MALVACEffi. (mallow FAMILT.) 31 



1. H. Scouleri. Hook. Stems erect from a running rootstock J to 2 feet higli, 

 terete, simple or sparingly branched ; leaves ovate to oblong, clasping, an inch or less 

 long ; petals punctate, 3 to 5 lines long; capsule 3-celled. 



2. H. concinnum, Benth. Stems from a woo4y base, 3 to inches high; leaves 

 from oblong to linear, acute, an inch long or less, not clasping, usually folded, 



3. H. anagalloides, Cham & Schlecht. Stems numerous, weak, rooting at the 

 lower joints, 1 to 10 inches long; leaves broadly ovate or elliptical, 2 to 6 inches long, 

 obtnse, clasping; sepals exceeding the petals; capsule 1-celled. 



Oedek 13. MAIiVACE.ffil. 



Herbs or shrubs with alternate stipulate leaves; distinguished by the valvate calyx, 

 convolute petals, their bases or short claws united with the base of a column of many 

 united stamens, these with reniform anthers. Calyx 5-cleft or parted, persistent, with 

 sometimes a calyx-like involucel of bracts. Petals 5, usually withering without 

 falling off. Pistil usually either a ring of ovaries around a projecting receptacle or a 

 3-10-celled ovary; styles united at least at the base. Leaves usually pahnately ribbed. 

 Flowers axillary. (See Aode.vda.) 



1. IiAVATERA, L. Teee Mallow. 



Involncel 3 to 6-cleft. Stamjneal column divided into numerous filaments. Styles 

 fiUform. Fruit depressed; the several carpels separating from the prominent axis, 

 1-aeeded. 



1. Ii. assurgentiflora, Kellogg. A shrub 6 to 15 ft. high; flowers 1 to 4 in the 

 axils on drooping pedicels; petals rose-purple, 1 to 1 J inches long, with a broad truncate 

 limb and narrow claws having a pair of dense hairy tufts at the base. Commonly culti- 

 vated, but a native (?) of this State. 



2. MALVA, L. Mallow. 



Involucel 3-leaved. Petals obcordate, small. Herbaceous. Otherwise as Lavatera. 

 M. borealis, Wallman. Annual; leaves round-cordate, orenate, 5-7-lobed; peduncles 

 short; petals pinkish-white, 2 or 3 lines long. 



> Distinguished from the biennial M. rotrntdifolia by its short pedunceles, small flowers 

 and rugose carpels. 



3. SIDALCEA, Ok. 



Involucel none. Stamineal column double; the filaments of the outer series usually 

 nnited into 5 sets, opposite the petals. Flowers in a, terminal rsiceme or spike. Herbs. 



*Perennial. 

 1. S. malvEBflora, Gr. Perennial, 1 to 3 ft. high; leaves on elongated petioles, 



