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1. MALVA. Styles many. Cal. double, outer 3-leaved, inner 

 5-fid. Caps, orbicular, many-celled: cells 1-seeded and 

 circularly arranged. 



2. ALTH^A. Styles many. Cal. double, outer 6 9-fid, 

 inner 5-fid. Caps, orbicular, many-celled: cells 1-seeded 

 and circularly arranged. 



3. LAVATERA. Styles many. Cal. double, outer 3-lobed, 

 inner 5-fid. Caps, orbicular, many-celled: cells 1-seeded 

 and circularly arranged. 



1. MALVA Linn. Mallow. 



1. M. moschata (L.); st. erect, 1. kidneyshaped with 5 or 7 

 deep pinnatifid lobes, lower 1. incise-crenate, stipules lanceolate 

 acute, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. linear-lanceolate, fruit hairy. 

 E. B. 754. R. v. 169. Fl. large, rose-coloured, on axillary 

 single-flowered peduncles, crowded at the extremity of the stem 

 and branches. Cal. hairy. St. 1 2 feet high. Gravelly places. 

 P. VII. VIII. Musk Mallow. 



[M. Alcea (L.) ; outer sep. oval acute, fr. glabrous; should 

 be found in England.] 



2. M. sylvestris (L.) ; st. erect, L kidneyshaped with 5 7 deep 

 crenate lobes, stipules lanceolate, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. lan- 

 ceolate, fruit glabrous reticulate-rugose. E. B. 671. R. v. 168. 

 Fl. large. Pet. much longer than the hairy calyx, purple, on 

 axillary aggregated peduncles. St. 2 4 feet high. Road-sides 

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



3. 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 

 longer than the calyx, fruit pubescent, carp, rounded on the edge 

 smooth. E. B. 1092. M. vulgaris Fries, R. v. 167. Fl. small, 

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

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

 Dwarf Mallow. 



[4. M. borealis (Wallm.) ; st. decumbent, 1. roundish-heart- 

 shaped with 5 7 rather shallow crenate-dentate lobes, stipules 

 lanceolate, fruitstalks reflexed, outer sep. linear as long as the 

 ovate-acute glabrous but strongly ciliated inner ones, pet. about 

 equalling the calyx, fr. pubescent, carp, margined reticulate- 

 rugose. M. pusilla Sm. E. B. 241. M. rotundifolia Fries, JR. ! 

 v. 167. Fl. very small. Carpels meeting each other with a 

 toothed edge. Central disk half as large as in the preceding 

 plant. Hythe, Kent. Huds. Not found since. A. VII. ?] E. 



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