66 MALVACE^. (mallow FAMILY.) 



1. AliTH^A, L. Maksh-Malloit. 



Calyx surrounded by a 6-7-clcft involucel. Otherwise as in Malra. (Name 

 from SkBiii, to cure, in allusion to its healing properties.) 



1. A. OFFioiNiLis', L. (Common Marsh-Mallow.) Stem erect ; leaves 

 ovate or slightly heart-shaped, toothed, sometimes 3-lobed, velvety-downy : pe- 

 duncles axillary, many-flowered. X — Salt marshes, coast of New England and 

 New York. Aug., Sept. — Tlowers pale rose-color. Koot thick, abounding in 

 mucilage, the basis of the P&tes de Guimauve. (Nat. from Eu.) 



A. e6sea, and A. ricij?6LiA, are the well-known gai-den Hollyhocks. 



a. MAI.VA, L. Mallow. 



Calyx with a 3-loaved involucel at the base, like an outer calyx. Petals ob- 

 cordate. Styles numerous, stigmatie down the inner side. Fruit depressed, 

 separating at maturity into as many 1-secded and indehiscent round kidney- 

 shaped blunt cai-pels as there are styles. Radicle pointing downwards. (Am 

 old Latin name, from iiaKaxq, soft, alluding to the emollient leaves.) 



1. M. eotundip6lia, L. (Commos Mallow.) Stems short, simple, de- 

 cumbent from a deep biennial or perennial root ; leaves round-heart-shaped, on 

 vei-y long petioles, crenate, obscurely lobed ; petals twice the length of the calyx, 

 whitish ; carpels pubescent, even. — "Way-sides and cultivated grounds ; com- 

 mon. (Nat. from Eu.) 



2. M. SYLVESTEis, L. (High Mallow.) Stem erect, branched (2°-3' 

 high); leaves rather sharply 5 -T -lobed; petals thrice the length of the calyx, 

 large, pui-plo and rose-color ; carpels wrinkled-veiny. 1). — "Way-sides. (Adv. 

 from Eu.) 



M. CEfsPA, the CuKLED Mallow, and M. moschXta, the Musk Mallow, 

 are occasionally spontaneous ai'ound gardens. 



3. CALL.IBKMO£, Nutt. Calherhoe. 



Calyx either naked or with a 3-leaved involucel at its base. Petals wedge- 

 shaped and truncate (usually red-purple). Styles, &c. as in Malva. Carpels 

 10-20, straightish, with a short empty beak, separated within from the 1-seedcd 

 cell by a narrow projection, indehiscent or partly 2-vaIved. Radicle pointing 

 downwards. — Elowers perfect. 



1. C. triailgulata, Gray. Hairy-pubescent; stems nearly erect (2° 

 high) from a tuberous root; leaves triangular or halberd -shaped, or the lowest 

 rather heart-shaped, coarsely crenate ; the upper incised or 3 - 5-eleft ; flowers 

 panicled, short-pedicelled (pui"ple) ; involucel as long as the calyx ; carpels short- 

 pointed, crestless. (Malva ti'iangulata, Leavenworth. M. Houghtonii, Torr. ^ 

 Gray. ) — Dry prairies, "Wisconsin, Illinois, and southward. July. 



2. C. alca!Oi<les, Gray. Stiigose-pubeseent ; stems slender (l°high); 

 lower leaves triangular-heart-shaped, incised ; the upper 5 - 7-parted, laciniate, 

 the uppermost divided into linear segments ; flowers corymbose, on slender pe- 



