638 392. Malva. 70. MALVACEAE. 
PI. ex. thal. 
a. Malva. Peduncles axillary , crowded, 
1. Malva rotundifolia. Round-leaved mallow. 
Stem prostrate; leaves heartshape, orbicular, slightly 
5-lobed; peduncles when in fruit declining. 
Malva sylvestris minor, Raii Syn. 251, 2; Park . 299. 
Malva sylvestris pumila, Ger. em. 930, 2. 
Malva rotundifolia, Lin. S. P. 969. 
Dwarf mallow. Mauls. 
Ruins and way sides ; annual ; July. 
Root branched; stems many, mostly simple; petals flesh- 
colour, longer than the calyx. 
@, pusilla. Petals scarcely longer than the calyx ; leaves 
5-lobed, lobes deeply cut. 
Malva minor, flore parvo caeruleo, Dillen in Raii Syn. 251, 3. 
Malva parviflora, Hudson FI. Angl. 307. 
Malva pusilla, Engl. Bot. 241. 
2. Malva vulgaris. Common mallow. 
Stem upright, herbaceous ; leaves 7-lobed, pointed ; pe- 
tioles and peduncles hairy. 
Malva vulgaris, Raii Syn. 251, 1 ; Park. 299. 
Malva sylvestris, Ger. em. 930, 1 j Lin. S. P. 969. 
Uncultivated places ; perennial ; May to August. 
Root fusiform, white ; stem branched ; leaves rather 
rough, sometimes variegated ; upper nearly palmate ; calyx 
hispid ; petals purple, reverse heartshape, 3 times as long 
as the calyx. — Yields very fine fibre. 
b. Alcea. Peduncles axillary , solitary. 
3. Malva moschata. Musk mallow. 
Stem upright ; hairs simple, tubercular at bottom ; root- 
leaves kidneyshape, cut ; stem-leaves 5-parted, pinnately 
many-cut; outer-calyx-sepales linear, acute, hairy. 
Alcea vulgaris, Raii Syn. 252, 1, omitting the synonyms. 
Alcea tenuifolia crispa, Dillen in Raii Syn. 253, 2. 
Malva moschata, Lin. S. P. 971. 
Edges of fields and waysides; perennial; July and Aug. 
Root woody; stem branched; fieri rough with hairs, 
odorous ; petals large, rose-red, rarely white. 
II. 393. ALTH/EA. Dioscorides. Marsh-mallow. 
Calyx double ; inner 5-cut ; outer deeply 6 or 9-cut ; 
coqu.es many, not margined, 1 -seeded. 
