XVI. OKDER. THE MALLOW FAMILY. 



" There is a lesson in each flower, 



A story, in each stream and bower, 



On ev'ry herb on which you tread, 



Are written words, which rightly read, 



Will lead you from earth's fragrant sod, 



To Hope, to Holiness, and God." CUNNINGHAM. 



HERE is another well-distinguished Order, and a 

 pleasant task it will be to examine its large, and 

 beautiful flowers, and curious button-shaped seeds. 

 (PI. II. 7. m.) 



" Picking from Mallows, sport to please, 

 The crumpled seed, we call a cheese" 



[THE MALLOW FAMILY. (Malvaceae.) 



Calyx, 5 cleft, united by their margins only, before the 

 flowers open, (valvate in aestivation). Corolla, of 5 Petals, 



