^ SEA 
TREE-MALLOW, 
jjLAVATEfW 
^3/, RBCREA 
bracts 
COMMON 
MALLOW, 
MAL\A 
S'! LYESTRIS; *> 
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THE MALLOW FAMILY (ORDER XVII, MALVACE/D 
CALTA OfsSEPALS, more or less united, with in the 
^British CAamples, 5 or more BRACTS 
^ at the base forming an outer calyx 
-^(epicalyx or involucre), remaining 
Avith the fruit(persistenb,& in- 
serted below the seedcase. 
.’COROLLA of 5 PETALS, not united, twist- 
ed in bud, inserted below the seedcase 
STAMENS numerous, the filaments unit- 
ed into a tube round the pistil, 
2 inserted below the seedcase. 
PISTILof numerous CARPELS, in a 
ring,generally united, with as many 
styles as carpels . 
A 
ERUIT splitting into as many 
i j^L i ttle nuts as there are car- 
)pel$,each i-or many-seeded 
f LOWERS handsome generally 
purple, rose-colour or white 
l in loose terminal clusters 
LEAVES 
[alternate, 
with 
k stipules, 
JwWbfd towards the base^M 
DISTINGUISHED BY the 
| outer calyx of bracts, the 5 sepals 
,pv n , .& petals,& the numerous stamens 
with their filaments united into 
omciwuis. 
*5ira l\ a tube round the pistil 
m i 1 . n-y r a 
sepals j ^ ' 
t^vli , 
