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XYI. MALVACEAE. 
[Malta. 
On maritime, always insulated, rocks, in the south and west of 
England. Islet off the coast of Anglesea. Isles in the Frith of 
Forth. Ireland. <?.7 — 9. — Stem 3 — 5 ft. high. Flowers large purple 
rose-coloured, shining, darker at the base of the petals. 
2. Malva Linn. Mallow. 
Cal. with a 3-leaved involucre. Carpels numerous, circularly 
arranged, 1-seeded. — Name altered from paXaxu, soft, in allu- 
sion to the emollient nature of the species. 
1 . M. sylvestris L. ( common M.) ; stem Usually erect herba- 
ceous, leaves with 5 — 7 rather acute deep lobes, peduncles and 
petioles hairy, fruit glabrous reticulately wrinkled. E. B. t. 671. 
Waste places and way-sides; not common in Scotland. 7/.. 6—9. 
— Stem 2 — 3 ft. or more high, branched. Flowers 3 or 4 together, 
axillary. Petals obcordate, usually large and of a purplish rose- 
colour with deeper veins, combined by the base of their claws. The 
late Dr. Bromfield found in the Isle of Wight a variety with flowers 
of a sky-blue colour, another with prostrate stems, and a third with 
small flowers. Whole plant, especially the fruit, mucilaginous and 
emollient. 
2. M. rotundifolia L. {dwarf M.) ; stem decumbent, leaves 
roundish-cordate slightly and bluntly 5 — 7 lobed, fruit-stalks 
bent down, petals 2 — 3 times longer than the calyx, fruit pubes- 
cent, carpels smooth rounded on the edge. JE. B. t. 1092. 
Waste places and way-sides, not unfrequent in England ; rare in 
Scotland, as about Edinburgh. 2j. 6 — 9. — Stems 10 — 12 inches 
long, branching only from the root. Flowers small, roundish. Brac- 
teas linear-lanceolate. Carpels meeting at the line of junction with 
a straight line. Fries and some other foreign botanists consider the 
next to be the true M. rotundifolia L., and call this M. vulgaris, or 
M. neglecta. 
3. M. *pusilla Sm. {small-flowered Ml) ; stem decumbent, 
leaves roundish-cordate slightly and bluntly 5-lobed, fruit-stalks 
bent down, petals the length of the calyx, fruit pubescent, 
carpels slightly reticulated margined. E. B. t. 241. M. bore- 
alis Wallm. 
Hythe, Kent: Hudson. 0? 7. — Of this as a British plant we 
know nothing ; only one specimen seems ever to have been found, 
and that was probably introduced with corn : seeds taken from it 
vielded the specimen from which the figure in the E. B. was made 
in 1795. Supposing it to be a distinct species from the last, the 
name originally given by Smith seems to be the oldest ; but the 
pubescence of the fruit and reticulation of the carpels appear to vary 
so much in several allied species, that we fear these characters are only 
of secondary importance. 
4. M. moschdta L. {Mush M.) ; stem erect, radical leaves 
