MALLOW FA^rILY 



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brads of its efiialyx utiiled, ornirs, perlinps introduced in ballast, 

 in the Scilly Isles, in Cornwall, and in J)orset. — Id. June, July. 

 Annual or biennial. 



3. !M.^L^•.\ (^fallow). — Glabrous or hairy herbs ; leai'tS angled 

 or lobed ; f/oweis axillary ; cpiu-i!y\ of 3 distinct bracts ; and other 

 characters mainly as in the two preceding genera. (Name from 

 the Greek vidlake, soft, in allusion to its emollient mucilage.) 



I. iM. mosihiita (Musk Mallow). — Hairv, light green, stem 

 erect, haves long-stalked, deepl)' pidmately \ — ydobcd, lobes 



pinnatifid, with a faint musky odour when rubbed, especially in 

 hot weather ; flowers large, handsome, rose-culoured, crowded 

 towards the top of the stem ; fruit hairy. — Hedges and borders of 

 fields ; frequent. A white variety is occasionally found and is 

 grown in gardens. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



2. M. sylvestris (Common iMallow). — A robust, erect, 

 branched, herbaceous, downy plant ; lea^'es lobed, but not deeply 

 divided, crenate-serrate ; ./fczct'rj' showy, lilac w-ith crimson veuis ; 

 fruit glabrous. — 'Waste ground ; common. — Fl, June — September. 

 Perennial. 



As the season advances, the leaves lose Iheir first deep-green 



