70 15. MALVACEJ2. 



2. M. syhex'tris (L.) ; st. erect, I. palmate with 57 

 create lobes, stipules lanceolate, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. 

 lanceolate, fruit rcticitlate-rvyose its axis an acute cone with 

 concave sides. E. B. 671. R. v. 168. Fl. large, in axillary 

 clusters. Pet. much longer than the hairy calyx, purple. St. 

 2 4 ft. high. [Carp, sometimes hairy, var. lasiocarpa Druce.] 

 Roadsides and waste places. P. VI. IX. Common Mallow. 



E. S. I. 



[M. nicceen'sis (All.) resembling Sp. 2, but with pet. only twice as long 

 as cal. and netted carp, with winged ridges, occurs as a casual.] 



8. M. rotundifolia (L.) ; st. decumbent : , 1. roundish-heartshaped 

 with 5 7 shallow acutely crenate lobes, stipules ovate acute, 

 fruitstalks reflexed, outer sepals linear-lanceolate shorter than the 

 ovate-acuminate stellately hairy inner ones, pet. 2 or 3 times 

 as long as the calyx, fruit pubescent, carp, rounded on the edge 

 smooth. # B. 1092. M. vulaaris Fries, E. v. 167. Fl. small, 

 purple. Carp, meeting each other with a straight line. Axis 

 of the fr. rather large. Waste places. P. ? VI." IX. Dwarf 

 Mallow. E. S. I. 



with distinctly winged edges, ana M. verticiUata (Li.) . Jtf. B. 2953, 

 with very short ped., broadly ovate-acute accrescent inner sep., pet. 

 scarcely exceeding cal. and carp, glabrous nearly smooth with squarish 

 edges, are occasionally found.] 



*4. M. pitsil'la (Sm.) ; outer as long as the glabrous but ciliate 

 inner sepals, pet. scarcely exceeding cal., carp, margined netted 

 rugose [with short hairs.] M. borealis (Wallm.) ed. viii. M. 

 rotundifolia Fr. Carp, meeting each other with a toothed edge. 

 Axis of fr. J as long as in Sp. 3. Much resembling Sp. 3. 

 Kent. Anthony, Cornw. Near London. A. VII. ? E. 



2. ALTHJE'A Linn. 



1. A. qfficindlis (L.) ; 1. soft on both sides crenate or crenate- 

 serrate cordate or ovate 3 5-lobed, ped. axillary many-fl. 

 falling short of the leaves, st. downy. E. B. 147. M. v. 173. 

 St. 23 ft. high. Covered with soft velvety pubescence. 

 Marshes, particularly near the sea. P. VIII. IX. Marsh- 

 Mallow. E. S. ? I. 



f2. A. hirsida (L.) ; hispid cordate, lower 1. reniform bluntly 

 5-lobed, upper 1. palmate with 5 or 3 acute lobes, ped. axillary 

 1 -flowered exceeding the leaves, st. hispid. E. B. S. 2674. 

 R. v. 172. -Stem and calyx very hispid. Between Cobham 

 and Cuxton, Kent. N. Somerset (Hook.). A. VI. VII. E. 



