roiu'LAK ri-oi{A. 



135 



Ciilyx 2-lciivcd, free from the ovary, whiili inuk.'s a f<'w-«ee<U(l ji'mI, splitting into 3 valves. 

 .Stamens 5, one before each petal. Leaves 2 autl opposite in our species, on a stem 

 which coMies from a small tuber. Flowers rose-colour, in a niceme. opiiiinu; for 

 several days. (Cla^tuiiM) Sl'UlNti-iiKAt TY. 



?A<) sn ."ii'j .•!i:i ;iit .".ir, :!ii; 



809. Half (if fi tlowt-r of tlio cotiimon rinslniip, diviilrd Ic'iittthwise ntid n)n(,^iilii'(l. Sh>. I'ml dI iIic sit , hih'imii;,' liy 11 lid. 



311. ri.iytiiiii;! (if .Siiiiii:,'-l;oaiiiy. ;il'J. lis '.'-rlcft calyx and pud. "i:i. liipt! iKid I'lit ar.c ss, and .sj.litt;iii; intn tlmi- Viilvi'i 

 314. Seed, iiiviie iMii^ii.liiMl. ;!1."). .■'aiiif, eiit tliiinij;li, in sliovv lln- (•■lilcd eiidiryo. .Slti. Iinbiyo taken uut. 



17. MALLOW FAMILY. Order MA LVACE.-R 



Distinguished by the imnu'io'.is moudih'lphinis staiiien>(i'.t'.,imitctl hy tlieir tihiiiient.s into 

 a ttibe or t'o(((7/u(), witii kidiU'y-siiupL'd i-celled fintiiers, and tlic 5 sejials or lobes of the 

 calyx aj)iilied edL;o to edge wiiliout overlapping {i.e., rulcute) in tlie bud, ami peisi-teiit. 

 Leaves almost always ])aluiately-veiiied, alternate, wiih stipules. IVtals united at the bot- 

 toni with the tube ot" stamens. There is ol'ten a sort of (Miter calyx, below the true one, 

 called an inroluccL All innocent plants, full of mucilagf (it is extracted Iroin the root of 

 M;u>h-Mallow), and with a very tough fibrous inner bark. Floweis ol'ieii han<isome. 



Anthers all at the top of tlie column of united filaments (Fig. 317). 



Involucel or outer calyx present. Cells of the fruit many in a ring, spp!irating whole 

 when ripe, i -seeded. 

 Involucel g-parted. Separated little pods marginless. Plant soft-downy : root 



perennial, {A'f.hun) M.\|{SH-M.\I.U)W. 



Involucel about 6-parted. Separated pods with membranaceous margins Plants 



tall, roughish : root biennial, Flowers large. {Altliaa, S Alcro) *H()l,l.YHOOK. 



Involucel 3-6-cleft. A flat plate covering the circle of pods, [Lavnttra] *r..\v.\TKRA. 



Involucel 3-leayed. Circle of pods naked, around a nairow axis, {Malia) Mallow. 



