MALVACEAS

a large natural order of herbs, shrubs, and trees most numerous in the tropics. They are ali free from unwholesome qualities, and contain a quantity of mucilage, which is extracted by boiling from certain species and is used medicinally. The most important genus of the order is Go ypium, to which belong the cotton producing plants.; watering-place, near Malvern Hills, Worcesters hire, England; comprises town of Great M. and several villages; has a priory church, a coll., and several hydroae establishments; mineral springs. op. of district. 18,000. India, N. of the Vindhya Mountains; | contains Bhopal, Indore, Dhar, and other native states; chief products, opium.