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at the leaf axils. Flowers rose, large, solitary ; petals 4 times longer than the 

 calyx. Calicule of ovate bracteoles. Carpels streaked, glabrous. 



Borders of fields and %voods. June-August. It reaches 3000 or 4000 ft. in 

 the Alps, and is very polymorphic. 



M. moschata L. Musk Mallow. Hairy, erect, 2-3 ft. high. Leaves 5-7 

 partite, segments pinnatifid, long petioled. Flowers large, pink, rarely white. 

 Peduncles erect in fruit ; carpels smooth, back rounded, hispid. 



Road-sides, woods, and waste places. June-August. Especially in the hills. 



M. silvestris L. Common Mallow. Biennial. Leaves 3-7 lobed, crenate- 

 serrate, hairy. Peduncles spreading. Carpels glabrous, reticulate, usually 10, 

 flat at the back. Flowers large, reddish-purple or magenta, irregularly fascicled. 

 Corolla lobes distant, deeply notched. 



Road-sides and waste places, common. April-August. 



M. niceeensis All. Upper leaves cordate-orbicular, lobes acute. Flowers 

 pale pink or mauve, small, in axillary clusters. Bracteoles broad, oval-lanceolate. 

 Carpels reticulate. Stems 1-2 ft. high. 



Borders of roads and rubbish heaps. April-July. 



M. rotundifolia L. Round-leaved Mallow. Annual or biennial. Leaves 

 cordate-orbicular, scarcely lobed. Bracteoles linear. Petals twice as long as 

 calyx, pink. Flowers small. Carpels smooth or down}', rounded at the back to 

 form a disk-shaped fruit. May- August. 



Near houses, road-sides, etc. May-September. 



M. parviflora L. Small-flowered Mallow. An annual, differing from the 

 last in the carpels being reticulated, striated, toothed, and not rounded but flat at 

 the back, the petals being scarcely longer than the calyx. 



Waste places, road-sides, etc. April-July. 



LAVATERA L. 



L. arborea L. Tree Mallow. A stout bushy plant, 3-8 ft. high. Leaves 

 suborbicular, 5-9 lobed, crenate, softly pubescent, long petioled, lobes broad, short ; 

 upper leaves more entire. Peduncles crowded, axillary, i flowered. Flowers if 

 in. diameter, purple-red, with glossy purple-black centre and veins. Epicalyx 

 with 3 large ovate downy lobes. 



Maritime rocks, old walls, and banks. March-August. 



L. cretica L. A smaller herbaceous plant 2-4 ft. high. Leaves cordate- 

 orbicular, lobed, velvety. Peduncles crowded, axillary. Epicalyx equalling the 

 calyx. Petals twice length of calyx, deeply emarginate, lilac, with 3 prominent 

 purple veins. 



Waste places and borders of fields. April-June. Very local. 



L. olbia L. A bushy grey-green plant, 3-8 ft. high, covered with tomentum. 

 It has a woody stock. Leaves cordate, lobed, the upper ones hastate. Peduncles 

 solitary in the leaf axils, very short. Carpels smooth. Flowers bright reddish- 

 purple or magenta, in a long handsome spike ; petals 2-3 times as long as calyx. 

 A specimen between Hyeres and Carqueiranne has a trunk a foot in circumference. 



Road-sides, borders of fields, and rocky places. May-July. Very common 

 about Hyeres (whence it takes its name), and elsewhere in the Var. Rare in 

 Alpes-Marit., lie Ste. Marguerite. 



L. maritima Gouan. Sea Mallow. A small bush with almost woody stem, 

 2-3 ft. high. Leaves orbicular, upper ones angular, grey tomentose in colour. 

 Flower stalks solitary, at least as long as the leaf. Carpels rugose. Petals 

 twice length of calyx, very pale pink, with a crimson blotch at the base. 



Maritime rocks and stony places, very local. January-May. On the lime- 

 stone cliffs of Coudon it reaches about 2000 ft. 



L. punctata All. An annual greenish-grey species covered with stellate hairs. 

 Leaves suborbicular, the upper ones hastate, trifid, with toothed lobes. Flowers 

 large, rose-lilac, veined, solitary in the leaf axils. Petals three times as long as 



