16 MALLOW FLOWER. 
d. The flower of the common or large Mallow is a 
good example for study.—Just below where the stalk 
expands into the base of the flower will be found three 
little triangular leaves (f. 5. b.), which are the bracts, 
or short leaves of the flower; above these is a cup- 
shaped part consisting of five portions united together 
as far as the middle, and is called the Caly« (f. 5. ¢.). 
Within this cup or calyx, are five large rose coloured or 
purple striped leaves termed the petals (f. 6 and 7. p.), 
each is somewhat triangular, with a notch at the broad 
or upper end. In the centre will be seen a column 
(f. 6. s. and 8.), divided at its upper end into a number 
of thread-like parts, each ending in a rounded or kidney- 
shaped body. The column consists of a number of 
thread-like parts called filaments, united below, but free 
above, each surmounted by an anther or case, which 
bursts and throws out a fine yellowish dust or powder. 
This column should be carefully removed with the 
petals, in order to bring into view a central part which 
is contained within or under it (f. 7. 9. 0.), which will 
be found to consist of a flattened rounded green body 
below, with a column rising up from its centre, and 
which divides at its upper end into a number of thread- 
like portions. The green body below is called the 
Pistil, and is composed of ten or twelve little portions 
united, each part is called an Ovary, or Carpel when ripe 
(f. 10. 0.); the column (s.) consists of as many thread- 
shaped parts as there are ends and are termed styles, 
and the point of each is called the Stigma; when the 
Pistil ripens, the column readily falls off immediately 
above the ovaries, which will then be found to be much 
