PLATE CLXXXII. 
MALVA DIVARICATA. 
Straddling-branched Mallow. 
CLASS XVI. ORDER VI. 
a 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Threads united. Many Chives. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Caryx duplex; exterior 3-phyllus. Arilli plu- 
i, monofpermi. > 
rimi, mon 
Cur double; outer three-leaved. Seed-coats 
many, one-feeded, 
See Marva reriexa, Pl. CKXXV. Vol. II. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Mallow with lobed leaves, plaited, toothed, and 
rough; the large and fmall branches grow 
_ ftraddling, and zig-zagged. 
Malva foliis lobatis, plicatis, dentatis, fcabridis; 
ramis ramulifque divaricatis, flexuofis, 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE, 
1, The double Cup. 
2, A Flower fpread open, with the threads remaining. 
3. The Chives cut open, and magnified, 3 
A, The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summits, magnified, 
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As a lively, but little, green-houfe plant, this {pecies of Mallow has not many equals; and its pro- 
perty of continuing to flower from June, till December, mutt confiderably enhance its value. It is a 
now poffefs it, from its facility of increafe, may be planted in rich earth, and is increafed by cuttings, 
or feeds, which ripen perfectly in this country, The drawing was made at the Nurfery, Hammer- 
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