1. S. Malachodendron (Linn.): leaves oval, mostly acuminate at each
end, mucronately serrulate, clothed with a soft pubescence beneath- sepals
£»% S Unr ^ d; capsule ^ o s e . - W e; ea; h)9 8 2 f t
Walt Car 1(7R7 V 2 h,L H f - stlrP- L 73 5 F ir |. p. 101;
M i r L ' H P6 k L T - f • I ' 593‘ S - v «ginica, Cav. d is s .b .t. 159 ;
A528 ^ 2iv£' l 3 ’i PUrf ,, f 2' ^ ; 451; m 2-• . S. Marilandica, rep. t. 73. P -172; DC. ^prodr.
th J rn flT t! t0 F1l rida! (in swamPs> Pursh: in dry rich soils, Elliott') from
w 3 £ , h T l f t T T f T ’ R t d River’ L°— , Dr. Hale ! Apr”
T “t o b ,b 6r 12 Pe,et hlgh,; branches geniculate, pubescent when young:.
Leaves on short petioles. Flowers occasionally in pairs. Sepals roundish “ it 1"‘St01“ “ * / b'»'“k ritS, i s £"y £ Capsule^hairy". F J short= PurPle: others, blue. Stigmas 5-lobed.
„ 2^ ®\PentagVna (L’Her.) : leaves oval or ovate, acuminate, entire or mucronately
serrulate, somewhat pubescent beneath; sepals lanceolate 1 styles
distinct; capsule 5-angled.—L ’Her. stirp. t. 7 4 ; Willi sp 3 « 8 4 0 W f f i
ovatum, Cap. diss. 5. t . 158; Michx. 1. c.; DC. prodr. 1. p. 528 ; Bof. reg.
N. Carolina ! to Georgia! in the mountains. May—July.—Shrub closelv
resembling the preceding, but with rather larger, cream-colored and more
angles woodv” o SePals a"d caPsf e hairy; the latter with 5 salient
an tes, woody. Seeds 2 in each cell, oval or nearly orbicular, plano-convex •
testa crustaceous, dilated into a slight somewhat membranaceous margin.’
Order X X X V111. MALVACEAE. J u s s . (in part); D C , '
Sepals 5 (rarely 3 or 4), more or less united a t the base, often having
an external calyx or involucel : aestivation valvate. Petals hypo-
gynous, equal in number to the sepals, with a twisted aestivation.
Stamens hypogynous, usually indefinite, or rarely as few as the petals,
monadelphous : anthers 1-celled, reniform, bursting transversely t
poUen hispid. Ovary formed by the union of several carpels round a
common axis, either distinct or cohering : styles as many as the ear-
pels, united or d istin c t: stigmas as many or twice as many as the ear-
pels. Fruit capsular, or rarely baccate : carpels J- or many-seeded,
sometimes closely united, sometimes separate or separable; the dehiscence
locuhcidal or septicidal. Seeds campulitropous or heterotropous,
with little or no albumen. Embryo curved : cotyledons foliaceous,
twisted and doubled up.—Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, stipulate,
mostly palmately veined: pubescence mostly stellate.
1. MALOPE. Linn.; Lam. ill. t. 583; DC. prodr. l .p . 429.
Calyx surrounded by an involucel of 3 cordate leaves. Carpels numerous,
distinct, 1-seeded, aggregated without order.-Herbs with- purplish or white
flowers.
1. M. Malacoides (Linn.) : leaves ovate, crenate; stipules oblong-linear.;
peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. DC.—Nutt. gen. 2. p. 82; Ell. sk. 2. p. 164.
Malva Americana, Muhl. cat. p. 65, fide Elliott.
Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg; Virginia? Elliott.— (J) Stem 12-18 inches
high, sparingly branched, clothed with white hairs toward the summit.
Leaves ovate, toothed, very obtuse at the base, nearly glabrous above, hairy
on the veins beneath: petioles an inch long. Flowers axillary, solitary : peduncles
2-3 lines long. Bracteoles setaceous. Petals twice as long as the
calyx, yellow. Carpels hispid, collected into a depressed globular head.
Elliott.—N, u trail, who saw the plant here described in Elliott’s herbarium,
considered it the Malope Malacoides. According to Elliott it is the Malva
Americana of Muhlenberg, but not of Willdenow. We hate not the means
of determining the genus of this plant, but believe it to be a species of Malva.
2. MALVA. L in n .; Lam. ill. t. 582; W. Am. prodr. Ind. Or. 1. p. 45:
Malva & Callirhoe, Nutt. (Nuttallia, Dick fy Bart.)
Calyx 5-cleft, with an involucel of usually 3, sometimes 1-2 or 5-6 oblong
or setaceous bracteoles, or very rarely naked. Carpels several (rarely only
5), dry, indehiscent, circularly arranged round the axis. Radicle inferior.
* Flowers purple or white.
t Leaves undivided.
1. M. rotundifolia (Linn): stem prostrate; leaves cordate-orbicUlar, obtusely
5-lobed; petioles pubescent; pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, declined in
fruit, elongated; segments of the calyx acutely triangular ; involucre 3-leaved;
carpels numerous, wrinkled.—DC. prodr. 1. p. 432; Pursh, Jl. 2. p. 454;
Ell. sk. 2. p. 163.
Road-sides and waste grounds. Introduced from Europe. May-Sept.—
If Stem spreading, a foot long. Leaves crenate, on elongated petioles.
Flowers half an inch in diameter. Bracteoles oblong-linear. Petals pale
purple.
2. M. obtusa: stem prostrate: leaves cordate-orbicular, obtusely 5-lobed;
petioles elongated, pubescent; peduncles axillary, several together, much
shorter than the petioles, declined in fruit?; segments of the calyx short;
obtusely triangular; involucre 3-leaved, the bracteoles setaceous; carpels numerous,
strongly wrinkled.
California, Douglas !—Much resembling the preceding species; but the
stem is stouter, the pedicels much shorter, and the segments of the calyx
(when in fruit) also shorter and broader.
3. M. Houghtonii: stellately hairy; stem herbaceous, erect ?; leaves
crenate, deltoid-ovate, the radical ones cordate at the base; flowers in a
loose terminal panicle; bracteoles 3, linear-spatulate; carpels numerous, not
wrinkled.
Dry prairies, North-West Territory, Dr. Houghton ! Pekin, Illinois, Mr.
Buckley! July-Aug.— Stem 2-3 feet long, Leaves on long petioles, those
of the stem truncate at the base, coarsely crenate, 2-3 inches long. Panicle
many-flowered: pedicels several together. Flowers purple, an inch and a
half in diameter. Styles 10-12 : stigmas simple. Involucre,as long as the
calyx.
ft Leaves divided.
4. M. fasciculata (Nutt, m ss): stellately and somewhat canescently pubescent;
stem nearly simple; leaves roundish-cordate, somewhat 3-lobed, on
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