ALVA ROTUNDIFOLIA. DwARfMaLLOW. 



MALVA Linnai Gen. PI, Monadelphia Polyandria. 



Cal. duplex: exterior triphyllus. Arilll plurimi, monofpermi. 



Rail Syn. Gen, 15. Herb.e semine nudo polyspermje. 

 MALVA rotundifolia caule proftrato, foliis cordato-orbiculatis obfolete quinquelobis, pedunculis fru&ife- 



ris declinatis. Lin. Syfl. Vegetal, p. 520, 

 MALVA caule repente, foliis cordato orbicularibus, obfolete quinquelobis. Halkr hijl. n. 1070. 

 MALVA rotundifolia. Scopoli Ft. Cam. n. 858. 

 MALVA fy lveftris folio rotundo. B. pin. 314.. 

 MALVA fylveftris pumila. Ger. em. 930. 

 MALVA fylveftris minor. Park. 299. Rail fyn. 251. Small wild Mallow or Dwarf Mallow. 



Hudfon. Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 307. 



Lightfoot. Flor. Scot. p. 375. 



RADIX annua, in terram alte defcendens, albida. | ROOT annual, ftriking deep into the earth, of a 



I whitifh colour. 



CAULES plures ex una radice, proftrati, dodrantales, % STALKS feveral from one root, laying proftrate on 

 etiam pedales et ultra, teretes, pubefcentes, J the ground, from nine to twelve inches in 



extus purpurafcentes. % length or more, round, downy, and moll com- 



| monly purplifh. 



FOLIA alterna, petiolata, utrinque minutim pubef- | LEAVES alternate, ftanding on footftalks, covered 

 centia, fcabriufcula, fubrotundo reniformia, $ on both fides with a fine down, flightly 



quinque vel feptemloba ; lobis rotundatis, | rough, of a roundifh, kidney-fhaped form, 



margine ferrata, mbtus fubfeptemnervia, ex- ^ ufually divided into five or feven roundifh 



trema fenfim majora. | lobes, ferrated at the edge, having generally 



I on the under fide feven ribs, thofe fartheft 



% from the root gradually largeft. 



PETIOLI teretes, elongati, pubefcenti-fcabri, fupra | LEAF-STALKS round, long, downy, with a flight 



fulcati. % roughnefs, grooved on the upper fide. 



STIPULJE duae, oppofit», parviufculae, lanceolate, | STIPULE two, oppofite, fmallifh, lanceolate, point- 



acutae, ciliatae, pubefcentes. _ | ed, edged with hairs and downy. 



FLORES plerumque gemini, pedunculati, axillares, % FLOWERS generally growing in pairs, conne&ed to 

 pedunculis petiolis brevioribus, filiformibus, | flower ftalks, which fpring from the ahe 



teretibus, pubefcentibus, faepius inasqualibus. | of the leaves, and which are fhorter than the 



I leaf-ftalks, thread fhaped, round, downy, 



I and for the molt, part unequal. 



CALYX: Perianthium duplex, exterius triphyl- % CALYX : a double Perianthium, the outer one 



lum ; foliolis lineari fubulatis, obtufis ; in- | compofed of three linear tapering leaves, 



terius campanulatum, pubefcenti^ fcabrum, | bluntifh at the point; the inner one bell- 



quinquefidum ; laciniis ovato acutis, eredtis, | maped, downy, with a flight roughnefs, di- 



carinatis, margine ferratis, fubundulatis. | vided into five fegments, of an oval pointed 



fig' 1. % fhape, upright, keel'd, the edge ferrated and 



I flightly waved, fig. 1 . 



COROLLA alba, _ venis rubellis ^ pifta, Petal a | COROLLA white, ftriped with reddifli veins, Petals- 



quinque, lineari cuneiformia, cbtufa, emar- | five, of a narrow wedge fhape, blunt, notch- 



ginata, calyce paulo longiora, ere&a fubfef- | e d at the extremity, a little longer than the 



filia. fig. 2. t calyx, upright, nearly femle. fig. 2. 



STAMINA : Filamenta plurima, monadelpha^ co- | STAMINA : Filaments numerous, united into one 



lumna cylindrica, glabra, corolla breviore, | body, the column cylindrical, fmooth, fhort- 



fuperne breviter libera. % er than the corolla, at top fhort and loofe. 



ANTHERS parvae, fubrotundo, echinatae, undique | ANTHERS fmall, roundifh, prickly, hanging down 



nutantes. fig. 3. f all around, fig. 3. 



PISTILLUM : Germen orbiculatum, depreffum, in- | PISTILLUM : Germen orbicular, flatten'd, placed 

 fra receptaculum corollas; Styli plures, | below the receptacle of the corolla ; Styles 



fubulati, ereffci, vix pubefcentes, longitudine t numerous, tapering, upright, fcarcely downy, 



ftaminum ; Stigmata fimplicia. fig. 4. | the length of the ftamina; Stigma t a fimple.4. 



SEMINA ut in fylveftri, at minora, fig. 5. | SEEDS as in the fylveftris, but fmaller. fig. 5. 



We meet with this fpecies of Mallow on dry Banks, alfo under Pales and Walls in great plenty, it is obvioufly 

 diftinguifhed from the common mallow by having a procumbent flalk, and fmall white flowers flightly tinged 

 with red. 



It continues to blow from June to September. 



Halle» and Scopoli defcrjbes the ftalk as creeping, our plant certainly does not creep. 



