14 
This 
mucilaginous matter wltli which the Althsea abounds, 
medicinal part of the plant, and is commonly employed fo 
emollient and demulcent qu 
Its ufe is recommended 
of membranes becomes acrid or abrad 
for obtund 
ing and i n c r affat i n 2* acrimonious thin fluids, in tickline couehs from 
deli ud ions on the fauce 
d lungs 
ho 
ofi 
of 
fcomach and inteftines, ftranguaiy,J and for lubricating and relaxing 
the paflages in nephritic and Cc 
Radix Althseae 
fo 
rmc 
iCi- 
rly had a place in many 
of 
A 
pounds in the pharma 
pcxias, but now it is only direded in the form of a fyrup. 
% V/e may here remark however, that in the opinion of Dr. Cullen thefe " demul- 
cents can have no effeft as fuch in the mafs of blood, or in paffing by the various 
' ^' Mat. Med. vo' 
excretions. 
.» //. p. 41 r. 
^ Levels 1. c. 
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'IHIVJ- 
MALVA SYLVESTRIS. 
COMMON MALLOW, 
A 
STNONTMA. Malva. Pharm, Lond.'i^ Edinh. Malva fylveftiis 
folio finuato. Bauh. Pin, p. 314 
Malva vulgaris flore 
majore 
J 
Baiih. Ill ft. voL IL p, 949 
Malva vulgaris. 
r 
Malva 
Synop. p. 251. 
folio fmuato. 
Park. "Theat. p. 299. Rait Hijl. p. 5 
caule eredo, foliis lobatis, lobis fcrratis, quinis & feptenis. Hal. 
Stirp. Helv. n\ 1069. Malva fylveftris. Gerai^d. Emac. 930. 
Withering. Bot.Arratig. p. ']'^'^. . Ctirt. Flor. Land, 
^ 
I. 
Clafs Monadelphia. Ord. Polyandria. Lin, Gen. Plant. 841. 
( 
EJT. G 
Ch 
CaL dupl 
exterior 3-phy 
Arilli plurim 
1 
3 
ofpermi 
/ 
Sp. Ch. M. caule eredo herbaceo, fol. feptemlobatis acutls, pedun 
culis petiolifque pilofis. x 
THE 
perennial, thick 
g 
vv^hitifh, and furnifhed 
many ftrong fibres : the ftem is ered, round, ftrong, hairy, branched 
and rifes from one to three feet in height : the leaves are numerous 
roundiili 
