638 392. Malva. 70. MALVACE^. PL ex, thai. 



a. Malva. Peduncles axillary, crowded. 



1. Malva rotundifolia. Round-leaved mallow. 

 Stem prostrate; leaves heartshape, orbicular, slightly 



5-lobed; peduncles when in fruit declining. 



Malva sylvestris minor, Rati Syn. 251, 2; Park. 299. 

 Malva sylvestris pumila, Ger. em. 930, 2, 

 Malva rotundifolia, Lin. S. P. 969. 

 Dwarf mallow. Mauls. 



Ruins and waysides ; annual ; July. 



Root branched ; stems many, mostly simple ; petals flesh- 

 colour, longer than the calyx. 



^. pusilla. Petals scarcely longer than the calyx ; leaves 

 5-lobed, lobes deeply cut. 



Malva minor, flore parvo caeruleo, Dillen in Raii Syn. 251, 3. 

 Malva parvifiora, Hudson Fl. Angl. 307. 

 Malva pusilla, Engl. But, 241. 



2. Malva vulgaris. Common malloiv. 

 Stem upright, herbaceous ; leaves 7-lobed, pointed ; pe- 

 tioles and peduncles hairy. 



Malva vulgaris, Raii Syn. 251, 1 ; Park. 299. 

 Malva sylvestris, Ger. em. 930, 1 ; Lin. S. P. 969. - 



Uncultivated places ; perennial ; May to August. 



Root fusiform, white ; stem branched ; leaves rather 

 rough, sometimes variegated ; upper nearly palmate ; calyx 

 hispid; petals purple, reverse heartshape, 3 times as long 

 as the calyx. — Yields very fine fibre. 



b. Alcea. Peduncles axillai-y, solitary. 



3. Malva moschata. Musk mallow. 



Stem upright; hairs simple, tubercular at bottom ; roof- 

 leaves kidneyshape, cut ; stem-leaves 5-parted, pinnately 

 many-cut ; outer-calyx-sepales linear, acute, hairy. 



Alcea vulgaris, Raii Syn. 252, 1, omitting the synonyms. 

 Alcea tenuifolia crispa, Dillen in Raii Syn, 253, 2. 

 Malva moschata, Lin. S. P. 971. 



Edges of fields and waysides ; perennial ; July and Aug. 

 Root woody; stem branched; herb rough with hairs, 

 odorous ; petals large, rose-red, rarely white. 



II. 393. ALTH^A. Dioscorides. Marsh-mallow. 



Calyx double ; inner 5-cut ; outer deeply 6 or 9-cut ; 

 coques many, not margined, 1 -seeded. 



