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O. S. Long-stalked Crane's-bill, a good deal like the last, and not very 

 rave ; Round-leaved Crane's bill, which is similar in appearance to Gera- 

 nium molle ; Mountain Crane's-bill, Blue Meadow Crane's-bill, Wood 

 Crane's-bill, Dusky Crane's-bill, Blood red Crane's-bill, all handsome 

 perennial plants, occasionally found in woods and thickets, and Shining 

 Crane's-bill, a pretty annual in some places common. 



MALLOW. MALVA. 

 COMMON MALLOW. Malva sylvestris. 



Plate 10, fig. 18. 

 Leaves seven-lobed, rather sharp. Stem erect. 



A large straggling plant, of the height of two or three feet, 

 that grows upon rubbish heaps, and by the sides of the high- 

 ways, producing its flowers in June and July. Its leaves are 

 divided into seven rather sharp lobes. Its flowers three or 

 four together, of five large, narrow, heart-shaped, spreading 

 petals, pink colored with darker veins, and inclosed in a 

 double calyx ; the outer one of three leaves. Whole plant 

 hairy and rough to the touch. Seeds several, set roimd in a 

 circle plucked and eaten by children under the name of 

 Cheeses. 



DWARF MALLOW. Malva rotundifolia. 



Plate 10, fig. 19. 

 Leaves five-lobed, round. Stem prostrate. 



The smaller, round-leaved or Dwarf Mallow, grows on road- 

 sides, under walls and such places, lying on the ground, and 

 readily known by its much smaller size, its pale flowers, its 

 roundish leaves of five blunt lobes, and its drooping fruit stalks. 



MUSK MALLOW. Malva moschata. 



Plate 10, fig. 20. 

 Leaves five-lobed, lobes again cleft. Outer calyx narrow. 



This is a most beautiful plant, quite upright in growth, and 

 with very large rose-colored flowers, and a bunch of red 

 stamens within them. The root leaves are of five or seven 

 broad lobes. The stem leaves of five very deeply- divided lobes. 

 The whole plant hairy, and when drawn through the hand 

 leaving a faint smell of musk. It loves to grow on deep loamy 

 or clayey places, but not where the soil is wet. Flowers in 

 July and August. 



