64 15. MALTACE^. 



1. Malva. Styles many. Cal. double, outer 3-leaved, inner 

 5-fid. Carpels in a ring round a thick axis, eacli l-.seeded. 



2. Altera. Styles many. Cal. double, outer 6 — 9-/?rf, 

 inner 5-fid. Cai-pels as in Malva. 



3. Lavateea. Styles many. Cal. double, outer S-lohed, 

 inner 5-fid. Carpels as in Malva. 



1. Mal'va Linn. Mallow. 



1. M. moschdta (L.) ; st. erect, 1. kidneysbaped with 5 or 7 

 deep hipinnatifld lobes, lower 1. incise-crenate, stipules lanceolate- 

 acute, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. linear-lanceolate, /rwj'i hairy. 

 —JR. V. 169.— Fl. large, rose-coloured, on axillary single- 

 flowered peduncles, crowded at tbe extremity of the stem and 

 branches. Cal. hairy. St. 1 — 2 feet high. — Gravelly places. 

 P. VII. VIII. Musk Mallow. E. S. I. 



[M. Aleia (L.) ; outer sep. ovate acute, fr. glabrous ; should 

 be found in England.] 



2. M. sylves'tris (L.) ; st. erect, I. hidneyshaped with 5 — 7 deep 

 crenate lobes, stipules lanceolate, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. 

 l&uaeolate, fruit glabrous reticulate-rugose. — S. v. 168. — Fl. large, 

 in axillary clusters. Pet. much longer than the hairy calyx, 

 purple. St. 2 — 4 feet high. — Roadsides and waste places. P. 

 Vl.— IX. Common Mallow. E. S. 1. 



3. M. rotundifolia (L.) ; st. decumbent, 1. roundish -heartshaped 

 with 5 — 7 shallow acutely crenate lobes, stipules ovate acute, 

 fruitstalks reflexed, outer sepals linear-lanceolate shorter than the 

 ovate-acuminate stellately hairy inner ones, pet. 2 or 3 times 

 as long as the calyx, fruit pubescent, carp, rounded on the edge 

 smooth. — M. vulgaris Fries, R. v. 167. — Fl. small, purple. Carp, 

 meeting each other with a straight line. Axis of the fr. rather 

 large.— Waste places. P. ? VL— IX. Dwarf MaUoiv. E. S. I. 



[M. boredlis (Wallm.) ; outer as long as the glabrous but 

 ciliate inner sepals, carp, margined netted rugose. — 31. jyusUla 

 E. B. 241. M. rotundifdlia Fr. — Carp, meeting each other with 

 a toothed edge. Axis of fr. 5 as long as in Sp. 3. Like Sp. 3. 

 — Hythe, Kent ; now lost. A. VII, P] E. 



[M. verticilldta (L.) ; st. erect, 1. with 5 deep triangular acute 

 lobes, fi. axillary clustered nearly sessile, pet. about as long as 

 the calyx, carp, glabrous rounded on the edge. — JE. B. S. 2953. 

 — Fl. small. — -Near Llanelly, S. Wales. Not a native.] E 



