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tingocl with lilac towards the apex, witli 3 or 5 lilac stripes united 

 at the base, obovate-wcdgeshaped, deeply cmarginate, with 2 

 rounded lobes at the apex. Carpels oljve-brown, not honeycombed 

 on the back, which is not at all denticulated at the line where it 

 meets the sides. Plant deep green, rather closely covered with short 

 hairs, especially on the stems and calicos, which, with the peduncles, 

 are thickly clothed with stellate pubescence. 



Dwarf Mallow. 



French, Petite Mauve Ronde. German, Ueberseliene Kasepappd. 



SPECIES IV.— M ALVA BO REAL IS. Walhiann. 



Plate CCLXXXIII. 



Malva rotundifolia. Fries. Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. V. Malv. Tab. CLXVI. 



Fig. 4835. 

 M. rotundifolia, Linn. Fries, Nov. Fl. Suec. p. 218. 

 M. pusilla, Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 241. 

 M. parviflora, Huds. Fl. Angl. p. 307 (non Linn.). 



Stems decumbent. Leaves all roundish, deeply cordate at the 

 bnse, with 5 or 7 shallow roundish-reniform cren ate- serrate lobes, 

 the middle one not longer than the others even in the upper leaves. 

 Pruit pedicels spreading-recurved, longer than, the calyx. Epicalyx 

 of 3 linear-lanceolate leaves, as long the calyx. Calyx with 5 ovate- 

 deltoid acuminated glabrous lobes, ciliated at the margins, slightly 

 connivent, with reflexed tips, and not at all enlarged in fruit. Petals 

 scarcely exceeding the calyx. Carpels slightly downy, with the sides 

 forming a sharp angle with the fiat back, which is reticulated; the 

 sides radiatingly wrinkled and not margined, but surrounded by 

 an elevated slightly denticulated border, caused by the back being 

 broader than the rest of the carpel. 



In waste places. Said to have been found at Ilythe, in Kent, in 

 Hudson's time, and the figure in "English Botany" was drawn from a 

 plant raised from the seed of a specimen communicated by Hudson 

 to Pelham. The evidence for its occurrence is by no means satis- 

 factory ; but as it is common in Scandinavia and North Germany, 

 it is very likely to occur in Britain ; while, on the other hand, from 

 its great similarity to jM. rotundifolia, it is extremely liable to be 

 overlooked. 



England? Annual. Summer and Autumn. 



Extremelj'^ like M. rotundifolia, but more slender and always 

 annual, with the leaves rather less deeply lobed, the petals much 

 shorter, and the sculpturing of the carpels quite different. 



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