MALVACE^ 45 



Xavatera trimestris, L. A common cornfield weed 

 in many parts of Europe, and occasionally found in 

 England where foreign grain or seeds have been 

 introduced. 



JKEalva Alcea, L. A native of woods and bushy 

 places as far north in Europe as Normandy and 

 Belgium. There are also many records of the species 

 as a wild British plant. Its geographical range is 

 not against its presence as a native, but no recent 

 authors include it as such, the former records being 

 referred to the somewhat similar Musk Mallow. It 

 has been recorded among grain-sifting aliens in a few 

 places. 



Malva borealis, Wallm. So much confusion has 

 attended the reference of different authors to the 

 small-flowered mallows of England that it is difficult 

 to gather their individual status in different localities. 

 The present species was, together with that now 

 known as M. neglecta, Wallr., included by Linnaeus 

 under the name M. rotundifolia. Most English botan- 

 ists mean by M. rotundifolia what Wallroth described 

 as M. neglecta, though some follow Koch's Synopsis Fl. 

 Germanicce, ed. 3, in making Linnaeus's M. rotundifolia 

 synonymous with M. borealis. The latter is becoming 

 more and more noticed as a waste ground plant in 

 England, often being introduced with grain. It is also 

 frequent in some other parts of Northern and Central 

 Europe. 



Malva nicseensis, All. Native of dry stony places in 

 the Mediterranean region, and abundant in the cornfields 



