58 malvacej;. 



Waste plao from gardens, sparingly naturalized. Juno — Oct. Per. 



Stem 2 to 3 feet high. I lowers reddish purple, with veins of a darker hue. Wholo 

 plant emollient and mucilaginous. Native of Europe. 



4. M. crispa, L. Curled or Crisped-leaved Mallow. 



Stem erect; leaves angular-lobcd, dentate, crisped, smooth; flowers axillary, ses- 

 tile. A tall, straight, simple, erect plant from Syria. Gardens, almost naturalized . 

 Stem 5 to G feet high. Leaves large, roundish, margin abundantly crisped and 

 curled. Flowers small, inconspicuous, white. June, August; 



5. M. mosciiata, L. Musk Mallow. 



Stem erect; radical leaves reniform, incised; stem laves many-parted, the seg- 

 tnents linear; p-.duncles and calyx hairy. Native of Britain. Sterns 2 feet high, 

 branched. Flowers large and handsome, rose-colored and white. The whole plant 

 emits a musk-like odor in favorable weather. July. Perennial. 



2. ALTHEA. Linn. Hollyhock. 



Gr. altliea, to cure. 



Calyx 5-cleft surrounded at base by a 6 to 9 cleft invo- 

 lucre. Carpels many, 1-sceded, indehiseent, arranged circu- 

 larly around the axis. 



1. A. officinalis, L. • Marsh Hollyhock. 



Stem erect ; . or Blightly heart-shaped, toothed, sometimes 3-lobcd, 



cloth d with velvety down; peduncles axillary, many-flowered, much shorter than 

 the leaves. 



A European plant, cultivated in gardens and in some places naturalized. Aug. — 

 Sept. Per. Stem 2 to 3 feet high, erect, firm, very downy. Leaves alternate. 

 Flowers large, axillary and terminal, pale purple. Medicinal. 



2. A. rosea, Cra. Hollyhock. 



Stem erect, hairy ; leaves cordate, 5 to 7 an I ; flowers axillary, sessile. 



Native of China. Annual and biennial. F lowers have, with numerous varieties 

 of single, double and semi-double flowers of various shades of coloring, as white, 

 crimson, dark red, purple, brownish-black, yellow, straw-color, &c Cultivated in 

 gardens. 



3. A. ficifolia, Cav. Fig-leaved Hollyhock. 



Stems erect, hairy; leaves palmate, 7-lobed beyond the middle, lobes oblong, 

 obtuse, angularly toothed. Native of the Levant, Cultivated for ornament. 

 Flowers large, orange-colored. 



3. HIBISCUS. Linn. 



Calyx 5-cleft, or 5-toothed, surrounded by a many-leaved 

 involucel. ANTHER-bearing column prolonged, the apex 

 generally divided into 5 slender styles bearing the 5 globular 

 stigmas. Capsule 5-celled, 5 or many-seeded, opening into 

 5 valves which bear the partition on their middle.— Herbs or 

 $}i,rubs } usually with large and showy flowers, 



