608 MALVACEAE. 



ALSINE, Toum. 



A. Pitcheri. Stems erect (3'-G' high) ; leaves narrow-linear, obtuse; 

 cyme peduncled, setaceous, spreading; petals oblong, longer than the 3-5- 

 nerved lanceolate-subulate sepals. (Arenaria, Nutt.) — Eastern shore of 

 Mobile Bay [Mohr). 



STELLARIA, L. 



S. crassifolia, Ehrhart. Stems weak, diffuse (6'- 12' long); leaves 

 linear-spatulate or oblong, spreading ; peduncles axillary, longer than the 

 leaves ; flowers very small, mostly 4-androus ; petals longer than the calyx, 

 or none; sepals 3-nerved, acute (Sagina fontinalis, Short Sf Peters). — 

 Springy places, Tennessee {Dr. Gattinger). April. — Flowers apetalous. 



Order MALVACEAE. 



MALVASTRUM, Gray. 



M. Rugelii, Watson. Stems erect, much branched, stellate-hairy; 

 leaves ovate, coarsely serrate, slender-petioled ; flowers axillary, small, sin- 

 gle, or the upper ones densely spiked ; involucel 3-leaved, as long as the very 

 hairy calyx ; petals yellow, oblique; carpels 12, even, awnless. (Malope, Ell. 

 Malva, L.) — South Florida. — Stems 2° -4° high. Flowers \' wide. 



SIDA, L. 



S. COrdifolia, L. Annual, villous ; stem tall, much branched ; leaves 

 ovate, cordate, entire or angularly 8-lobed, crenate-serrate ; flowers small, 

 yellow, mostly crowded in axillary and terminal racemes; carpels 10-12, 

 shorter than the slender retrorsely scabrons awns. (S. altlueifolia, var. aris- 

 tosa, DC.) — Cedar Keys, Florida. Introduced. November. — Stem 3°-5° 

 high. Leaves 2' -3' long. 



PAVONIA, Car. 



P. racemosa, Swartz. Shrubby, tomentose, sparingly branched ; leaves 

 petioled, cordate-ovate, acuminate, slightly serrate, 3-nerved ; stipules subu- 

 late, deciduous ; racemes terminal, leafless, few-flowered ; involucel 8-leaved ; 

 petals twice as long as the calyx, convolute, " dull white tinged with yellow " ; 

 stigmas sessile, " carpels unarmed." — Miami and Key Biscayne [Garber, 

 Cwtiss).—Stem 6° -8° high. 



P. spinifex, Willd. Shrubby, hirsute ; leaves long-petioled, oblong- 

 ovate or cordate, coarsely serrate: flowers long-peduneled ; involucel 8- 

 leaved, longer than the calyx, shorter than the yellow corolla ; carpels armed 

 with three stout retrorsely bearded spines. — Charleston [Rev. Dr. Bachman), 

 M.iyport, Florida {Curtiss). Introduced. — Stem 3° -5° high. Corolla V 

 wide. 



