MALVACEAE (MALLOW FAMILY) 281 
at the base. Leaves rounded or kidney-shaped, on long, slender 
petioles, heart-shaped at base, five- to nine-ribbed and -lobed, 
scallop-toothed, with edges often 
crisped. Flowers pale pink, 
veined with deeper pink, clus- 
tered or single in the axils; calyx- 
lobes five, hairy, ovate, pointed, 
about half the length of the 
petals, which are notched at the 
outer edge; styles many, stig- 
matic down the inner side, longer 
than the stamens which are 
united in a column, the anthers 
at the summit, the pollen grains 
very large and white—like pearls 
when seen through a lens. Car- 
pels as many as styles arranged 
in a circle, one-seeded; when 
green they are mucilaginous and sweet — the “cheeses” that 
children like to eat. (Fig. 197.) 
Fie. 197. — Common Mallow (Malva 
rotundifolia). xX 4. 
Means of control 
Hand-pulling or deep hoe-cutting before the development of seed. 
MUSK MALLOW 
Médlva moschata, L. 
Introduced. Perennial. Propagates by seeds. 
Time of bloom: June to August. 
Seed-time: July to September. 
Range: Eastern Canada, New England, and Middle States. 
Habitat: Meadows, roadsides, and waste places. 
A very handsome plant, an escape from gardens, objectionable 
in meadows and pastures, for cattle dislike its musky odor and 
hard, woody stalks and usually leave it to reproduce itself. Stems 
one to two feet high, slender, clothed with soft hair or sometimes 
smooth. Base-leaves rounded, with five to nine shallow, scallop- 
toothed lobes, slender-petioled ; stem-leaves deeply five-parted, the 
