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M A'LVA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Monade'lphia, Poly'andria. 
Natural Order. Malva'ce.e:, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 271. — Sm. 
Gram, of But. p. 148. — Lindl. Syn. p. 40 ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. p. 
33. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 476. — Loud. Ilort. Brit. p. 502. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) double, permanent ; outer smallest, 
of 3 egg-shaped, pointed leaves ; inner of 1 leaf, divided half way 
down into 5 broad segments. Petals (fig. 7.) 5, inversely heart- 
shaped, abrupt, flat, their claws attached to the tube formed by the 
stamens. Filaments (fig. 3.) numerous, hair-like, united below into 
a tube. Anthers (fig. 5.) kidney-shaped. Germen round, fiat. 
Style (fig. 4.) cylindrical. Stigmas numerous, bristle-shaped, about 
as long as the style. Capsules as many as the stigmas, flat, 2-valved, 
1-celled, ranged in a circle round the columnar receptacle, finally 
deciduous. Seeds solitary, kidney-shaped. 
Distinguished from Althea and Lavatera by its outer calyx of 
three distinct leaves. 
Three species British. 
MA'LVA MOSCHA'TA. Musk Mallow. 
Spec. Char. Stem upright, lower leaves kidney-shaped, in 5 
or 7 broad cut lobes. Stein-leaves with 5 deeply wing-cleft, jagged 
segments. Stem and Calyx scabrous from simple hairs. 
Eng. Bot. t.754. — Curt. Fi. Lond. t. 228. — Bot. Mag. v. xlix. t. 2298. — Linn. 
Sp. PI. p. 971.— Muds. FI. A ngl. (2nd ed.) p. 308. — Sm. Flora Britannica, v. ii. 
p. 741. Eng. FI. v. iii. p. 247. — With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 810. — Lindl. Syn. p. 
40. — Hook. 15r. FI. p.314. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p.376. — Sibth. Fi. Oxon. p. 
216. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 151. — Belli. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p.282. — Purt. Mid. 
FI. v. i. p. 324. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 209. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 152. — Smiih’s 
Plants of South Kent, p. 38.— FI. Devon, pp. 117 & 179. — Johnston’s FI. of 
Berwick, v. i. p. 153. — Perry’s PI. Yarv. Selecta;, p. 59. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 
202. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 9. — Mack. Catal. of l’l. of liel. p. 64. — Alcea tenui- 
folia crispa ; Dillenius, in Ray’s Syn. p. 253. 
Localities. — Meadows, pastures, road-sides, hedge-banks, woods, &c. — On 
a gravelly soil. — Mot unfrequent in most parts of Britain, especially in the Mid- 
land Counties. — Oxfordsh. Culliam Heath, Southleigh, and between Witney 
and Burford: Dr. SiBTiionr. Road-side between Woodstock Paik and Stones- 
field ; between Stonesfield and Ashford Mills ; and between Ashford Mills and 
the Leathern Bottle public house ; July 30, 1831. On a bank close to the river 
Evenlode, between Church Handborough and Ensham : W. B. In woods and 
fields at Church Handborough: Mr. W. Tew, 1832. Headington, near Ox- 
ford : Mrs. Lorina Walker, in Walk. FI. of Oxf. Stoke Spinny Wood, and 
Gravenhill Wood, plentifully : Mr. G. Woodward. On the outside of W'ootton 
Wood, and in a lane between Tackley and Rousham : Miss Armetriding. 
Near Alvescott: Mr. H. Barrett. — Berks ; Cumnor Hurst, and Bagley Wood: 
W. B.—Bedfordsh. About Milton, Clapham, and Bletsoe : Rev. C. Abbot. — 
Cambridgesh. Kingston Wood, and Linton: Rev. R. Rei.han. — Devon; 
Meadows and hedges, frequent: Messrs. Jones and Kingston. — Kent; On 
the rugged hill side near Lymne Castle, and by the road side at Lyminge : Rev. 
G. E. Smith. — Leicestersh. About Grooby Pool, near Leicester: Rev. A. 
Bloxam, in Loud. Mag. of Nat. Hist. v. iii. p. 167. — Surrey ; About Batter- 
sea: Mr. W. Pamrlin, jun. — Somersetsh. At Hampton Rocks, Warley, 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. The same, showing the circular arrangement of the 
Capsules. — Fig. 3. Stamens, Style, and Stigmas. — Fig. 4. Style and Stigmas, 
after the Stamens are removed. — Fig. 5. An Anther. — Fig. 6. An Anther, after 
shedding its Pollen.— Fig. 7. A Petal. 
* Altered from Malache, Gr. soft, in allusion to the emollient nature of the 
species. Dr. Hooker. 
