82 VASCULAR PLANTS. 



Family XLV. Malvaceae. 



Claws of the petals united with each other, 

 and with the column of go , monadelphous sta- 

 mens. Anthers reniform, 1-locular. 



i. Lavatera, L. 



Involucre 3 — 6-cleft. Ovaries go, verticil- 

 late; 1-ovulate; style 1, springing from the re- 

 ceptacle; stigmas go , filiform. Fruit a schizo- 

 carp. Seed ascending. It. ^ . 



2. Malva, L. 



Involucre 3-leaved. Ovary go -locular; loculi 

 1-ovulate; styles as many as loculi, united at 

 base; stigmas obtuse. Fruit a depressed cap- 

 sule. Seed ascending. . U . 



3 Sidalcea, Gray. 



Involucre 0. Ovary cc-locular; loculi 1-ovu- 

 late; styles as many as loculi, united at base. 

 Fruit go , corneous schizocarps. Seed ascend- 

 ing. 



. 11 • flowers purple. 



4. Sphgeralcea, St. Hil. 



Ovary co -locular; loculi 1-ovulate; styles as 

 many as loculi, united at base; stigmas capi- 

 tate. Fruit a loculicidous capsule, at length 

 also septicidous. It ■ T <? • 



