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EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN. 



Fig. 147 (131). 



Whorled Mallow. Malva verticillata L. 

 An erect annual, 1-2 m. high, leaf-blades nearly 

 circular; flowers small white, crowded. In- 

 troduced from Europe to the West and from 

 the West to Michigan. 



Fig. 148. 



Small-flowered Mallow. Malva parviflora 

 L. One introduced from the West and grown for 

 two years at the Agricultutal College, perhaps 

 now exterminated. It may come again at any 

 time with seeds of clover or alfalfa. 



