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and larger more ovate or oval capsules. A further argument 
in proof of the two pi. being really distinct sp. is the occurrence 
of the true C. arvense L. (WB, ! i. 152 ; Bourg. ! PI. Can. exs. 
no. 719) in the Canaries, retaining all the char, and habit of 
the common English or European form. 
Order XII. MALVACEiE. 
The Mallow Eamily. 
FI. perfect. Cal. 5- (rarely 3-4-) cleft valvate in the bud, 
often double with an outer involucre or bracteolse. Cor. re- 
gular. Pet. as many as the inner sep. twisted in the bud, often 
connate with the stamen-tube. Stam. mostly numerous mona- 
delphous united into a tube ; anth. 1-celled reniform bursting 
transversely. Ovary composed of several or many carpels ar- 
ranged round a common axis. Fruit capsular rarely baccate. 
Carpels verticillate 1-many-seeded. Embryo curved with 
twisted or doubled cotyledons and little or no albumen. — Leaves 
alternate stipulate. Pubescence generally stellate. 
* Cal. double or involucrate. 
1. Lavatera. Inner cal. 5-cleft, outer of 3 leaves or bracts 
partly connate or united at the base. Caps, orbicular 
many-celled, cells 1-valved 1-locular 1-seeded unarmed 
simple. 
2. Malva. Inner cal. 5-cleft, outer of 2-6 (mostly 3) quite 
distinct not united narrow oblong or setaceous bracts. 
The rest as in Lavatera. 
3. Modiola. Inner cal. 5-cleft, outer of 3 distinct narrow 
or setaceous bracts. Caps, orbicular many-celled, cells 
2-valved 2-locular 2-seeded armed bicuspidate or biaris- 
tate. ( Modiola Lam., applied in zoology to a well-known 
Mytilaceous genus of Lamellibranchiate Mollusks, must 
yield to the long prior claim of the present well-marked 
botanical genus of Mcench. For the Molluscan genus 
Modiola Lam., it would be best perhaps to modify the 
Lamarckian name into Modiolus or Modiolaria . ) 
** Cal. single, without bracts or involucre. 
4. Sida. Cal. 5-cleft 5-angular. Caps, orbicular many- 
celled, cells 1-valved 1-locular 1-seeded often armed 
beaked or aristate. 
5. Abutilon. Cal. 5-cleft 5-angular. Caps, orbicular or 
globose many-celled, cells inflated bladdery 1-valved 
1 -locular many-seeded unarmed. 
