MALLOW FAMILY. Malvaceae. 



magenta- the leaf-angles, white or pale pinkish ma- 



J einC Oct h g en ta, magenta-veined ; in shape like a 

 miniature hollyhock, but the five petals 

 notched. Stems 4-10 inches long. Common in waste 

 places and as a garden weed everywhere. The name is 

 from the Greek, and refers to the soft character of the 

 leaves (albeit they are hard !) ; the popular name, 

 Cheeses, refers to the round, cheeselike form of the 

 seed-receptacle. Naturalized from Europe. 



A common biennial with an erect 

 branchin S stem ' sightly fine-hairy or 

 sylvestris sometimes smooth. The leaves lighter 



Light green, rather long-stalked, toothed, and 



magenta angularly five-lobed or occasionally seven- 



or pinkish l o bed. The flowers with the same family 

 September resemblance to the hollyhock, magenta- 

 pink, or light magenta, the petals with 

 about four deeper veins ; the clusters (few-flowered) at 

 the leaf -angles. 18-30 inches high. A delicate-flowered 

 plant common on roadsides and in waste places every- 

 where. Adventive from Europe. 



A very similar but perennial species, 

 Musk Mallow .,, ,, , . ,. . . \ . . , 

 Maiva with the leaf division deeply slashed or 



moschata cut. The medium green leaves with very 



White or narrow divisions and short stalks. The 



magenta-pink wn ite or very pale magenta-pink flowers 

 September nearly two inches broad, flat, and borne 

 in .terminal clusters ; they are also veined. 

 The leaves have a delicate odor of musk when crushed. 

 1-2 feet high. Common in the same situations as the 

 above species, with the same distribution ; from Europe. 



A distinctly western flower, occasion- 

 Purple Poppy- 

 mallow a y esca P e d from cultivation in the east, 

 Callirrhce, & perennial bearing large showy, purple- 

 involucrata crimson or magenta flowers slightly re- 

 Magenta sembling the Malvas. The leaves slashed 

 like those of the preceding species, but not 

 so deeply ; the lobes more obtuse. The stem hairy, and 

 the flowers borne singly with long stalks. 1-2 feet high. 

 In dry ground, from Minn., Neb., and Utah, south. 



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