15. MALTAOEiE. 65 



Order XV. MALVACE^. 



Sep. 5 or 3 or 4, more or less connected below, often double, 

 valvate in the bud. Pet. as many as the sepals, adnate to base 

 of stam., twisted in the bud. Stam. many, connected at the 

 base into a tube ; anth. 1-celled, reniform, bursting transversely. 

 Ovary formed by the union of several carpels round a common 

 axis. Oarp. 1- or many-seeded. Embryo curved with twisted 

 or doubled cotyledons, albumen variable in quantity. — Jj. alter- 

 nate, with deciduous stipules. Fl. axillary. 



1. Maiva. Styles many. Cal. double, 0M<«r 3-Zeauerf, inner 

 5-fid. Carpels in a ring round a thick axis, each 1-seeded. 



2. AXjTBjea.. Styles many. Cal. double, outer 6 — 9-fict, 

 inner 5-fid. Carpels as in Malva. 



3. Lavatbea. Styles many. Cal. double, outer 3-loled, 

 inner 5-fid. Carpels as in Malva. 



1. Mai'ta Linn. Mallow. 



1. 3f. moschdta (L.J ; st. erect, 1. palmate with 6 — 7 deep 

 Kpinnatifid lobes, lower 1. incise-crenate, stipules lanceolate 

 acute, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. linear-lanceolate, />Wi Aai)-!/. 

 — a. B. 754. R. V. 169. — Fl. lai'ge, rose-coloured, on axillary 

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

 and branches. Cal. hairy. St. 1 — 2 feet high. — Gravellyplaces. 

 P. VII. Viri. Mush Mallow. E. S. I. 



\_M. Alcea (L.) ; outer sep. ovate acute, fr. glabrous ; should 

 be found in England.] 



2. M. sylves'tris ("L.) ; St. erect, I. palmate loith 6 — 7 deep 

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

 lanceolate, fruit reticulate-rugose its axis an acute cone with 

 concave sides. — -B. B. 671. Jt. 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. vT. — IX. 

 Common Mallow. E. S. I. 



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

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

 fruitstalks refiexed, 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. — E. B. 1092. M. vulgaris Fries, R. v. 167.— Fl. small, 

 purple. Oarp. meeting each other with a straight line. Axis 



