MALVAC: 



1. Anther.-, clustered at I 



arating in fruit 



a. Stigmas linear 

 '(1) Cells I 



(a) Involu ■ 



(b) Involui re of 1-3 brai t-. or la< king 

 x. Involucre ol i brai I 



y. Involui re ol 1-3 bi 

 (2) C\-1U .^ several se< ded ; involui r< 



b. Stigmas capitate; flowers yellow i 



2. Anther> along the filament tube; fruit a 

 a. Style branches <>r stigmas 10 



Style-branches or stigmas .•> 5 

 (1) Involucre "I' many narrow 1" a 

 I 2 I [nvolui • leaf-like brai 



Uthaea Marsh Mallow, I 



(Gr. althaia, mai 

 - 2 4 cm. wide, rose, in axillary clu 



2. 1 lowers 6-15 cm. wide, 



Malva— Mallow, 



(Gr. malache, Lat. malva, 



1. Flowers about 1 cm. wide, white or pale blue, carpels about 15 



2. Flowers 2-5 cm. 



a. Leaves with shallow lobes; (lowers red 



b. Leaves deeply lobed; (lowers pink to white; 



(1) Leaves twice-lobed, divisions lini 



(2) Leaves once-lobed ; carpels smooth 





Callirrhoe Callirrl 



(Gr. kallirrhoe, beautiful-flowing 



1. Leaves triangular-ovate, somewhat lobed; flow 



2. Leaves round, deeply palmately lobed; flowers red 



Abutilon — Velvet Leaf 



(Aral 

 Leaves large, velvety, roui wers yellow 



.Malva st ruin — Red Mall 



il.it. malva, mallow, -astrum. Ilki 

 Leaves palmate, 3-5-parted, silvery-scurfy; B 



Malvaviscu — Mai 



(Lat malva, mallow, viscus, g 

 Leaves heart-shaped; flowi 



1 [ibiscus— 1 [ibiscus, Ri >s< 



hibiskos. n 



1. Shrub; flowers red or varicolored, about 1 dm 



2. Herbs 

 a. Low coarsely hairy w< : 







b. Tall smooth or downy herbs 



(1) Capsule 



(a) Leaves smooth on both - 



(b) Leaves hairy below . 



(2) « . and pod lik< . 





