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and branches. Cal. hairy. St. 1 — 2 feet high. — Gravelly places. 
P. VII. VIII. Musk Mallow. 
2. M. sylveslris (L.) ; st. erect, I. kidnryshapcd with 7 deep 
annate lobes, stipules lanceolate, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. 
lanceolate, fruit glabrous reticulate-rugose.— E. B. 671 • R- 4840. 
— Fl. large. Pet. much longer than the hairy calyx, purple, on 
axillary aggregated peduncles. St. 2 — 1 feet high. — Road-sides 
and waste places. P. VI. — IX. Common Mallow. 
3. M. rotundifolia (L.) ; st. decumbent, 1. roundish-heartshaped 
with 5 shallow acutely crenate lobes, stipules ovate-acute, fruit- 
stalks decurved, outer sepals linear-lanceolate shorter than the 
ovate- acuminate stellatcly hairy inner ones, pet. 2 or 3 times 
longer than the calyx, fruit pubescent rounded on the edge 
smooth. — E. B. 1092. M. vulgaris Fries. — Fl. small, purple. 
Carpels meeting each other with a straight line. Central disk of 
the fruit rather large. — Waste places. P. ? VI. — IX. Dwarf 
Mallow. 
4. M. borealis (Wallm.) ; st. decumbent, 1. roundish heart- 
shaped with 5 rather shallow crenate-serrate lobes, stipules 
lanceolate, fruitstalks deflexed, outer sej). linear as long as the 
ovate-acute glabrous but strongly ciliated inner ones, pet. about 
as long as the calyx, fr. pubescent margined reticulate-rugose. 
—M. pusilla Sm. E. B. 241. M. rotundifolia Fries, R. ! 4835. 
— Fl. very small. Carpels meeting each other with a toothed 
edge (R.). Central disk half as large as in the preceding plant. I 
have seen no native specimens of this plant, but described it from 
foreign authors and Reichenbach's figure, and specimen which is 
without fruit.— Near Hythe in Kent. Huds. A. VII. ? E. 
2. Althaea Linn. 
1. A. officinalis (L.) ; 1. soft on both sides crenate or crenate- 
serrate cordate or ovate 3 — 5-lobed, peduncles axillary many- 
flowered shorter than the leaves, st. downy. — E. B. 147- R. 4849. 
— St. 2 — 3 feet high. Covered throughout with soft velvety pu- 
bescence. — Marshes, particularly near the sea. P. VIII. IX. 
Marsh Mallow. 
+2. A. hirsuta (L.) ; 1. hispid, lower 1. reniform obtusely 
5-lobed, upper 1. palmate with 5 or 3 acute lobes, peduncles 
axillary single-flowered longer than the leaves, st. hispid. — 
E. B. S. 2674. R. 4846.- — Remarkably hispid on its stem leaves 
and calyx. — Between Cobham and Cuxton, Kent. A.VI.VII. — E. 
3. Lavatera Linn. 
1. L. arborea (L.) ; st. woody, 1. 7-angled plaited velvety, 
peduncles axillary aggregated single-flowered shorter than the 
petioles.— E. B. 1841. R. 4857 — Fl. much like those of Malva 
