180 FLORA OP* TEXAS. 



Sid A. Involucel none. Ovule resupinate-penduloiis. 

 Radical superior, 



** Carpels i-few-seeded. 



Abutilon. Carpels 1-celled, involucel none. 

 MoDiOLA. Carpels transversely 2-celled. Involucel 

 3-leaved. 



Tribe II. Urenese. Carpels half as many as the 

 stigmas, separating at maturity. Anthers borne above the 

 middle of the column. 



Patonia. Carpels 5, dry, 1-seeded. Involucel 3-leaved. 



Tribe III. Hisbisceae. Carpels as many as the stig- 

 mas, united at maturity, and forming a loculicidal capsule. 

 Column bearing the anthers throughout, or from above the 

 middle. 



KosTELETZKYA. Cclls of the depressed capsule 1-seeded. 



Hibiscus. Cells of the globose or oblong capsule few- 

 many-seeded. 



MALVA, L. Mallow. 



* Le&ves undivided. 



hivolucel 3-leaved, persistent. Petah obcordate. Styles 

 9-10, filiform, stigmatic on the inner face. Carpels broadly 

 reniform, beakless, 1-seeded, indehiscent, disposed in a cir- 

 cle around the central axis, from which they separate after 

 maturity. Enihryo nearly annular. Radicle inferior. 

 Herbs. Leaves rounded. Floivers axillary, not yellow. 



M. ROTUXDiFOiJA, L. Stems several, prostrate; haves 

 long-petioled. round-cordate, crenate and crenately-lobed ; 

 flowers single or clustered, white veined with purple; car- 

 pels even. Perennial. 



** Leaves divided. 



M. lineariloba. stem clothed with spreading hairs. 



