MALLOW FAMILY. Malvaceae. 



bracts below, resembling another calyx; petals five, their 

 bases or claws united with each other and with the base of 

 the stamen- tube; stamens numerous, united by their 

 filaments into a column, forming a tube enclosing the 

 pistils; fruit a capsule, breaking when ripe into several one- 

 seeded parts, or splitting down the back of the valves, 

 allowing the seeds to escape. The little fruits are com- 

 monly called "cheeses." True Mallows are introduced 

 " weeds" in this country. 



The only kind, a fine shrub, from four to 

 Arizona Wild eight feet high, with smooth leaves, most 



of them with three lobes, and handsome 

 Thurbena . .,.,., 



tkespesioldes cream-white flowers, tinged with pink on 



(Ingcnhouzia the outside and measuring two inches 

 triloba} across. This grows in the mountains of 



l e southern Arizona and is beautiful under 



Summer 



Arizona cultivation, often growing to a height of 



six or eight feet in a season. 



There are a number of kinds of Sidalcea, difficult to 

 distinguish; perennials; leaves round in general outline, 

 variously cut and lobed; flowers showy, in terminal clusters; 

 calyx with no outer bracts, or with only one; stamen- 

 column double; stigmas threadlike, distinguishing them 

 from Malvastrum and Sidalcea. 



This has velvetv leaves, those from the 

 Rose Mallow 



Sidalcea root much less deeply lobed than the 



California others, and a slender, slightly hairy stalk, 



Pink one to two feet tall, leaning to one side 



^ p f!, ng . and bearing a loose raceme of rose-pink 



California 



flowers, with petals about an inch long. 



Only one or two flowers are open at a time, but they are 

 very pretty and conspicuous in open woods and along the 

 edges of fields, around Santa Barbara, in May. 



A pretty plant, with one or more smooth, 

 Oregon Mallow 



Sidalcea Oregana P ale branching stems, about two feet 

 Pink tall, and dark green leaves, with con- 



Summer, autumn spicuous veins. The buds are downy and 

 Northwest the fl owers are about three-quarters of an 



inch across, with pale pink petals, prettily veined, shading 

 to white at the center. The anthers are white and the 

 pistil, when the stigmas have expanded, is prettily tipped 

 with a tiny crimson brush. 



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