66 15. MALVACE^. 16. TILIACBa!. 



of the fr. ratter large.— Waste places. P.? VI.— IX. Dwarf 

 Mallow. E. S. I. 



*4. M. boredlis (WaUm.) ; outer as long as tlie glabrous but 

 ciliate inner sepals, pet. scarcely exceeding cal., carp, margined 

 netted rugose. — JE. B. 241. lit. rotundifdlia Fr. — ^Oarp. meet- 

 ing each other with a toothed edge. Axis of fr. J as long as 

 in Sp. 3. Much resembling Sp. 3. — Hythe, Kent; now lost. 

 Anthony, Corn. Near London. A. VII. ? E. 



2. Althlsi'a Linn. 



1 A. offidnaKs (L.) ; 1. soft on both sides crenate or orenate- 

 serrate cordate or ovate 3 — 5-lobed, ped. axillary many-fl. 

 shorter than the leaves, at. downy. — E. B. 147. R. v. 173. — ■ 

 St. 2 — 3 feet high. Covered with soft velvety pubescence. 

 Outer cal.-lobes acute spreading much exceeding inner adpressed 

 calyx. — Marshes, particularly near the sea. P. VIU. IX, 

 Marsh-Mallow. E. S. ? I. 



t2. A. hirsuta (L.) ; hispid cordate, lower 1. reniform bluntly 

 5-lobed, upper 1. palmate with 5 or 3 acute lobes, ped. axillaiy 

 1-flowered longer than the leaves, st. hispid. — E. B. 8. 2674. 

 B. V. 172. — Stem and calyx very hispid. — Between Cobham and 

 Ouxton,Kent. A. VI. VII. E. 



3. Lavate'ea Linn. Tree-Mallow. 



1. L. arhdrea (L.) ; st. woody, 1. 7-angled plaited velvety, 

 ped. axillary clustered 1-flowered shorter than the petioles. — 

 E. B. 1841. — Fl. large, purplish rose-coloured with darker veins. 

 St. 8—8 feet high.— Maritime rocks, rare. B. VII.— IX. 



E. S. I. 



*2. L. syhes'tris (Brot.) ; st. herbaceous erect or ascending 

 hispid, lower 1. orlaicular-cordate, upper 1. 5-lobed truncatai 

 below, l.-lobes triangular acute, ped. axillary 1-fl. shorter than 

 petioles, fr. smooth its axis a cone with convex sides. — J, of 

 B. XV. t. 191. — Fl. rose-purple. St. rarely prostrate. Much like 

 Malm syhestris. — Scilly Isles. A. or B. VI. VII. B. 



Order XVI. TILIACEiE. 



Sep. 4 — 5, valvate in the bud. Pet. 4 — 5. Stam. many, 

 distinct, or slightly connected into bundles at the base ; anth. 

 2-ceUed, bursting longitudinally. Glands 4 — 5 at the base of 

 the petals. Fr. 4 — 10-celled, several seeds in each cell ; or by 

 abortion l-celled l-seeded. Embryo erect in the axis of fleshy 

 albumen ; cotyledons flat, leafy. — L. alternate, with stipules. 



