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FLOWERS OF THE HILLS AND DRY PLACES 



Musk Mallow (M.ilva moschata, L.) 



The Musk .Mallow is not iouiid fossil in any deposit, it is a 

 member of the tlora of the North Temperate Zone, found in Europe 

 eastward to Lithuania, and it has been introduced into the United 

 States. ThouL^h Hiirly widespread in Great Britain it does not 

 PTow in West Kent, Radnor, Cardigan, Montgomery, S. Lines, Mid 

 Lanes, S.E. Yorks, Renfrew, Peebles, Selkirk, Linlithgow, Mid Perth, 



I'hrito. Fi.iiteri .V Cainctt 



AUsK Mm. LOW (Mdlvn »iiisr/)<i/<i, 1,.) 



and elsewhere; and in the West Highlands onl\" in Uumbarton, 

 Clyde Isles, and S. Ebudes, antl in Sutherland in N, Highlands; 

 but in Mid Scotland Watson held it to be an alic-n. It is rare in 

 Ireland. 



Mountains and hills are the home of the Musk Mallow, which is 

 a rupestral or rock-loving species, delighting to grow on lofty summits 

 where arenaceous or sandstone rocks come to the surface. In the 

 lowlands it may be found in situations where it can command a similar 

 sandy habitat. 



The Musk Mallow is a suberect pi, int. w ith numerous stems, hairy, 

 tall, and with many branches. The lea\es are kidney-shaped at the 

 base, with long leaf-stalks, with ^-y deep, pinnatihd lobe.s, divided 

 nearly to the base, with narrow segments, the upper with narrow 

 segments only. 



