PLATE CLXXXII.
MALVA DIVARICATA.
Straddling-branched Mallow.
CLASS XVI. ORDER VI.
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Threads united. Many Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx duplex; exterior 3-phyllus. Arilli plurimi, monospermi.
Cup double; outer three-leaved. Seed-coats many, one-seeded.
See Malva reflexa, Pl. CXXXV. Vol. II.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Malva foliis lobatis, plicatis, dentatis, scabridis; ramis ramulisque divaricatis, flexuosis.
Mallow with lobed leaves, plaited, toothed, and rough; the large and small branches grow straddling, and zig-zagged.