

‘NATURAL ORDERS 99 
Corolla: petals 5, free, attached to staminal tube, twisted 
in the bud. 
Andrecium: stamens 5. We should expect to find 10 
stamens as in the 
Geraniacee, but only 
those opposite the 5 
petals are developed ; 
the 5 belonging to the 
sepals are suppressed. 
Hach stamen is sub- 
divided, each subdivi- 
sion being provided 
with only one anther 
lobe. These 5 stamens — 
unite by their fila | 
ments into a tube, Fic, 67.—Mxpran VERTICAL SECTION 
and the androecium is or MALLow. 
described as monadelphous. 
 Gynecium : carpels many, joined, superior. There is only 
one style, but as many stigmas as there are carpels. 
«Fruit: a schizocarp (“Elementary Botany,” p. 64), each 
fruitlet containing one seed and being indehiscent. 
; Observations should be made on the Dwarf 
Mallow (Malva rotundifolia) and the Common Mallow 
(Malwa sylvestris). The ener has comparatively inconspicuous 
flowers, and it will be found 
that these are seldom visited by 
insects ; there is consequently a 
special provision for self-pollina- 
tion ; this species has far longer 
stigmas than the other; they 
twine in and out amongst the 
anthers. The Common Mallow, 
on the other hand, has con- 
Fic. 68.—Scuizocare oF MAt-  gpicuous flowers which attract 
LOW, ONE FRUIT SEPARATING. . ; 
3 insects ; the stigmas are shorter 
and the stamens are below, so that the plant cannot pollinate 

Pollination. 

