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in its wild state it is considered a perennial, though it is treated as an annual in gardens. The whole plant 
yields a faint musky odour when drawn through the hand. The white is a garden variety, and is not found wild. 
The seeds of both kinds may be had at Lee’s, Hammersmith, and in most other seed-shops. 
2.-MALVA MAURITANIA, Lin . THE MAURITANIAN, OR IVY-LEAVED MALLOW. 
Engravings _Blit. Flow. Gard. t. 81. 
Specific Character. —Stem erect; leaves 5-lobed, obtuse ; pedicels and foot-stalks smootliish —( G. Don.) 
Description, Sec .—A strong-growing plant, rising nearly six feet high, with pink, crimson, or deep purple 
flowers. A native of Italy, Spain, and Portugal; introduced in 1768 by John, Earl of Bute. Its seeds may be 
procured at any seed-shop, and they may be sown in autumn, or in March or April. 
3.—MALVA CRISPA, Lin. THE CURLED, OR FRENCH MALLOW. 
Specific Character _Stem erect; leaves angular, toothed, curled, glabrous; flowers axillary, sessile.—(G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —This is one of the oldest foreign Mallows cultivated in our gardens, as it is included by 
Tusser in his list of garden flowers in 1578. It grows about six feet high, with an erect and vigorous stem ; and 
its flowers are rather small and whitish, tipped with pale purple or rose-colour. The leaves are curiously curled 
at their margins. It is a native of France. Seeds may be procured in the seed-shops under the name of the 
curled mallow; and they may be sown in the open border in April or May. 
4.—MALVA LIMENSIS, Lin. THE LIMA, OR BLUE MALLOW. 
Specific Character. —Erect, leaves 7-lobed, wrinkled; spikes axillary; flowers leaning to one side ; carpels smooth.—(G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —A rather small, but erect species, with spikes of blue flowers. A native of Peru, 
introduced in 1768. This is a very ornamental species, but we do not know where seeds are to be procured. 
OTHER SPECIES OF MALLOW. 
The following species, though introduced, not being common in the nurseries, we have not thought it 
necessary to enter into details respecting them. 
M. AMERICANA, Lin. 
A very pretty species only a foot high, with yellow flowers ; a native of the West Indies, introduced in 1756. 
M. MAREOTICA, Del. 
A native of Egypt, introduced in 1822; growing 2 feet high, and with red flowers. 
M. CAROLINA, Lin. 
A trailing species, with red flowers; a native of Carolina, introduced in 1723. 
To these may be added M. stricta, the Upright Mallow, and M. Hispanica , the Spanish Mallow ; though 
neither of them possess any remarkable beauty in their flowers. 
There are many other annual species of Mallow, but none of them are worth cultivating. 
