The U/eful Family Herhak 229 = 
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Marsu Mattow. 
ALT H ZA... 
Tall wild Plant, of the Mallow kind, fre- 
| *”* quent with us about falt Marfhes, and the 
Sides of Rivers where the Tides come. It grows — 
to four Feet in Height. The Stalk is round, 
upright, thick, and fomewhat hairy. The Leaves 
are large, broad at the Bafe, fmall at the Point, 
of a Figure approaching to triangular, and in- 
dented round the Edges: They are of a whitifh 
n Colour, and foft to the Touch like Velvet. 
The Flowers are large and white, with fometimes 
a faint Bluth of redifh. They are of the fame 
4 < and Shape with thofe of the common Mal- 
tow. 
_ The Root is moft ufed. It is white, long, 
and thick, of an infipid Tafte, and full of a 
mucilaginous Juice. Boiled in Water, and the 
Decoétion made ftrong, it is excellent to bs 
‘Mote Urine, and bring away Gravel, and {mall 
_ -‘Stones; it alfo cures Stranguries, and is good in 
' Coughs. Its Virtues are the fame with thofe of 
__ the common Mallow, but in a greater Degree. 
Vervain Mallow.  «.— 
g | ALCEA : 
<3 A Very beautiful Plant, both in its Flower and 
* Manner of Growth; common in Paftures, 
and worthy to be cherifhed in our Gardens. It 
_ gfows two Feet high. The Stalks are round, 
‘Moderately thick, a little hairy, and very upright. 
_ The lower Leaves are rounded, and divided flight- _ 
_ dy at the Edges: Thofe on the Stalk are cyt in- 
to very fmall Parts, and in a very beautiful Man-— 
fcr. The Flowers are of a very bright Red, and 
