PLATE CLXXXII. 



MALVA DIVARICATA. 



St raddling- branched Mallow. 



CLASS XVL ORDER VL 



MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Threads united. Many Chives. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calvx duplex; exterior 3-phyllus. Arilll plu- 

 rimi, monofperml. 



Cup double; outer three-leaved. Seed-coats 

 many, one-feeded. 

 See Malva reflexa, PI. CXXXV. Vol.11. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Malva foliis lobatis, plicatis, dentatis, fcabridis; 

 ramis ramulilque divaricatis, flexuofis. 



Mallow with lobed leaves, plaited, toothed, and 

 rough; the large and fmall branches grow 

 llraddling, and zig-zagged. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . The double Cup. 



2. A Flower fpread open, with the threads remaining. 



3. The Chives cut open, and magnified. 



4. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summits, magnified. 



As a lively, but little, green-houfe plant, ihis Ipecies of Mallow has not many equals; and its pro- 

 perty of continuing to flower from June, till December, muft confiderably enhance its value. It is a 

 native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced to us, about four years iince. Moll colleftions 

 now pofTefs it, from its facility of increafe, may be planted in rich earth, and is increafed by cuttings, 

 or feeds, which ripen perfeftly in this country. The drawing was made at the Nurfery, Haramer- 

 fmith. 



