MALLOW FAMILY 



MUSK MALLOW 



Mdlva moschata. 

 Latin alteration of a Greek word meaning soft or emollient. 



One of the prettiest of our garden escapes; sometimes cultivated but 

 oftener found by the roadside where it seems at home. Perennial. 

 Summer. 



Stem. — One to two feet high, hairy. 



Leaves. — Alternate, three to five parted, divisions once or twice cut 

 into slender linear lobes, faintly scented with musk. 

 Flowers. — Of mallow type, pale-rose or white, flat, about two inches 



across, in terminal and axillary clusters. 

 Sepals. — Five, involucre of three 

 bracts. 



Petals. — Five, obcordate, united at 

 the base. 



Stamens. — United in a long column, 

 bearing anthers. 



Carpels. — United in a single whorl; 

 styles many. 



Long ago the Musk Mallow, with 

 Musk Mallow. Miiva.masMia '^s pretty flowers and delicate odor 

 of musk, scaled the garden wall, 

 made itself at home upon the roadside and in waste places, and 

 in consequence lost caste. Therefore, it is now rarely seen in 

 garden enclosures, except in the wild border. 



COMMON MALLOW. CHEESES 



Mdlva rotundifolia. 



An exceedingly common weed in cultivated grounds. The 

 stems, procumbent and trailing, rise from a strong deep root, and 

 bear very ornamental round leaves With five shallow lobes irregu- 

 larly toothed. The flowers are the mallow shape, small, pale- 

 lavender with darker veins, each petal notched. The popular 



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