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or doubled cotyledons, albumen variable in quantity. — L. alter- 

 nate, witb deciduous stipules. Fl. axillary. 



1. Malva. Styles many. Cal. double, outer S-leaved, inner 

 5-fld. Carpels in a ring round a thick axis, eacb 1-seeded. 



2. AiTHLffiiA. Styles many. Cal. double, mder 6 — 9-Jid, 

 inner 5-fid. Carpels as m Malva. 



8. Lavatbea. Styles many. Cal. double, outer S-lobed, 

 inner 6-iid. Carpels as in Malva. 



1. Malta Linn. Mallow. 



1. M. moschdta (L.) ; st. erect, 1. kidneysbaped with 6 or 7 

 deep hipimnatifid lobes, lower 1. incise-crenate, stipules lanceolate- 

 acute, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. linear-lanceolate, fruit haiiy. 

 — E. B. 754. M. Y. 169. — Fl. large, rose-coloured, on axillary 

 single-flowered peduncles, crowded at the extremity of the stem 

 anabranches. Cal. hairy. St. 1 — 2 feet high. — Gravelly places. 

 P. Vn. Vni. Mmk Mallow. E. S. I. 



\_M. Alcea (L.) ; outer sep. ovate acute, fr. glabrous ; should 

 be found in England.] 



2. M. sylves'tris (L.) ; st. erect, I. Jddneyshaped with 5 — 7 deep 

 crenate lobes, stipules lanceolate, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. 

 lanceolate, fj-uit fflabroits reticulate-^uffose. — E. B. 671. R. v. 168. 

 — Fl. large, in axillanr clusters. Pet. much longer than the 

 hairy calyx, purple. St. 2 — 4 feet high. — Roadsides and waste 

 places. P. VI. — 12. Common Mallow. E. S. I. 



3. M. rotundifdlia (L.) ; st. decumbettt, 1. roimdish-heartshaped 

 with 5 — 7 shallow acutely crenate lobes, stipules ovate acute, 

 fruitstalks reflexed, outer sepals linear-lanceolate shorter than the 

 ovate-acuminate stellately hairy inner ones, pet. 2 or 3 times 

 as long as the calyx, fruit pubescent, carp, rounded on the edge 

 smooth.—^. B. 1092. M. vulgaris Fries, R. v. 167.— Fl. small, 

 purple. Carp, meeting each other with a straight line. Axis 

 of the fr. ratner large. — Waste places. P.? VL — IX. Dwarf 

 Mallow. E. S. 1. 



\M. borealis (Wallm.) ; outer as long as the glabrous but 

 ciliate inner sepals, pet. scarcely exceeding cal., carp, margined 

 netted rugose. — E. B. 241. M. rotundifdlia Fr. — Carp, meet- 

 ing each other with a toothed edge. Axis of fr. ^ as long as 

 in Sp. 3. Much resembling Sp. 3. — ^Hythe, Kent ; now lost. A. 

 vn. ?] E. 



[M. verticiUdta (L.). E. B. 8. 2953. A Chinese plant, has 

 occurred near Llanelly, S. Wales.] 



