MALLOW FAMILY, Malvaceae. 
bracts below, resembling another calyx; petals five, their 
bases or claws united with each other and with the base of 
the stamen-tube; stamens numerous, united by their 
filaments into a column, forming a tube enclosing the 
pistils; fruit a capsule, breaking when ripe into several one- 
seeded parts, or splitting down the back of the valves, 
allowing the seeds to escape. The little fruits are com- 
monly called ‘‘cheeses.”. True Mallows are introduced 
“‘weeds”’ in this country. 
The only kind, a fine shrub, from four to 
Arizona Wild eight feet high, with smooth leaves, most 
Cotton — of them with three lobes, and handsome 
Thurbéria : : ” ; 
Sharhecistion cream-white flowers, tinged with pink on 
(Ingenhouzia the outside and measuring two inches 
ir-loba) across. This grows in the mountains of 
chic southern Arizona and is beautiful under 
Summer : ; : : 
ioe cultivation, often growing to a height of 
six or eight feet in a season. 
There are a number of kinds of Sidalcea, difficult to 
distinguish; perennials; leaves round in general outline, 
variously cut and lobed; flowers showy, in terminal clusters; 
calyx with no outer bracts, or with only one; stamen- 
column double; stigmas threadlike, distinguishing them 
from Malvastrum and Sidalcea. 
This has velvety leaves, those from the 
R Mall 
cee us root much less deeply lobed than the 
Califérnica others, and a slender, slightly hairy stalk, 
Pink one to two feet tall, leaning to one side 
Spring = -pi 
Caiiecad and bearing a loose raceme of rose-pink 
flowers, with petals about an inch long. 
Only one or two flowers are open at a time, but they are 
very pretty and conspicuous in open woods and along the 
edges of fields, around Santa Barbara, in May. 
Cebus Matton A pretty plant, with one or more smooth, 
dt iden Orestes pale, branching stems, about two feet 
Pink tall, and dark green leaves, with con- 
Summer, autumn spicuous veins. The buds are downy and 
Northwest the flowers are about three-quarters of an 
inch across, with pale pink petals, prettily veined, shading 
to white at the center. The anthers are white and the 
pistil, when the stigmas have expanded, is prettily tipped 
with a tiny crimson brush. 
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