MALLOW FAMILY, Malvaceae. 
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Ghesker bade A pretty perennial, with several leaning, 
Sidélcea hairy stems, one or two feet tall, and dark 
malvaeflora green leaves, Some plants have perfect 
Pink flowers, an inch or more across, often very 
Spring 
pale pink, and others have only rudimen- 
tary stamens and smaller flowers, usually 
deep pink in color, but the plant is very variable. This is 
common near the coast. It is sometimes called Wild 
California 
Hollyhock. 
psn This is from one to three feet tall, with 
. Sidalcea Neo- 
at oxictnd smooth, rather dark green leaves and very 
Pink pretty, pale purplish-pink flowers with 
Summer pale-yellow anthers and pinkish pistil. 
eee This grows in the mountains. 
New Mex., 
Col., Wyo. There are many kinds of Malvastrum, 
natives of America and Africa; perennial 
herbs or shrubs; the calyx often with three outer bracts; 
the stamen-column bearing anthers at the top; the stig- 
mas with round heads. The name is from the Greek, 
meaning ‘‘star-mallow.”’ 
A very pretty desert plant, from six to 
Spotted Mall . i 
potted Mallow eight inches tall, the coloring of the flowers, 
Malvésirum = 
rotundifolium stems, and leaves vivid and oddly con- 
Pink trasting, for the stems are bright red and 
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a4 en hairy, and the leaves stiff, hairy, and 
bronze-green in color, while the lovely 
globe-shaped flowers, which are over an inch across, are 
delicately shaded from lilac to rose outside and paler inside, 
with conspicuous round blotches of orange-vermilion at 
the base of each petal within. The calyx and buds are 
very hairy, the petals each have a twist to one side, and 
the mauve stamens form a pretty cluster in the center. 
These flowers last a long time in water, closing at night and 
opening again in the morning. 
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