MALVACEJ5. (mALLOW FAMILY.) 99 



Tribe I. MALVE^. Columns of stamens anther-bearing at the top. Ovaries and 

 pods (carpels) 5 - 20 or more, closely united in a ring around a central axis, from which 

 they separate after ripening. 

 « Stigmas occupying the inner face of the styles : carpels l-seeded, falling away separately. 



1. Altbeea. InTOlucel of 6 to 9 bractleta. 



2. Malva. Involuoel of 3 bractlets. Petals obcordate. Carpels rounded, beakless. 



3. Calllrrhoe. Involucel of 3 bractlets or none. Petals truncate. Carpels beaked. 



4. Napeea. Involucel none. Flowers dicecious. Stamens few. 



* » Stigmas terminal, capitate : carpels 1 - few-seeded, usually dehiscent. 

 5 Malvagtrnm. Involucel of 3 bractlets or none. Seeds solitary in the cells, ascending. 



6. Stda. Involucel none. Seed solitary in the cells, pendulous. 



7. Abutllon. Involucel none. Seeds 3 or more in each cell. 



8. Modlola. Involucel of 3 bractlets. Seeds 2 in each cell, and with a transverse partition 



between them. 

 Tribe II. HIBISCB.X:. Column of stamens anther-bearing for a considerable part of 

 its length, naked and 6-toothed at the very apex. Pod mostly 5-oelled, loculioidal, leaving 

 scarcely any axis m the centre after opening. 

 0. Kosteletzkya. Involucel of several bractlets. Pod 5-celled, 6-seeded. 

 10. Hibiscus. Involucel of many bractlets. Pod 5-celled, many-seeded. 



1. ALTHiSBA, L. Maksh-Mallow. 



Calyx surrounded by a 6 - 9-cleft involucel. Otherwise as in Malva. (Name 

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



1. A. officinXlis, L. (Common Maksh-Mallow.) Stem erect; leaves 

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

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

 New York. Aug., Sept. — Flowers pale rose-color. Perennial root thick, 

 abounding in mucilage, the basis of the Pates de Guimauve. (Nat. from Eu.) 



2. MALVA, L. Mallow. 



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

 cordate. Styles numerous, stigmatic down the inner side. Pruit depressed, 

 separating at maturity into as many l-seeded and indehiscent round kidney- 

 shaped blunt carpels as there are styles. Radicle pointing downwards. (An 

 old Latin name, from fia\a)(tj, soft, alluding to the emollient leaves.) 



1. M. botundif6lia, L. (Common Mallow.) Stems procumbent from a 

 deep biennial root ; leaves round-heart>shaped, on very long petioles, crenate, 

 obscurely-lobed ; petals twice the length of the calyx, whitish ; carpels pubescent, 

 even. — Waysides and cultivated grounds: common. (Nat. from Eu.) 



2. M. STLvisTKis, L. (High M.) Biennial; stem erect, branched {2° -3° 

 high) ; leaves sharply 5 - 7-lobed ; petals thrice the length of the calyx, large, 

 -purple and rose-color; carpels wrinkled-veiny. — Waysides. (Adv. from Eu.) 



3. M. crIspa. (Curled M.) A tall, erect annual, with round and angled 

 toothed and crisped leaves, and small sessile Jlowers crowded in the axils, — spar- 

 ingly escaped from old gardens. (Adv. from Eu.) 



4. M. MOSCHiTA, L. (MnsK M.) A low perennial; with the stem-leaves 5- 

 parted, and the divisions once or twice parted or cleft into linear lobes, faintly 

 musky-scented, the flowers rose-color or white (Ij' in diameter) on short pe- 



