THE MUSK-MALLOW. 



Malva mosclitttrr. AV/. Ord,, 

 Malvaette. 



HE musk-mallow, the subject of 

 our present illustration, while 

 not so abundantly and gene- 

 rally found as the plant else- 

 where figu red, and which by 

 pre-eminent right is called the 

 common mallow, is nevertheless 

 not uncommonly met with in 

 England and Ireland. Like its 

 near ally the common mallow, it 

 is only found in Scotland in the 

 south ; in the northern counties of 

 Scotland it is wholly unknown. 

 In our remarks on the common mallow 

 the many features that are common to 

 all our species in the oi'der JMalvacefe are 

 pointed out, and we need not, therefore, here 

 recapitulate them. The musk-mallow is a peren- 

 nial. From its root proceed several light and delicate-looking 

 stems, erect in general direction, very slightly branching, 

 and covered frequently with numerous hairs. The plant is 

 ordinarily from one to two feet high ; it may at times be 

 found even higher, but this is exceptional, and will generally 

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