230 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
are three Times as large as thofe of the common 
Mallow, avd very begutiful. The Seeds are dif- 
pofed in the fame circular Manner, as in the com- 
mon Mallow. The Root is white. 
The Root, is the Part ufed. It has the fame 
Virtue. with that of the common Mallow, but in 
alefs Degree. The Leaves alfo have the fame 
‘Virtue, and are very pleafant taken in Tea. ~ 
Musk Matuow. 
- BAMIA MOSCHATA. 
a A Plant, ‘not unlike the Vervain Mallow in its 
Afpect, but a Native only of the hotter 
Countries. It is two Feet high. The Stalk is 
fingle, round, thick, hairy, and upright, The 
lower Leaves are roundith, only indented a little 
at the Edges; the upper ones are divided into five 
Parts, pretty deeply. The Flowers are of the 
Shape of thofe of the common Mallow, and are 
Jarge, but their Colour is yellow. The Seed is 
_ contained in a long Hufk, or Cafe, and is of a 
_ Kidney-like Shape, and of a fweet perfumed 
The Seed is the only Part ufed, and that very 
rarely. It is faid to be good againit the Head-ach, 
but we feldom meet with it frefh enough, to hay¢ 
any Virtue. 
» Manpraxe. 
7") S MEAPED RA GORA coer 
p= t, about which there have been a Multi- — 
tude of Errors, but in which, there is inrea- 
lity, nothing fo fingular as pretended. There are 
properly fpeaking, two Kinds of Mandrake; the — 
one with round Fruit, and broad Leaves, called — 
the Male; the other with oblong Fruit, and nar- 
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