136 
MALLOW-WORTS. 
2. A. moschatus W. and A. Hibiscus Abelmoschus Linn.- 
(Musk-szEp.) Fig. 197, : 
Leaves rather peltate, cordate, 7-angled, acuminate, serrated ; 
stem hispid; bracts 8-9; capsule bristly. 
Habitat, Tropical America and Asia. 
Quality. Seeds musky, stimulating, cordial, stomachie. 4 
Uses. Tincture against serpent bites ; seeds said to be roasted along 
with coffee by the Arabs, 
197 
Matva. Linneus. 
Calyx 5-cleft, in a 3-leaved involucel. 
Styles numerous, connate down- 
wards. Fruit orbicular, many. 
celled, with a convex centre. 
1. M. sylvestris Linnseus.—(Commoy 
Mattow.) Fig. 198, 
Leaves angular, 5-7-lobed; peduneles 
in clusters, erect after flowering 
valves of the fruit netted. 
Habitat. Hedges and roadsides. 
Quality. Emollient, demulcent. 
Uses. Decoction in irritation of pulmonary 
and urinary organs, tenesmus; poultices 
in external inflammation, 
Gossypium. Linnceus. 
Bracts 3, leafy, connate at the base, 
and toothed, Car- 
pels many -seeded 
Seeds buried | 
wool. 
1. G. herbaceum 
nzeus.—(COTTON. 
Leaves 5-lobed, pale 
mate, with a — 
gland on the und 
side, lobes rounded, 
mucronate ;_ bracts 
serrated ; stem 
smooth. 
Habitat, East Indies, : 
Quality and Uses, Cotton-wool, applied to ye 
allays pain and irritation; it is the dé 
manufacturing substance from which p ; ta 
a vast majority of modern linen fabrics; > 
it is weak and perishable. 
2. G. barbadense Linneeus. Yields An 
cotton. 
198 
Fig. 197.—Seed of Abelmoschus moschatus, magnified; 198. Malva sylvestris. 
