15. MAIVACEJ;. 
7. C. latifdlittm (L.) ; pubescence short, st. prostrate ctespitose, 
1. elliptic or lanceolate, fl. 1 — 3, sep. bluut with membraBous 
margins, bracts herbaceous, caps, slightly nan-owing straight, 
svWi- larffe nigose, fruitstalks obliquely patent. — -E B. 473. — 
Pubescence short, rigid, yellowish. BaiTen shoots usually long. 
L. variable in shape. — ^. Edmondstonii (Wats.): 1. roundish- 
ovate dark green, st. short denselv leafy. — Alpine parts of ^^ ales 
iuid Scotlajid. ^. Unst, Shetland. V. E. S. 
8. C. alpbutm (L.) ; hairy, st. ascending, 1. ovate ovate-oblong 
or lanceolate, fl. few, sep. bluntish with membranous margins, 
bracts herbaceous their margins often narrowly membranous, 
caps, nearly cylindrical curved at the end, seeds small acutely 
it(berclcd, fmitstalks obliquely patent. — E. B. 472. -S^. 64. 3. — 
Pubescence long, silky. St. much branched below, then simple, 
elongated, pi-ostrate or ascending. Fl. 1, 2 or 3 together, in a 
forked panicle, shorter than their stalks. — Alpine parts of Scot- 
land and the North of England. P. VI.— Vin. E. S. 
9. C. trig'ymnn (^'ill.) ; st. decumbent xcith an alternate hainj 
li)ie, 1. elliptic-oblong, ped. pubescent 1 — 3-flowered terminal, 
bracts herbaceous, styles mostly 3, caps, rather longer than the 
calyx. — SteHarta cerasto'ides L. JE. B. 911. — St. 4—8 in. long, 
slender, leafless and much branched below. L. light green, gla- 
brous (or hairy in C. nivale Don), subsecund and subfalcate. Fl. 
large, white. Teeth of caps. G— 10. — Highland mountains. P. 
VII. Yin. s. I. 
16. Moen'chia Ehrh. 
1. J/, ercc'ta (Sm.) ; stam. L—E. B. 609. R. v. 22".— Glau- 
cous. St. erect, glabrous, 1 — 1 in. high. L. opposite, linear-lan- 
ceolate, acute, rigid. Sep. with broad white membranous mar- 
gins, acute. — Dry gi-aveUy and sandy places. A. V. W. E. 
_ Order XV. MALVACE^. 
Sep. 5 or 3 or 4, more or less connected below, often double, 
valvate in the bud. Pet. as many as the sepals, adnate to base 
of stam., t-wisted in the bud. Stam. many, connected at the 
base into a short tube ; anth. 1-celled, reniform, bursting trans- 
versely. Ovary formed by the union of several carpels round a 
common axis. Cai-p. 1- or many-seeded. Embrj-o curved with 
twisted or doubled cotyledons, albumen variable in quantity. — 
L. alternate, vdih. stipules. Fl. axillary. 
1. Maxa'a. Styles many. Cal. double, oider 3-leaved, inner 
5-fid. Carpels in a ring round a thick axis, each 1-seeded. 
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