“SAB The Native Hiftory of Jamaica. 
having two prickles on the ends of the outermoft Coat of the Seeds, which 
lies like the othersof this Kind ina pentaphyllous Calyx, 
It grows with the precedent, and in the Caribes. 
The whole Plant boiled in water is Diuretick. The Root powdered, and 
taken with Pepper takes away the cold Fever, and from it is made an Oil. 
Fi. M. 
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VIN. Malva erecta minor, carpini folio, flore luteo, feminibus fingnlis fimplici 
aculeo longiori donatis. Cat.p. 96. An Alcea Carpini folio Americana frutefcens, 
flofculis luteis, fersine duplici roftro donato. Commelin. hort. Amft.p.3 2 Malva 
ulmifolia femine roftrato. Tournef. El.p. 81. Inft.p. 96. 
The Roots of this arethe fame with the former, as are the Stalks. The 
Leaves have a quarter of an Inch long Foot-Stalks, are deeplier ferrated, 
larger, of a frefher green colour, and fhap’d like the Leaves of the Horn- 
Beam-Tree, or Goofeberries. The Flowers are yellow, and like the others, 
only larger. The Seeds aremore in number, and each has a fingle long 
prickle going out of one of its ends. 
It grows with the two foregoing Kinds, and in the Caribes. 
IX. Althea flore luteo. Cat. p. 96. Tab. 136. Fig. 2- 
This grew to about three. or four Foot high, the Stalks being round, 
rough, hoary, having feveral Branches befet with Leaves cordated, or of 
the fhape of a Heart, ferrated, fomething like the Leaves of our Marth- 
mallows, but rounder, without finuations. They ftood on an Inch long 
Foot-Stalk, were very foft like Sattin, of a yellowith green colour. To- 
wards the top ex alis foliorym came the Flowers ftanding in a green {at- 
tind pentaphyllous Cup/wla, being pentapetalous, and Orange colour'd, as 
the other Al/thee, to which this is very like in Face, Stature, and other 
particulars, 
It grew on the fandy Sea Banks, near Old Harbour very plentifully. 
This differs extreamly from the following Plant notwithftanding Doétor 
Plukenct makes them the fame in his Mantiffa, p. 9. 
X. Malva Americana, abutili folio, flore luteo, [picato, foliis hirfutioribus C 
crafforitus. Flerm. par. Bat. prod, Cat. Fam. p. 97. 
1 found this by the Road fides going to Guanaboa in Famaica. Breynius 
had it from Curagao. , 
XI. Althea {picata, betonica folio villofiffime, Cat. p.97. Tab. 138. Fig.t: 
This rifes to about three Foot high with a woody Stalk, cornered, very 
rough, covered with a dark brown Bark, on which, towards the top, was 
much Wooll or Down. On this, at about an Inches diftance from one ano- 
ther, come the Leaves alternatively, on oppofite fides of the Stalks ftanding 
on one third part of an Inch long very hairy Foot-Stalks, each of them 
being about an Inch dnd an half long, and about an Inch broad at round 
Bafe, where broadeft, and whence they grew narrower to their round ends, 
being ferrated about the edges, and covered all over with a long yellowifh 
hair, making the Leaf look of a dirty green colour. Towards the top, 
ex alis foliorum, come out the Flowers which are plac’d like thofe of the 
Plante Verticillate round the Stalk, or rather moft on one fide, each of them 
being inclofed at bottom by {mall Leaves, rough, and very hairy, making 
a Calyx. 
t fouiid it on Mount Diablo in the middle of the Ifland. 
XIT. Althea 
