Vor. IL] MALLOW FAMILY. 417 
3- Malva verticillata IL. Whorled Mallow. (Fig. 2417.) 
Malva verticillata I, Sp. Pl. 689. 1753. 
Annual, erect, glabrous or nearly so, 4°-6° high. 
Leaves nearly orbicular with 5-11 shallow, angular den- 
tate lobes, petioles elongated; flowers white or whitish, 
sessile, clustered in the axils, about the size of those of J/, 
rotundifolia; petals about twice the length of the calyx- 
lobes; carpels rugose-reticulated. 
In waste places, Vermont. Fugitive or adventive from 
Europe. Summer. 
Malva verticillata crispa I. Sp. Pl. 689. 1753. 
Malva crispal,. Sp. Pl. Ed. 2,970. 1763. 
Margins of the leaves wrinkled and crisped. In waste places, AY 
sparingly escaped from gardens. Nova Scotia to Minnesota : j\ \ 
and New Jersey. Introduced from southern Europe or west- 
ern Asia. This is the form shown in our figure. Known as 7 
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4. Malva moschata L. Musk Mallow. 
(Fig. 2418.) 
Maiva moschata ¥,. Sp. Pl. 690. 1753. 
Perennial, erect, 1°-2° high, branching, pubescent 
with long hairs, or glabrate. Basal leaves orbicular, 
3/-4’ wide, with 5-9 short broad rounded dentate 
lobes; stem-leaves deeply divided into linear or cune- 
ate, pinnatifid or cleft segments; flowers 114/-2/ broad, 
pink or white, racemosely clustered at the summits of 
the stem and branches; petals obcordate or emargin- 
ate, 5-8 times as long as the triangular-ovate acute 
calyx-lobes; carpels 15-20, densely hairy, rounded on 
the back. 
In waste places and along roadsides, occasional in the 
Middle, Southern and Eastern States and in Canada. Ad- 
ventive from Europe. Plant with a faint odor of musk. 
Summer, 
5. Malva Alcea L. European Mallow. 
(Fig. 2419.) 
Malva Alcea I,. Sp. Pl. 689. 1753. 
Similar to the preceding species, but the stem-leaves 
are only once 5-7-parted or cleft, the lobes dentate or in- 
cised; pubescence shorter and denser; flowers pink, pur- 
plish or white; petals obcordate; carpels glabrous, very 
finely rugose-reticulated. 
F In waste places, occasionally escaped from gardens. Intro- 
duced from Europe. Summer. 
