54 carvopiiyllejE — malvace^:. 
8. C. lutifolium (L.) ; pubescence short rigid glandular dense, 
st. prostrate ccespituse, I. orbicular blunt, fl. usually solitary, sep. 
blunt with membranous margins, bracts herbaceous, "caps, scarcely 
longer than the calyx." — C. latifolium car. glaciate (Gaud.) Koch 
in St. 64. 15. R. 4975. Edmondston in Phyt. i. 497 — St. short, 
densely leafy. L. dark green. Peduncle equalling the flower, 
longer than the fruit. This appears to be the true Linnaean plant. 
— Unst, Shetland. Mr. T. Edmondston, Jun. P. V. S. 
9. C. arvense (L.) ; st. ascending prostrate below, I. linear- 
lanceolate, fl. numerous, sep. and brads lanceolate slightly acute 
with membranous margins and apices, caps, at last longer than the 
calyx. — E. B. 93. — St. long. Fl. 7 — 14, in dichotomous pani- 
cles. Fruitstalks erect, bent just under the calyx. — In gravelly 
and chalky places. P. IV.— VIII. 
17. Cherleria Linn. 
1. C. sedoides (L.). The only species.— E. B. 1212. — Pet. 
generally wanting. Fl. solitary, on short stalks. St. very nu- 
merous, forming a dense mass close to the ground. L. very nu- 
merous, linear-subulate, finely ciliated. — Summits of the highland 
mountains. P. VI.— VIII. S. 
Order XVI. MALVACEAE. 
Sep. 5 or 3 or 4, more or less connected below, often double, 
aestivation valvate. Pet. as many as the sepals, aestivation twist- 
ed. Stam. monadelphous, indefinite; anth. 1-celled, reniform 
bursting transversely. Ovary formed by the union of several 
carpels round a common axis. Carp. 1- or many-seeded. Em- 
bryo curved with twisted or doubled cotyledons, albumen variable 
in quantity. — L. alternate, with stipules. 
1. Malva. Styles numerous. Cal. double, outer 3-leaved, 
inner 5-fid. Caps, orbicular, many-celled: cells 1-seeded 
and circularly arranged. 
2. Alth.ea. Styles numerous. Cal. double, outer 6 — 9 -fid, 
inner 5-fid. Caps, orbicular, many-celled: cells 1-seeded 
and circularly arranged. 
3. Lavatera. Styles numerous. Cal. double, outer 3-lobed, 
inner 5-fid. Caps, orbicular, many-celled: cells 1-seeded 
and circularly arranged. 
1. Malva Linn. 
1. M. moBchata (L.) ; st. erect, 1. kidneyshaped with 5 or 7 
deep pinnatifid lobes, lower 1. inciso-crenate, stipules lanceolate 
acute, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. linear-lanceolate, fruit hairy. 
— E. B. 754. R. 4841. — Fl. large, rose-coloured, on axillary 
single flowered peduncles, crowded at the extremity of the stem 
