Mallow family
Malvaceae
Ab-el-mos’kus. A group of 6 or more species, native in s. Asia. They are related to Hibiscus .
Description
Leaves large, palmately lobed or divided. Calyx thin, split along one side, united at the base to the base of the petals and the staminal column.
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Mallow family
Malvaceae
A-bu’ti-lon. Flowering Maple ; Chinese Lantern . About 150 species of tropical shrubs (rarely herbs) of the mallow family, a few of which are grown as bedding plants.
Description
Leaves alternate, often veined and resembling a maple leaf; some varieties are variegated. Flowers showy, solitary, and borne in leaf axils, usually drooping and often trumpet-shaped.
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Mallow family
Malvaceae
Hy-bis’kus. An important genus of over 250 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees, with many popular garden annuals.
Description
Leaves alternate, with veins arranged finger-fashion, sometimes lobed or parted. Flowers usually large, generally bell-shaped, with 5 petals and sepals, or sometimes the sepals united to form a 5-toothed calyx. Stamens united in a tubular structure that surrounds the style. Often a series of bracts beneath the calyx.
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Mallow family
Malvaceae
Al-see’a. Hollyhock . A genus of about 60 species of tall, leafy-stemmed biennial or perennial herbs, all from the temperate regions of the Old World.
Description
They have usually hairy alternate leaves and a terminal, spirelike cluster of showy flowers, the 5 petals usually notched, originally red or white, but variously colored in the horticultural forms. Below the calyx is a series of 6-9 bracts.
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Mallow family
Malvaceae
Mal’va. Mallow . About 30 species of widely distributed herbs, several grown for ornament, but some rather weedy.
Description
Leaves alternate, usually angled, lobed, or dissected. Flowers mostly in the leaf axils, solitary or clustered, most with 2 or 3 involucre-like bracts beneath them. Calyx united, but 5-cleft. Petals 5, with a notch at the tip, mostly pink or white.
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Mallow family
Malvaceae
Ma-lo’pe. A genus of 3 smooth or hairy herbs found in the Mediterranean region.
Description
Leaves alternate, without marginal teeth, occasionally 3-parted. Flowers showy, white, violet, or pink, surrounded by 3 bracts.
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Mallow family
Malvaceae
La-va-tee’ra. Tree Mallow . A genus of 25 species of herbs mostly from the warmer regions of the Old World, a few grown in the flower garden.
Description
Stems hairy. Leaves alternate, somewhat maple-like, angled or lobed. Flowers rather showy, pink or purplish, below them a cluster of 3-9 bracts, united to form an involucre. Petals 5, notched or cut off at the tip, the base with a claw.
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