268 Oedee 24.— MALVACB^. 



6. S!DA, L. Calyx 5-cleft, without an involucel; fls. perfect; styles 

 5 or more, with capitate stigmas; ovary 5 to many-celled; capsule of 

 5 or more 1-seeded carpels ; radicle superior. 



Leaves palmately parted. Fls. rose-white. Carpels, be.iked Nos. ], 2 



Leaves undivided. Fls. yellow. — Carpels 5 No S 



—Carpels 8— 12 Nos. 4— 



1 S. Napaea Cav. Nearly glabrous; Iva. palmately 5-lobod, lobes oblong, aai- 

 minaie, coarsely-toothed; ped. many-flowered; carpels 10, acuminaie-beuked.— 

 21 Iq rocky wooda, Peun. and Ta. (rare, more common iu gardens). Sta. 2- — 41" 

 high. Lobaa of the Iva. 2 — 3' long. Fla. white, twice larger (7 — 9" broad) than 

 in !N"apa3a dioloa. Petala obovate, twice longer than the calyx. Jl. f {Napa;a 

 izevia and hermaphrodita L.) 



2 S. aloaaoldes Mx. Strigous-piibesceni ; Ivs. palmately 5 — "7 -parted, the seg- 

 ments laciniate ; fls. corymbed, terminal; carp. 10, acute. — % In barren oaklanda, • 

 Tenn., Ky. Sta. 1 — 2f high. Corymba 3 — 6-fiowered. pls. nearly aa large as 

 those of the musk mallow, to which plant this beara a general resemblance. 

 (Calllrrhoe alcasoidea Gray.) 



3 S. spiaosa L. St. rigid, branched, minutely pubescent, Ivs. ovate-lanceolato, 

 serrate, with a spinous tubercle at the base of the petiole ; stip. setaceoua, sliorter 

 than the petioles or axillary peduncles ; carp, birostrate. — (^ Sandy fields and 

 roadsides, Mid., S. and W. States. Plant busby, 8 — 16' high. Lvs. 9 — 15" long, 

 i as wide, mostly obtuse at each end. Petals yellow, obovate, of short duration. 

 Carp. 5. Jl., Aug. 



4 S. hispida Ph. Hispid-pubescent; lvs. lanceolate, and rhombic-lanceolato, 

 dentate-serrate ; stip. subulate, hispid, longer than the petioles or axillary, 

 solitary or clustered pedunolea ; carpels 2-horned, 10 — 12. — 11 Sandy soils, 

 S. Car, Ga. (Foay). Sts. much branched, 12 — 18' high. Petioles 2 — 3" long, 

 the peduncles rather longer, jointless. Petals yollow, a little exceeding the 

 calyx. On the young stems the lvs. are rhomboidal. Jl., Aug. 



5 S. Elli6ttii Torr & Gr. Lvs. linear-oblong and liriear, denticulate, obtuse at 

 base ; ped. l-fiowerod, a littlo longer than the very short (2 — 5") petioles. — 

 ^>\ Sandy plains, S. Car. to Fla. St. slender and widely branched, 2 — 5f high. 

 Lvs. 1 — 3' long, varying from narrowly linear to oblong (1 — 5" wide). Ma. 1' 

 broad, orange-yeUow, nearly solitary in the axils. Petals emarginate. Carp, 

 about 10. May — Aug. 



6 S. rhombifdlia L. Lvs. rhombic-oblong, serrate, cuneate and entire at base; 

 ped. much longer than the petioles, jointed just below the flower ; caps. 2-beaked. 

 — Sandy soil, S. Car. to Fla. St. 1 to 2f high, minutely downy. Lvs. 1 to 2' 

 long, rather obtuse at apex. Pis. yellow, "J to 9" broad, the stalks 1 to 2' long. 

 Cal. angular, with broad, cuspidate sepals. May — JL 



7. ABUTILON, Dill. Indian Mallow. Cajy.x 5-cleft, without an 

 involucel, often angular ; styles 5 to 20, with capitate stigmas ; carpels 

 as many, arranged circularly, each 1-oelled, 3 to 6-seeded, and opcnincj 

 by 2 valves. 



1 A. Avioennee. lyos. roundish, cordate, acuminate, dentate, velvety-tomentous ; 

 ped. shtrter than the petiole, solitary; carp, about 16, 3-seeded, intiated, truncate, 

 2-bcaked. — (D Native in both Indias and naturalized in moat of the States, in- 

 habiting waste places, &c. St. branched, 3 to 4f high. Lva. 4 to 6' diam., 

 deeply cordate at base, abruptly acuminate at apex, very soft and velvety at aur- 

 t'oce. Fla. yellow, near 1' broad. JJ. § 



2 A. striatum Dick. Shrub, with" t-lohtd, long-stalked lvs., the lobes acuminate, 

 dentate ; peduncles long, nodding, with a handsome bell-shaped flower, the column 

 exserted. — An elegant green-house shrub, flowering at all seasons. Petala 

 cffauge-color, with conspicuous purple stria;. •)• Brazil. 



8. MALVAVISCUS, Dill. Glue Mallow. (Lat tnalva, mallows, via- 

 cus, glue.) Calyx 6-cleft, subtended by an involucre of many bractlets ; 



