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itamina, of which two are Ihortj one ftile, and 
one (hell for the feed. 
Mallows are diftinguilhed by alternate leaves; 
two petals, with knots or bars at the bottom ; fingle 
or double chalice, complete ; a five-leaved chaplet 
fixed on the bafe of a pillar formed by the union 
of the different threads which compofe the ftamina ; 
together with one or more ftiles, and either feveral 
veffels placed in a circular row, each containing one 
grain, or a fingle fhell holding feveral grains of feed 
in feparate folds. 
Thefe plants are flimy, and their bark is fuffi- 
ciently hard to ferve for making ropes or paper. 
The geranium differs from mallows principally in 
having a hollow tube like a crane’s back, opening 
from the bottom upwards. 
Five branches of this fpecies fhoot out and form 
a fmall ftar. The cup, or chalice, is plain, with 
deep rows, five petals, and compaff or clofe threads, 
or ftamina. 
The pink has oppofite rows of leaves ; a folid, 
longifh, and fingle-leaved chalice ; five petals, ter- 
minathig in a point like a graver, fixed under the 
piftil ; with ten ftamina, or branches ; feldom four, 
two, or five ftiles ; and fruit that becomes a hulk 
opening above. The grain flicks on a pyramid in 
the middle of the fhell. 
Apples 
