66 MALVACEJE. (MALLOW FAMILY.) 



1. ALTHAEA, L. MARSH-MALLOW. 



Calyx surrounded by a 6 - 9-cleft involucel. Otherwise as in Maka. (Name 

 from oA&B, to cure, in allusion to its healing properties.) 



1. A. OFFICINALIS, L. (COMMON MARSH-MALLOW.) Stem erect; leaves 

 ovate or slightly heart-shaped, toothed, sometimes 3-lobed, velvety-downy : pe- 

 duncles axillary, many-flowered. 1J. Salt marshes, coast of New England and 

 New York. Aug., Sept. Flowers pale rose-color. Root thick, abounding in 

 mucilage, the basis of the P&tes de Guimauve. (Nat. from Eu.) 



A. R6sEA, and A. nciF6LiA, are the well-known garden HOLLYHOCKS. 



2. MALTA, L. MALLOW. 



Calyx with a 3-leaved involucel at the base, like an outer calyx. Petals ob- 

 cordate. Styles numerous, stigmatic down the inner side. Fruit depressed, 

 separating at maturity into as many 1 -seeded and indehisccnt round kidney- 

 shaped blunt carpels as there are styles. Radicle pointing downwards. (An 

 old Latin name, from /laXa^j;, soft, alluding to the emollient leaves.) 



1. M. ROTUNDir6LiA, L. (COMMON MALLOW.) Stems short, simple, de- 

 cumbent from a deep biennial or perennial root ; leaves round-heart-shaped, on 

 very long petioles, crenate, obscurely lobed ; petals twice the length of the calyx, 

 whitish ; carpels pubescent, even. Way-sides and cultivated grounds ; com- 

 mon. (Nat. from Eu.) 



2. M. SYLVESTRIS, L. (HiGH MALLOW.) Stem erect, branched (2 -3 

 high); leaves rather sharply 5-7-lobed; petals thrice the length of the calyx, 

 large, purple and rose-color ; carpels wrinkled- veiny. }\. Way-sides. (Adv. 

 from Eu.) 



M. CR/SPA, the CURLED MALLOW, and M. MOSCH\TA, the MUSK MALLOW, 

 are occasionally spontaneous around gardens. 



3. CALLIRRHOiB, Nutt. CALLIRRHOE. 



Calyx either naked or with a 3-leaved involucel at its base. Petals wedge- 

 shaped and truncate (usually red-purple). Styles, c. as in Malva. Carpels 

 10-20, straightish, with a short empty beak, separated within from the 1 -seeded 

 cell by a narrow projection, indehiscent, or partly 2-valvcd. Radicle pointing 

 downwards. Flowers perfect. 



1. C. triciiigulfata, Gray. Hairy -pubescent ; steins nearly erect (2 

 high) from a tuberous root ; leaves triangular or halberd-shaped, or the lowest 

 rather heart-shaped, coarsely crenate ; the upper incised or 3 - 5-cleft ; flowers 

 panicled, short-pedicelled (purple) ; involucel as long as the calyx ; carpels short- 

 pointed, crestless. (Malva triangulata, Leavenworth. M. Houghtonii, Torr. $ 

 Gray.) Diy prairies, Wisconsin, Illinois, and southward. July. 



2. C. alcseoicles, Gray. Strigose-pubescent ; stems slender (1 high) ; 

 lower leaves triangular-heart-shaped, incised ; the upper 5 - 7-parted, laciniate, 

 the uppermost divided into linear segments ; flowers corymbose, on slender pe- 



