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

 5-fid. Caps, orbicular, many-celled : cells 1 -seeded and 

 circularly arranged. 



2. AltH/BA. Styles many. Cal. double, outer 6 — 9-fid, 

 inner 5-fid. Caps, orbicular, many-celled: cells 1-seeded 

 and circulai-ly arranged. 



3. Lavatera. Styles many. Cal. double, outer 3-lobed, 

 inner 5-fid. Caps, orbicular, many-celled: cells 1-seeded 

 and circularly arranged. 



I . Malva Linn. Mallow. 



1. M. moschata (L.); st. erect, 1. kidneyshaped with 5 or 7 

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

 acute, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. linear-lanceolate, fruit hairy. 

 — E. B. 754. R. V. 169. — Fl. large, rose-coloured, on axillary 

 single-flowered peduncles, crowded at the extremity of the stem 

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

 P. VII. VIII. Musk Mallow. 



[_M. Alcea (L.) ; outer sep. oval acute, fr. glabrous; should 

 be found in England.] 



2. M. sylvestris (L.) ; st. erect, I. kidneyshaped with 5 — 7 deep 

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

 ceolate, /raji glabrous reticulate-rugose. — E.B. 671. 21. v. 168. 

 — Fl. large. Pet. much longer than the hairy calyx, purple, on 

 axillary aggregated peduncles. St. 2 — 4 feet high. — Road-sides 

 and waste places. P. VI. — IX. Common Mallow. 



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

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

 fruitstalks reflexed, oaier sepais linear- lanceolate iAorter than the 

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

 longer than the calyx, fruit pubescent, carp, rounded on the edge 

 smooth.— £. B. 1092. M. vulgaris Fries, R. v. 167.— Fl. small, 

 purple. Carp, meeting each other with a straight hne. Central 

 disk of the fr. rather large. — Waste places. P. ? VI. — IX. 

 Dwarf Mallow. 



[4. M. horealis (Wallm.) ; st. decumbent, 1. roundish-heart- 

 shaped with 6 — 7 rather shallow crenate-dentate lobes, stipules 

 lanceolate, fruitstalks reflexed, outer sep. linear as long as the 

 ovate-acute glabrous but strongly ciliated inner ones, pet. about 

 equalling the calyx, fr. pubescent, carp, margined reticulate- 

 rugose. — M. pusilla Sm. E. B. 241. M. rotundifoUa Fries^j R. ! 

 v. 167. — Fl. very small. Carpels meeting each other with a 

 toothed edge. Central disk half as large as in the preceding 

 plant.— Hythe, Kent. Huds. Not found since. A. VII.?] E. 



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