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15, MALTACE^. 
2, Aith;ea. Styles many. Cal. double, ouJter 6 — 'd-f.d, 
inner 5-fid. Carpels as in Malva. 
3. Lavatera. Styles many. Cal. double, ottter S-lobed, 
inner 5-fid. Carpels as in 3Ialva. 
1. Mal'ta Linn. Mallow. 
1. M. moscMta (L.) ; st. erect, 1. kidneyshaped toith b or 7 
■deep hijnnnatifid lobes, lower 1. incise-crenate, stipules lanceolate 
acute, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. linear-lanceolate, fruit hairy. 
— £. B. 754. R. V. 169. — Fl. large, rose-coloured, on axillary 
single-flowered peduncles, crowded at the extremity of the stem 
and brandies. Cal. hairy. St. 1 — 2 feet high. — Gravelly places. 
P. VII. Vm. Musk 3taUow. E. S. I. 
\_M. Alcea (L.); outer sep. ovate acute, fr, glabrous; should 
be found in England.] 
2. M. sylves'tris (L.); st. -erect, I. hidney shaped with 5 — 7 deep 
eremite lobes, stipules lanceolate, fruitstalks erect, outer sep. lan- 
ceolate, fruit gkdtrous reticidate-rugose. — E. B. 671. R. v. 168.- — 
FL large, in axillary clusters. Pet. much longer than the hair}- 
calyx, pui-ple. St. 2 — 4 feet high. — Eoadsides and waste places. 
P. VI. — IX. Cmnmmi Mallow. E. S. I. 
3. M. rotundifdUa (L.) ; st. decumbent, 1. roxmdish-heartshaped 
with 5 — 7 shallow acutely crenate lobes, stipides ovate acute, 
fruitstalks retiexed, outer sepals linear-lanceolate sho7-ter than the 
ovate-acuminate stellately hairy inner ones, pet. 2 or 3 times 
longer than the calyx, fruit pubescent, cai-p. rounded on the edge 
smooth. — E. B. 1092. M. vidyaris 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. Dicarf 
Mallow. E. S. 1. 
[ilf. boredlis (Wallm.) ; outer as long as the glabrous but ciliate 
inner sepals, carp, margined netted rugose. — M. ]>usilia E. B. 
241. M. rotundifolia Fr. — Carp, meeting each other with a 
toothed edge. Axis of fr. \ as long as in Sp. 3. Like Sp. 3. — 
Hythe, Kent ; now lost. A. VII. r] . E. 
\_M. verticiUdta (L.) ; st. erect, 1. with 5 deep triangular acute 
lobes, fl. axillary clustered nearly sessile, pet. about as long as 
the calyx, carp, glabrous rounded on the edge. — E. B. S. 2953. 
— Fl. small.— Near Llanelly, S. Wales. Not a native.] E. 
2. Alth.e'a Linn. 
1. A. officinalis (L.) ; I. soft on both sides crenate or crenate- 
serrate cordate or ovate 3 — 5-lobed, ped. axillary iiiany-fl. shorter 
than the leaves, st downy.— ^..B. 147. i?. v. 173.— St. 2—3 
