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EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN. 



MALLOW FAMILY. MALVACEAE. 



Herbs or shrubs, pervaded by an innocent mucilaginous sap. Some species are ornamental, such 

 as Abutilon, Althaea, Hibiscus; a few are weeds. Indian Mallow affords tough bark for cordage. 

 A small family widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions. 



Fig. 144 (128). 



Velvet Leaf American Jute. AbuHlon 

 Theophrasti Medic. (Abutilon Avicennae Gaertn. 

 Abutilon Abutilon Rusby.) A finely velvety 

 annual, 60-120 cm. high; leaves roundish, 

 heart-shaped, velvety; corolla yellow; heads 

 of fruit, 2-2.5 cm. broad; pistils 12-15, beaked, 

 opening with age. Naturalized from Southern 

 Asia, occasionally found in the southern 

 peninsula. The plant likes warm weather and 

 deep rieh soil. 



Fig. 145 (129). 



Bladder Ketmia. Hibiscus Trio?ium L. 

 A low rather hairy annual; upper leaves three- 

 parted; flowers pale yellow with a purple eye; 

 calyx in fruit inflated', five-winged. 



