MONx\DELPHTA POLYANDRIA. Malva. 201 



G. columhinum. Long-stalked Cr. Stalks two-flowered, 

 thrice as long as the leaves, which are in five, very deep, 

 jagged segments. Capsules quite even and smooth- 

 Seeds veined like net- work. E. B. 259. 



Fields, dry banks, on a gravelly, or limestone soil. Sm. Cowley. 



Between Witney and Burford. Sb. (North Hinksey.) Rev. 



Mr. Round, Balliol College, Oxford. Near Headington Wick 



Copse. Field near the path, between Tagg's Farm, and Forest 



Hill. R. W. 

 An. July. 

 Plant slender. Ls. segments linear. Fl. delicate, pale purple. 



Antli, blue. Seeds vvith minute dots. 

 Discrim. Its long fl, -stalks, large, five-angled cal. awned ; hairs of 



the stem and stalk point downv/ards, the rest upwards. 



MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



MALVA. Mallow. 



M. sylvestris. Common M. Stem upright, herba- 

 ceous. Leaves with about seven acute lobes. Foot- 

 stalks and flower-stalks hairy. E. B. 67I. C. 2. 51. 

 G. E. 930. 



Hedges, road sides. 



Per. June. 



Stem much branched, spreading, round. Ls. alternate, somewhat 

 heart-shaped, saw- toothed, plaited. Cor. pet. inversely heart- 

 shaped, longer than the eal. rose-coloured, veined with deeper 

 purple than in the next, shining. 



Discrim. From M. rotundifolia, by its upright, bushy stem, and 

 large purple fl. 

 Mucilaginous, emollient, but less so than the Althaea officinalis 



{Marsh Malloiv.) Fibres of mallows beautiful, finer than camel's 



hair. 



M. rotundifolia. Dwarf M. Stems trailing. Leaves 

 roundish-heart-shaped, about five-lobed bluntly. Stalks 

 when in fruit bent downwards. E. B. 1092. C. 3. 

 43. M. sylvestris pumila. G. E. 930. 



Waste ground, way sides in towns or villages. 



Per. June. 



Stems short, straddling, not much branched. I^s. notched, plaited, 



slightly lobed : foot-stalks very long, hairy. Fl. on shorter 



stalks, axillary. Cor. twice the length of cal. notched, pale. 



purple, or lilac, smaller than in M. sylvestris. 



Mucilaginous, emollient. 



