MALVA maurìtiana.
Ivy-leaved Mallow.
Natural Order. M a lv a c eæ . D C . prodr. 1. p . 429.
Div. I. C a l y x duplex seu involucro cinctus.
MALVA. Calyx 5 -fidus, 3-ranus 1 -2 -4 -bracteatus, persistens
Fetala 5 , bypogyna, æqualia, patentia. S t y m a
crebra, monadelpha; tubo stamineo unguibus
Jntherce reniformes, uniloculares. Ovarmm JP®™“ ’. P
coccum; coccis 1, rarissime 2-4-sperrnis
transverso spurio in duos divisis locffios 1 -spermos. ' J
quot cocoa. Stigmata capitellata. Capsula polycocca ; coccis
Lpermis, rarissime 2 -4 -spermis ve m duos d‘vis. loculo
monospermos dissipimento (spurio) transverso, e dorso cocci
“ “ ibique . 18x 0 , re liq» p-rle libero,
infer« Herbar, .olirulices o .I froOoe..
Folia alterna, integra aut empissime angulaia,
partita. Stipulæ petiolares gemma.
uniflori, solitarii, gemini vel plures, interdum
nonnullis dores spicati vel racemosi terminales, aut in axillis
conglomerati. Corollæ miniata purpurea, m o l y e y cai ulea,
r o s L carnea, alba vel flava. Kunth 1 sperma
Sect. I. M a l VASTRUM. Carpella 1-locularis 1 sperma.
5 ."’FaSculatæ, floribus purpurascentihys
„n)ulatiscordatis5-nerÿs,pedicellisaxillari^^^^^^^
cáyce exteriore 3-phyUo, caule herbáceo. D C . I. c. p . 40«.
M. mauritiana, caule erecto, foliis^ 5-lobatis «^usis pedicedlm
petiolisque glabriusculis aut ad latus superius tomentosis.
u Z A Z Ù I s . rfira. 2. „■ 77 <. 25^/. 2- W m . .
s j p l . 3. p. 787. Fers. syn. 2. p . 251. Hort. Kew. ed. 2.
V. 4. p . 216’
Annual. Stem smootli, erect, 3 to 5 feet high,
branched at the base. Leaves large, .S
5-lobed, obtuse, unequally toothed ^ " f
teeth, entire at the base, underneath strongly o-nerved.
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