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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



130-133, Hannafordia, Gaichenotia) the lines of dehiscence occupy 

 the length of the anther. In the subseries Seri?i(/iece (Seringia and 

 Keraitdrenia), the mode of dehiscence is the same, but the carpels 

 instead of being united for a variable distance by their internal edge, 

 are distinct and isolated, at least in the ripe fruit. Keraudrenia has 

 a calyx which becomes developed and coloured after anthesis ; this 

 never occurs in Seringia, whose embryo, moreover, is straight. 

 Almost all the srjecies of this genus are Australian. 



VIII. MALLOW SERIES (Fr., Les Mauves). 



The Mallows 1 (figs. 134-140) have regular, pentamerous her- 

 maphrodite flowers. Their convex receptacle bears from below 

 upwards an epicalyx, a calyx, a corolla, numerous stamens, and an 



Malva sylvestris. 



•~o C<"^-- 



Fig. 134. 

 Floriferous branch {\). 



1 Malva T., Inst., 94, t. 23, 24,— L., Gen., n. 

 841.— Adans., Fam. des PL, ii. 400.- J., Gen., 

 272. — Gjektn., Fruct., ii. 245, t. 136. — Lamk., 

 Dirt., iii. 739; Suppl., iii. 610; III., t. 582.— 

 DC, Prodr., i. 431 (part.).— Spach, Suit a 



Buffon, iii. 345. — Endl., Gen., n. 5271. 



Duchatee, in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 3, iv. 148, 149. 



— Pater, Be la Fam. des Malvac. (tbes. Par., 

 1852), 9, 18; Organog., 29, t. 8.— A. Geay, 

 Gen. III., t., 116.— B. H., Gen., 201, n. 6.— H. 

 Bn., in Payer Fam. Nat., 282 (incl. : Anthema 

 Medik., Callirhoe Nutt., Nuttallia Bart., 

 Malvasfrum DC., Malvella Jaub. et Spach, 

 Nototriche Turcz., Phyllanthophora A. Gray). 



