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bursting; transversely- Ovary formed by the union of several 
carpels ronml a common axis. Carp. 1- or many-seeded. Em- 
bryo curved with twisted or doubled cotyledons, albumen variable 
in (piantity. — L. alternate, with stipnles. 
1. Malva. Styles numerous. Cal. double, outer ‘3-leaved, 
inner 5-fid. Caps, orbicular, many-celled : cells 1 -seeded 
•and cii'cnlarly arranged. 
2. Altha 5A. Styles numerous. Cal. double, owter 6 — 9-fid, 
inner 5-fid. Caps, orbicular, many-celled : cells 1-seeded 
and circularly arranged. 
3. Lavatera. Styles numerous. Cal. double, outer 3-loded, 
inner 5-fid. Caj)s. orbicular, many-celled : cells l-seeded 
and circularly ai’ranged. 
1. Malva Linn. 
1. M. moschata (L.); st. erect, 1. kidneyshaped with 5 or 7 
deep pinnatifid lobes, lower 1. inciso-crenate, stij)ules lanceolate 
acute, fruitstalks erect, outer sej). linear-lanceolate, hairy. 
— E. B. 754. R. 4841. — FI. large, rose-coloured, on axillary 
single-fiowered peduncles, crowded at the extremity of the stem 
and branches. Cal. hairv. St. 1 — 2 feet high. — Gravelly jdaces. 
P. VII. VIII. Musk Mallow. 
2. M. sylvestris (L.) ; st. erect, 1. kidneyshaped with 5 — 7 deep 
crenate lobes, stipules lanceolate, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. 
lanceolate, fruit glabrous reticulate-rugose. — E. B. (>71. R. 4840. 
— FI. large. Pet. much longer than the hairy calyx, ])urple, on 
axillary aggregated peduncles. St. 2 — 4 feet high. — Road-sides 
and waste places. P. VI. — IX. Common Mallow. 
-S. 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 stellately hairy inner ones, pet. 2 or 3 times longer 
than the calyx, fi-uit pubescent, carp, rounded on the edge smooth. 
— E. B. 1092. M. vulgaris Fries. — FI. small, purple. Caqi. meet- 
ing each other with a straight line. Central disk of the ft-, rather 
large. — Waste places. P. ?VI. — IX. Dwarf Mallow. 
4. M. borealis (Wallin.); st. decumbent, 1. roundish-heart- 
shaped with 5 rather shallow crenate-dentate lobes, stipules 
lanceolate, fi-uitstalks deflexed, outer sep. linear as long as the 
ovate-acute glabrous but strongly ciliated inner ones, jiet. about 
as long as the calyx, fr. pubescent, carp, margined reticulate- 
rugose. — M. j>nsilla Sm. E. B. 241. M. rotundifolia Fries, R. ! 
4835.- — FI. veiy small. Carpels meeting each other with a 
toothed edge. Central disk half as large as in the preceding 
plant. — Hythe, Kent. Huds. A. VII. ? E. 
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