94 NAT. ORDER. MALVACEAE. 



a1»undance on waste lands and by the side of roads, flowering from 

 May till August. It is sometimes cultivated ia om- gardens for medi- 

 cinal purposes. 



Malca rotundijlom. Round-leaved Mallow. The stems of this 

 j)laut is prostrate ; leaves cordate, orbicular, very bluntly five to seven 

 lobed ; fructiferous pedicels bent downwards, and are pubescent as 

 well as loot-stalks ; corolla twice the size of the calyx ; flowers pale- 

 lilic color, but the kind, said to be a native in cultivated gi'oimds, 

 from Pennsylvania to Carolina, has white flowers. This plant is a 

 native of most parts of Europe, in waste gromids, and by way sides 

 in towns or villages. It is also quite common in some parts of Massa- 

 chusetts, and Vermont. It flowers in this country Irom June till 

 September. 



Malva circinata. Circiuate-leaved Mallow. This species rises 

 about one foot in height ; stem erect, with a few scattered hairs ; 

 eaves cordate, crenulated, lower ones kidney- shaped, upper ones 

 circiuate, six-lobed ; petioles hispid above ; peduncles solitaiy, one- 

 flowered, not half so long as the petioles ; outer leaflets of tlie calyx 

 oblong, inner ones ovate, acute, four times shorter than the corolla. 

 Native of Corsica. 



Malva Americana. American Mallow. Tliis plant rises from 

 one foot to eighteen inches in height ; leaves ovate, acute, crenately 

 serrated, rather pilose ; flowers axillary, generally solitary, or in ter- 

 minal capitate spikes ; carpels awnless. It is a native of St. Domin- 

 go. Flowers m July. 



Malva scabra. Scabrous Mallow. This species is a shrub, ris- 

 ing about four feet in height ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, coarsely tooth- 

 ed, obsoletely three-lobed, under surface as well as branches scabrous 

 with stiUate hairs ; peduncles axillary, generally two-flowered. — 

 There is a variety with sessile flowers. Native of Peru, in arid pla- 

 ces. Flowers in Jmie and July. 



Propagation and Oidtare. The stove species of MaUmo will 



