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sylves’tris. 
moscha’ta. 
Bloss. purplish rose red, sometimes paler, full twice as long a9 
the cal 
MONADELPHIA. POLYANDRIA. Malva. 
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Xe 3 
Mauls. Dwarf Mallow. Road sides, pr rubbish. ite be 
Saint Vincent’s rocks. Mr. Smarus, J A. June a. 
M. Stem rough ; leaves 5 or 7-lobed, toothed outer — 
leafits partly united at the base. 
Curt:-E. bot. 671—Blackw. .22-Waoedw.. 54-Fuchs.. 509- 
F. B. 949. 1-Ger. 785. 1-H. ox. v- 17. 8=Dod. 653. 1= 
Lob. a dyle Ay a 4 ic. i. 650. eet? em. 930. 1. 
nicked, but not bitten, purple, with 3 or 4 Aine streaks. Sum- 
mits 11 or 12. The colour of the flowers varies with more or 
Jess of a bluish cast, and the leaves are liable to be variegated 
wit tb. yellow: white los — 
auls, yt t paths, and See 
Yhough so common in most patts of England, it is 
t Kendal in Wesiiateed: that to find a pla 
il a — with its usual places of growth in this countrys 
igh so common in the midland parts of England, I don’t 
recollect ever clang found it in a wood. } A. Ju une—Aug. 
M. Stem upright: root-leaves Joe haw cut : stem- 
leaves with 5 divisions ; 3 segments between winged 
and many-cloven : leafits of the outer cup distinct. 
Cutt. oad ks 754—FI. dan. Pre ecphr. 147-Wale. 
~F. B. ii. 1067. 1-H. ox. v. 18.4 
Differs from Si Alcea as follows: Stew not so tall, with 50- 
litary upright hairs rising from a prominent little Batt, Seed- 
coats rough with hairs. Flowers of an ambrosial scent. Livy. In 
the M. Alcea the calyx has a protuberating ring at se base, and 
the outer cup is formed of 3 ¢ g-shapes leafits, but the M- 
moschata has no < ite at the base he calyx, and the leafits 
are spear-shaped, C The M. moschata may also be distin- 
guished by its ata ke smell, ‘ot “this 1 is not always percep- 
tible, and there i . reason to at in this case it has been 
mistaken for the M. Alcea, npr’ which I believe is not one 
of our natives, Flowers flesh-coloured, Styles 14 to 186 
