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» » Flowers larger, more or less showy, l$'-2' in diameter; the purple, 

 rose-color, or sometimes white petals much exceeding the calyx; stem 

 erect. 



M. sylvSstris, Linn. High M. Stem 2°-3° high, rough-hairy, branch- 

 ing, with rather sharply 6-7-lobed leaves and purple-rose-colored flowers ; 

 fruit wrinkled-veiny. @ ~il Gardens and roadsides. Var. Mauritiana, 

 sometimes called Tree Mallow. Cult. ; taller, smoother, with obtusely- 

 lobed Jeaves. 



M. Alcea, Linn. 2°-4° high, hairy ; stem leaves parted almost to the 

 base into 3-5 divisions, which are again 3-8-cleft or cut-toothed ; corolla 

 deep rose-color, l£'-2' broad ; calyx densely stellate-pubescent ; fruit 

 glabrous, minutely wrinkled- veiny. % Gardens, and escaped. 



If. moschdta, Linn. Musk M. l°-2° high, rather hairy ; leaves about 

 thrice parted or cut into slender linear lobes ; corolla 1 J' broad, rose-color 

 or white ; calyx with simple hairs ; fruit downy, not wrinkled. Gardens, 

 and escaped to roadsides. 



4. CALLIRRHOE. (A Greek mythological name.) Flowers all summer. 



* Boot thick, fusiform or napiform, farinaceous, y. (some ©?) 



■*- Calyx b-lobed to middle; involucel S-leaved; short peduncles umb'el- 

 lately few-several-flowered ; stipules small ; carpels plain. 



C. triangulata, Gray. Stems erect, 2° high ; leaves triangular, hal- 

 berd-shaped, or the lowest heart-shaped, the upper cut-lobed or 3-6-cleft ; 

 corolla 1J' or less in diameter. Dry prairies, Minn, to Ind. and S. 



■*-■*- Calyx b-parted ; involucel S-leaved; peduncles long, 1-flowered; 

 stipules conspicuous, ovate; carpels wrinkled. 



C. involucrata, Gray. Stems spreading on the ground, l°-3° long ; 

 leaves rounded, 6-parted or cleft and cut-lobed ; corolla 2' or more broad. 

 Wild, Minn, to Tex. ; cult, for ornament. 



+- *- *- Calyx 6-parted; involucel (or 1-3-leaved in the second), and 

 stipules small ; carpels rugose or wrinkled. 



C. alcaeoldes, Gray. Stems 1° high ; lower leaves triangular-heart- 

 shaped, upper 6-7 -parted or divided into linear segments ; flowers co- 

 rymbose. Ky. and Tenn., W. 



C. Papaver, Gray. Stems short, ascending, few-leaved ; leaves 3-5- 

 parted with lance-linear divisions, or the lowest rather heart-shaped and 

 cleft into oblong lobes ; flowers solitary ; peduncles very long (often 1°). 

 Ga. to Tex., and sparingly cult. 



C. digitata, Nutt. 1° high ; leaves mostly from the root, 5-7-parted 



into long, linear, sometimes 2-3-cleft divisions ; flowers solitary on long 



and slender peduncles ; petals fringe-toothed at the end. Wild Kans. to 



Tex 



# # Boot slender or tapering ; involucel ;. carpels even. ® 



C. pedata, Gray. Stem erect, l°-5° high, leafy ; leaves rounded, 

 3-7-lobed or parted, and the wedge-shaped divisions cleft or cut ; pedun- 

 cles slender, longer than the leaves ; petals minutely eroded at the end. 

 Texas ; not rare cult. 



5. NAPiiA, GLADE MALLOW. (Greek: glade or nymph of the 

 groves.) 



N. didica, Linn. A rather coarse, roughish herb ; stem 4°-7° high ; 

 leaves 9-11-parted and their lobes cut and toothed, the lowest often 1° in 

 diameter ; flowers small, in panicled corymbs, in summer. Penn., Va., 

 and W. to Iowa. 



