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15. MALVACE^. 
2. M. sylves'tris (L.) ; st. erect, I. palmate with 5 — 7 (Zee/? 
crenate lohes, stipules lanceolate, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. 
lanceolate,. reticidate-rugose, its axis an acute cone with 
concave sides.— ^. B. 671. R. v. 168.— Fl. large, in axillary 
clusters. Pet. much longer than the hairy calyx, purple. St. 
2—4 ft. high. [Carp, sometimes hairy, var. lasiocarpa Druce.] — Road- 
sides and waste places. — P. VI. — IX. Gammon Mallow. 
E. S. I. 
IM. nicwen'sis (All.) resembling Sp. 2, but with pet. only twice as long as 
cal. and netted carp, with winged ridges, occurs as a casual.] 
3. J/, rotundifdlia (L. eni. Sm.) ; st. decumbent, 1. roundish- 
heartshaped with 5 — 7 shallow acutely crenate lobes, stipules 
ovate acute, fruitstalks reflexed, 02der sepals linear-lanceolate 
shorter than the ovate-acuminate stellateli/ havry inner ones, 
pet. 2 or 3 times as long as the calyx, fruit pubescent, carp, 
rounded on the edge smooth. — £. 7>. 1092. i¥. vulgaris (Fries), 
R. V. 167. — Fl. small, purple. Carp, meeting each other with 
a straight line. Axis of the fr. rather large. — Waste places. 
P. ? VI.— IX. Dwarf Mallow. E. S. I. 
[U. p(iri-iJUjm(L.), with short pod., broadly ovate-?ituc/-o«o(e accrescent inner 
Sep., pet. scarcely exceeding cal., carp, hairy transversely rugose with distinctly 
u-ingrd edges, and M. verlicilhita (L.) E. B. !S. 2953, with very short ped. , 
broadly ovate-at-Mic accrescent inner sep., pet. scarcely exceeding cal. and carp, 
glabrous nearly smooth with squarisli edges, are occasionally found.] 
*4. M. pnsil'la (Sm.) ; outer as long as the glabrous but ciliate 
inner sepals, pet. scarcely exceeding cal., carp, margined netted 
rugose [with short hairs]. — M. hovealis (Wallm.). M. rotmidi- 
folia (Fr.). — Carp, meeting each other with a toothed edge. 
Axis of fr. h as long as in Sp. 3. Much resembling Sp. 3. — 
Kent. Anthony, Cornw. Near London. A. VII. ? E. 
2. Alth.k'a TAvii. 
1. A. ojicindlis (L.) ; 1. soft on both sides crenate or crenate- 
serrate cordate or ovate 3 — 5-lobed, ped. axillary many-fl. 
falling short of the leaves, st. downy.— i;*. 7J. 147. R. v. 173. — 
St. 2 — 3 ft. high. Covered with soft velvety pubescence. — 
Marshes, particularly near the sea. P. VIII. IX. .]/arsh- 
Mallow. E. S.? I. 
t2. A.hirsHta^L.) ; hispid cordate, lower 1. reniform bluntly 
."j-lobed, upper 1. palmate with 5 or 3 acute lobes, ped. axillary 
1-fiowered exceeding the leaves, st. hispid. — E. H. S. 2674. 
.ft. V. 172.— Stem and calyx very hispid.- Between Cobham 
and Cuxton, Kent. N. Somerset {lloolc). A. VL VII. E. 
