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This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth fcflion 

 of Linna:us's fixtecnth clafs, intitled Monodelphia 

 Poly and ria, which contains thofc plants v;hole flowers 

 have many fcamina joined with the ftyle in one body. 



The Species are, 

 M ALV A {Syhejlris) cauk ere£lo herbaceo, foliis fep- 

 tem lobatis acutis pedunculis petiolifque pilofis. Lin. 

 Sp. Plant. 969. Mallow Kvith an ereci herbaceous ftalk, 

 "ujith [even acute lobes to the leaves^ and hairy f 



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Malva fylveftris, folio 



Wild Mallow with aftftuated leaf. 



2. Malva {Rotundifo'lia) caule proftrato, foliis cordato- 

 orbiculatis obfolete quinquelobis, pedunculis frufti- 

 feris declinatis. Lin. Sp. 969. Mallow with projlrate 



■ Jlalks^ roundijh heart-jhafed leaves with five obfolete lobes y 

 and the foot'Jlalks of the fruit declining. Malva vul- 



• garis, flore minore, folio rotundo. J. B. 2. p. 949. 

 Co?nmon Mallow with a fnall flower and a round leaf. 



3. Malva {Orientalis) annua, caule ere6to herbaceo, 

 foliis lobatis obtufis & crenatis. Annual Mallow with 

 an ere^ herbaceous ftalk^ and obtufe lobed leaves which 

 are crenated. Malva orientalis ereclior, flore magno 

 fuave rubente. Tourn. Cor. 3. Eafl cm Mallow with a 

 more upright ftalk^ and a large ^ f oft ^ red flower. 



4. Malva {Crifpa) caule ereclo, foliis angulatis crifpis, 

 floribus axillaribus glomeratis. Lin. Sp. 970. Mallow 

 with an ere£i ftalk^ angular curled leaves^ and flowers in 

 clufters on the fide of theftalks. Malva foliis crifpis. 

 C. B. P. 31 5. Furbelowed Mallow. 



5. Malva {Verticillata) caule erefto, foliis angulatis, 

 floribus axillaribus glomeratis feflilibus, calycibus 



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 ■ of the ftalks. 

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Mallow with an ere5l ftalk 



liis fuborbiculatis obfolete quinquelobatis, floribus 

 confertis alaribus feflilibus. Annual Mallow with an 

 ereEl^ herbaceous^ fingle ftalk^ leavtsalmofi rounds with 

 five indented lobes^ and flowers growing in clufters^ which 

 fit clofe to the ftalks.-.'MAy^. Sinenfis crefta, flofculis 

 albis minimis. Boerb. Ind. alt. Upright annual China 

 Mallow, with vers 



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13. Malva (Tournefcrtia) foliis radicalibuR quinoMe 

 partitis, trilobis linearibus, pedunculis fulio caulma 

 longioribus, caule procumbente. Amocn. Acad. 4 n 

 283. Mallow with cut leaves having three lobes^ v;iJch 

 are linear^ and a declining ftalk. Alcca irjaricinia Gal- 

 loprovincialis, geranii folio. Tourn. Inft. 9!;. 71^,^^', 

 time Vervain Mallow of Provence^ with a Cran-fs -bill leaf 



14. Malva [Capenfls) foliis fubcordatis laciniatis hirfu". 

 tis, caule arborefcente. Mallow with hairy cut kave's 

 almoft heart-floapedy and a tree-like flalk. Malva Afri' 

 cana frutefcens, flore rubro. Hort. Amfl. 2, p. 1*^1 

 African fhrubby Mallow with a red flower. ^ 



15. Malva {Americana) foliis cordatis crenatis, floribus 

 lateralibus folitariis, terminalibus fpicatis. Prod. Leyd 

 359. Mallow with heart-floaped crenated leaves^ and 



flowers growing fingly from the fides of the ftalks, and i,^ 

 fpikes at the top. Althasa Americana, pumila, fiore 

 luteo fpicato. Breyn. Cent. 124. Low American Marfj^ 

 mallow^ with a yellow fpiked flozver. 

 The two firfl: forts are found wild in moft parts of 

 England, fo are rarely cultivated in gardens. The 

 firft is the fort commonly ufed in medicine, with 

 which the markets are fupplied by the herbfolks, 

 who gather it in the fields, l^hcfe are both fo well 

 known, as to need no defcription. There is a va- 

 riety of the firfl: with white flowers, which continues 

 the fame from feeds ; but as it only difl^ers in the co- 

 lour of the flower, fo it cannot be reckoned a diftincl: 

 fpecies. 



The third fort was difcovered by Dr. Tournefort in 

 the Levant, this is an annual plant with an ered: fl:alk ^ 

 the flowers are larger than thofe of the common fort[ 

 and are of a foft red colour. Tliis is preferved in 

 fome curious gardens for the fake of variety. ' '.'■'4 

 . The fourth fort is annual ; this rifes with an upright 

 ; ftalk four or five feet high ; the leaves are curled 

 on their edges, for which variety it is preferved in 



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7. Malva {Cretica) caule ereflo ramofo hirfuto, foliis 

 . .^angulatis, floribus alaribus pedunculis brevioribus. 

 Mallow with an ere£i^ ^ranching, hairy ftalk., angular 

 leave}., 'and flowers proceeding from the wings of the 

 ftalks^ which grow upon fhorter foot-flalks. Malva 

 Cretica annua altiflima, flore parvo ad alas umbel- 

 lato. Tourn. Cor. 2. Talleft annual Mallow ' of Crete., 

 th fmall flowers growing in umbels on the fides of 



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The fifth fort was difcovered firfl: by Dr. Tournefort, 

 and afterward by Dr. Sherard, in the Levant, who 

 fent the feeds to feveral gardens, where the plants 

 have produced flowers and feeds ; which having fcat- 

 tered in thofe gardens fo plentifully, as to become as 

 common as our native forts. ""' V-\ '\ • : . r-i? 





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8. Malva {Peruviana) caule erefto herbaceo, foliis lo- 

 batis, fpicis fecundis axillaribus feminibus denticula- 



Mallow 



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fruitful clufters proceeding from the fides of theftalks. 



The fixth fort was formerly fent from China as" a 

 pot-herb, and hath been cultivated in ' forhe curious 

 gardens in England; though it is not likely tobb- 

 tain here as an efculent plant, fince we have many 

 others which are preferable to it for that purpofe. 

 This is an annual plant, which will propagate itfelf 

 fafl: enough, provided it be permitted to fcattcr its 

 feeds, when they feldom fail to grow, and are often 



very troublefome when they have gotten pofleffion 

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Malva {Jlcea) caule efefto, foliis multipartitis fca- 

 briufculis. Plort. Cliff". 347. Mallow with an ere£t 



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10. Malva {Mofchata) foliis radicalibus reniformibus 

 incifis^^'caulinis quinque partitis pirinato-multifidis. 

 , Hort. Upfal. 202. Mallow with kidn^-fhaped lower 

 • leaves whic^ are cut, and thofe on theftalks divided into 

 ■-'-fiVf. p^^^s-> ending in winged points. Alcea folio ro- 

 tundo laciniato. C, B. P; 316. ^ Round cut-leaved 



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II.' Malva {jEgyptia) foliis palmatis dentatis, coroUis 

 calyce minoribus. Lin. Sp, Plant. 690. Mallow with 



* hand-ftja^ed indented leaves^ and petals lefs than the em- 

 . paiement.^- Alcea ^gyptia, geranii folio. JuflT. Egyp- 



• iian Vervain Mallow with a Crane's-bill leaf •-. , 

 12. 'Malva. (Bryonifolia) foliis palmatis fcabris, caule 



tomentofo fruticofo, pedunculis multifloris. Prod. 

 Leyd. 350. Mallow with rough hand-fhaped leaves^ a 

 fljrubby woolly ftalk., and foot-ftalks with many flowers. 

 Alth^a frutefcens bryoni^ folio. C. B. P. 316. 

 Shrubby Vervain Mallow with a Briony leaf. 



The feventh fort grows naturally in Crete; this plant 

 ' is annual, the fl:alks rifes rather higher than that of 

 , our common Mallow, and the branches extend far- 

 t.ther, and are in greater plenty j the leaves are an- 

 gular, and the flowers ftand on Ihort foot-ftalks. 

 ' This will be very common, provided the feeds are 

 . permitted to fcatter. 



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The eighth fqrt grows naturally in Peru, from wfience 

 the feeds were fent to the Royal Garden at Paris, by 

 Mr. Jofeph de Juflleu. . -This is an annuafplarit, ri- 

 , fing with ah upright branching fl:alk near two feet 

 high, garnifhed with broad hairy leaves, having three 

 lobes. . The flowers grow in fpikes* from the wings 

 of the ftalks ; they are fmall, of a pale blue, and fet 

 very clofely on the fpikes. Thefe appear in June, 

 and are fucceeded by feeds, which, if permitted to 

 fcatter, will come up plentifully the following fpring 

 without care.' ' >'^^ '.-.'C ^'^- - - . , ■-'■ :j. rh''- 

 The ninth fort is the common Vervain Mallow, which 

 is found growing naturally" near London. It is a bi- 

 ennial plant ; the fl;alks rife higher than thofe of the 

 former, the leaves are cut into obtufe lobes which 

 are indented. The flowers are large, appearing m 

 June and July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 

 The tenth fort differs from the ninth, in having taHer 

 hairy flalks, and the l^ves being kidney-maped. 





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