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MALVACEAE. 



the season advances, the leaves lose their deep green hue, 

 and the stems put on a ragged appearance. The whole 

 plant is mucilaginous and emollient. The pollen is a 

 beautiful object for the microscope, being (like that of 

 many other plants in this Order) globular, and studded 

 with minute glandular prickles. FL June August. 

 Perennial. 





MALVA SYLVESTRIS (Common Mallow). 



2. M. rotundifolia (Dwarf-Mallow). Stem prostrate ; 

 leaves roundish, heart-shaped, with 5 shallow lobes; 

 fruit-stalks bent down ; fruit downy. Waste places 

 not uncommon. Smaller than the last, and distin- 

 guished at once by its prostrate stems, and pale lilac 

 flowers. FL June September. Annual. 



