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Of Herbs commonly acconnied to have many naked Secds. 
OR the Tribe of Mallows *tis very large, and to be divided here 
into three diftin@ Divifions. The firft that of Mallows, where 
the Seeds have fticking to them their outward membrane very 
clofe. The other, or {econd, where this membrane is fomething 
OO tr Jaxer, or a Follicle, which are properly call’d Alstila. The 
third contains the Alce, where thefé Follicles are not disjoined as in the 
others, but contiguous to one another. All thefe come near to the Multi- 
filiquofe Tribe. 3 
Mallows, according to fome, are properly roundith leav'd, Aleee thofe 
whofe Leaves are cut, and .l/thee thofe whofe Leaves are hoary. 
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I. Malva arborea, folio rotundo, cortice in funes ductili, flore miniato maxis 
mo liliaceo, Cat, p. 95. Tab. 134. Fig. 1,2,3 The Mahot or Mangrove- 
AL Lee: 
_ The Roots of this Tree are many, round, white, and long, entering the 
furface of the Earth, and not running very deep Several Truncsasbig as 
ones Thigh, rife up to about fifteen or twenty Foot high. Their outward 
Bark is very white, and almoft fmooth, the inward is yellowith when freth, 
and zed when dry, and then very tough, and ferves to make Ropes. 
The Leaves ftand, at the ends of the Branches, on four Inches long Foot- 
Stalks, being cordated, or almoft round, of about five Inches Diameter, a 
little indented on the edges, foft, fmooth, of very dark. green colour, and 
having the Veins apparent, running from the Foot-Stalks cnd, as from a 
common Center, through-the feveral parts of the Leaf. The Flowers come 
ourof the ends of the Twigs, flanding in a pentaphyllous, green, hoary 
Capfula, they are pentapetalous, each of the Petala bse tne inches long, 
and of a red colour, inclofing a red Peftle or Stylus of the fame length, 
on which are many Stamina, the whole Flower looking like a red Lilly. Af 
ter thefe follow brown Seeds, of the fhape, and placd like thofe of 
Mallows, only much larger. Tab. 134. Fig.1. fhews the Leaf, Fiz. 2. the 
Flower, and /ig.3. a piece of the inward Bark, whereof are made the 
Ropes. 
I grew in Colonel Bourden’s Plantation, as wellas in many of the inland 
moift parts of this Ifland. | , 
‘Tis chiefly ufeful by its Bark, which is peel‘d off, and made into Ropes 
of all forts, for the ufe of the Ifland. 
~~“The Bark is taken off the Branches with Knives;~then--beat with a 
Mallet ’till the firft grofs one be feparated from the fecond: of the more 
gro{S is made Cords of the other Britches, for the Negroes and Slaves. 
Cauche. 
MN. Malva arborea maritima, folio (ubrotundo minore acuminato fubtus candido, 
tortice in fumes dutili, flore luteo, Cat. p.93. Tab. 134. Fig. 4. Mahauly-de 
_ Bouton. p. 68. An Ampoufoutchi-de Flacourt, p. t44? Malva arborea Indica, 
~ abutili foliis argentea, {ub externo cortice tenediophoros, ¢» frmmis ramis radi- 
cofa. Pluk. Mant.p.75. An Arbor Americana Tanidiophoros, vittas GF tanio- 
las plurimas tramofericas feinvicem incumbentes, longitudinaliter {ub externo 
cortice ferens. Ejufd. Alm. p. 41. 2Mahot of Ogilhy. Amer. p.348. & 377: 
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