No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 279 



MALVA L. Mallow. 



Malva rotundifolia L. (round-leaved). 

 Common or Dwarf Mallow. Cheeses. 



Common. Waste places and cultivated fields. May — Oct. 

 Naturalized from Europe. 



Sometimes troublesome as a weed. The plant is medicinal, 

 and like most species of this family abounds in mucilage. 



Malva crispa L. (curled). 

 Curled Mallow. 



Rare. Escaped from gardens to cultivated ground : East 

 Lyme (Miss A. M. Ryon), Oxford (Harger). June — Aug. 

 Adventive from Europe., 



Malva sylvestris L. (of woods) . 

 High Mallow. 



Rare or local. Roadsides and waste ground: Norwich 

 (Mrs. E. E. Rogers), East Lyme (Miss A. M. Ryon), New 

 Haven (O. D. Allen), Southington (Bissell), Oxford (Har- 

 ger), Bridgeport (Eames), Litchfield (Miss E. H. Thomp- 

 son). Aug. — Sept. Adventive from Europe. 



The plant is medicinal. 



Malva moschata L. (musky). 

 Musk Mallow or Rose. 



Rare, but found throughout the state. Escaped from 

 gardens to roadsides and waste ground. June — Aug. Ad- 

 ventive from Europe. 



Malva Alcea L. (classical name for some mallow). 

 European Mallow. 



Rare. Roadsides and waste ground as an escape from 

 gardens: Griswold and East Lyme (Graves), Stafford and 

 Southington (Bissell), East Granby (H. S. Clark), Trumbull 

 (J. P. Coles), Weston (Eames & C. C. Godfrey), Salisbury 

 (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). June — Sept. Adventive from Europe. 



HIBISCUS L. Rose Mallow. 



Hibiscus syriacus L. 



Rose of Sharon. Shrubby Althaea. 



Rare. Meriden, ballast ground (Andrews), Fairfield, 



