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acute, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. linear-lanceolate, fruit hairy. 
—E. B. 754. R. v. 169.—Fl. large, rose-coloured, on axillary 
single-flowered (ea crowded at the extremity of the stem 
and branches. Cal. hairy. St. 1—2 feet high—Gravelly places. 
P. VIL. VII. Musk Mallow. 
2. M. sylvestris (L.); st. erect, 1. kidneyshaped with 5—7 deep 
crenate lobes, stipules lanceolate, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. lan- 
ceolate, fruit glabrous reticulate-rugose.—E. B. 671. R. v. 168. 
—Fil. large. Pet. much longer than the hairy calyx, purple, on 
axillary aggregated peduncles. St. 2—4 feet high.—Road-sides 
and waste places. P. VI.—IX. Common Mallow. 
3. M. rotundifolia (L,) ; st. decumbent, 1. roundish-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 
longer than the calyx, fruit pubescent, carp. rounded on the edge 
smooth.—E. B. 1092. M. vulgaris Fries, R. v. 167.—F. small, 
purple. Carp. meeting each other with a straight lme. Central 
disk of the fr. rather large——Waste places. P.? VI.—IX. 
Dwarf Mallow. 
[4. M. borealis (Wallm.); st. decumbent, 1. roundish-heart- 
shaped with 5—7 rather shallow crenate-dentate lobes, stipules 
lanceolate, fruitstalks reflexed, outer sep. linear as long as the 
ovate-acute glabrous but strongly ciliated inner ones, pet. about 
equalling the calyx, fr. pubescent, carp. margined reticulate- 
rugose—M. pusilla Sm. E. B. 241. M. rotundifolia Fries, R. ! 
y. 167.—Fl. very small. Carpels meeting each other with a 
toathed edge. Central disk half as large as in the preceding 
plant.—Hythe, Kent. Huds. Not found since. A. VIIL.?] E. 
*25, M. verticillata (L.); st. erect, 1. cordate with 5 deep 
crenate-dentate triangular acute lobes, fl. axillary clustered nearly 
sessile, outer sep. linear half as long as the reticulated diaphanous 
pilose enlarged inner ones, pet. about as long as the calyx, fr. 
glabrous, carp. rounded on the edge reticulated.—E. B. 8. 2953. 
—Fl. small. Carpels separated by a deep furrow into which the 
elevate-reticulated surface extends. Central disk very small. 
Stem quite erect like a little hollyhock. Petioles several times 
longer than the clusters.—Near Llanelly, 8S. Wales. Mr. Jas. 
Motley. A. E. 
2. Attuma Linn. 
1. A. officinalis (L.); 1. soft on both sides crenate or crenate- 
serrate cordate or ovate 3—5-lobed, peduncles axillary many- 
flowered shorter than the leaves, st. downy.—E. B. 147. R. v. 173. 
—St. 2—3 feet high. Covered with soft velvety pubescence.— 
Marshes, particularly near the sea. P. VII. IX. Marsh Mallow. 
