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j^jeatedly dichotomous, green. Fl. green, often solitary in the 
torks of the stem, or densely corymbose. — A biennial state 
(6. hiennis Reut.) is often taken for Sp. 2.— Sandy fields. A. 
VI.-VIII. E. S. I. 
2. S. peren'nis (L.) : decandrous, serjm. of fr.-cal. connivcnt 
blunt rounded with a broad blunt membranous margin. — E. B. 
352.— Styles usually falling short of the stamens. St. nearly 
simple or irregularly branched, procumbent, glaucous, at length 
reddish. Fl. variegated with green and white. L. erect, 
directed to one side. — Sandy fields in Norfolk and Suffolk. 
Stanner rocks, Radnorshire. P. VI. — VIII. E. 
Order XV. MALVACEAE. 
Sep. b or 3 or 4, moi'e or less connected below, often double, 
valvate in the bud. Pet. as many as the sepals, adnate to base 
of stam., twisted in the bud. Stam. many, connected at the 
base into a tube ; anth. 1 -celled, reniform, bursting trans- 
versely. Ovary formed by the union of several carpels round 
a common axis. Carp. 1- or many-seeded. Embryo curved 
with twisted or doubled cotyledons, albumen variable in quan- 
titj'. — L. alternate, with deciduous stipules. Fl. axillary. 
1. Malta. Styles many. Gal. double, owto- 3-/eamZ, inner 
5-fid. Carpels in a ring round a thick axis, each 1-seeded. 
2. Althaea. Styles many. Cal. double, outer 6 — ^-jid, 
inner 5-fid. Carpels as in Malva. 
3. Lavatera. Styles manjr. Cal. double, outer 'i-lohed, 
inner 5-fid. Carpels as in Malva. 
1. Mal'va Linn. Mallow. 
1. j1. niosdidta (L.) ; st. erect, 1. palmate aith 5 — 7 deep 
bipiimatifid lobes, lower 1. incise-crenate, stipules lanceolate 
acute, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. linear-lanceolate, fruit 
hairy. — E. B. 754. JR. v. 169. — Fl. large, rose-coloured, on 
axillary single-fiowered peduncles, crowded at the extremity 
of the stem and branches. Cal. hairy. St. 1 — 2 feet high. 
[Varies considerably in the cutting of tlie 1. : the common British form, var. 
laelniata (Lej.), has ali the 1. deeply lobed with narrow segments ; var. heterophylla 
(Lej.)has the lower roundish entire, the upper deeply lobed ; var. i ntertrifolia (he}.) 
has all roundish and more or less entire.] — Gravelly plaCCS P VII 
VIII. Musk Mallow. ' E. S. l'. 
[M. Alc(-a (L.) ; outer sep. ovate acute, fr. glabrous ; should 
be found in- England.] 
