems numerous, lying flat on the ground : flowers 



pale-lilac. A variety with whitish flowers, whose petals are not 

 longer than the calyx. Perennial : flowers from June to Septem- 

 ber : grows in waste ground and by way-sides : frequent. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xvi. pi. 1092, and vol. iv. pi. 241. Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 246. 



1018. 

 5. LAVATE'RA. TREE-MALLOW. 



Calyx superior, double, permanent ; the outer larger, of one 

 leaf, deeply divided into three broad, spreading segments ; the 

 inner of one leaf, divided half-way into five acute lobes. Petals 

 five, inversely heart-shaped, abrupt, flat, attached by their 

 narrow claws to the tube formed by the stamens. Filaments 

 numerous, hair-like, united below into a cylindrical tube ; 

 anthers kidney-shaped. Germen round, depressed. Style cy- 

 lindrical, with a conical permanent base ; stigmas from seven to 

 fourteen, bristle-shaped, as long as the style. Capsules from 

 seven to fourteen, arranged in a circle round the columnar 

 receptacle, each two-valved and one-celled. Seeds solitary, 

 kidney-shaped. Named after the two Lavaters. 345. 



1. L. arbor ea. Sea Tree-Mallow. Stem woody; leaves downy, 

 plaited, with seven angles ; flowers on simple aggregated axillar 



stalks. Stem from three to five feet high, erect : flowers large : 



petals purplish rose-colour, darker on the base. Biennial : flowers 

 from July to October : grows on rocks along the sea-shore : rare. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxvi. pi. 1841. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 248. 1019. 



