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clad with the like Ieaues, but fmaller.The floures grow vponTitrW^TTi , -1- * 



mixed with purple ftrake^confiuing of fiue Ieaues, fafhioned like, toi VST °[ a r , edd ^£; 

 a knap or round button,like vnto a flat cake,compa<a of many final i *fii -J?" whlch c °mmeth7 

 and full of a flimiejuyce, as is all the reft ohhe plant. Y eeds ' The r00t is »hfc,£jl 



- The dwarfewilde Mallow creepethvpon the around <rfioA.ii * . ' 



and flcx.bie. The Ieaues be ronnde,, and morf hoary ihan T^ ^'^ "«ke, ?B 

 a white colour. ' ^ ulucr « x " e noures are fm'i. 



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and of a white colour. 



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are fo^ 



'«, hath many fmjl| 



grow broad 



» rote. Thenomes be find, and . hue. fhe^T^SXn?rCSni^7^ 



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The field Mallow. 



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4 The Vernaine Mallow hath many ftf aight ftalkes, whereon doe grow diuers Ieaues deepely 

 cut and jagged euen to the middle ribbe, not vnlike to the Ieaues of Veruaine, whereof it tookebis 

 flame : among which come forth faire and pleafant floures like vnto thole of the common Mall<* 

 in forme,but of a more bright red colour, mixed with ftripes of purple, which fetteth forth the 

 beautie.The root is thicke,and continucth many yeares. $ This is fometimes though more rarely 

 iound with white floures. $ 



f 5 ThisannuaHMallow,calledbyC/«/?ii»,i^4/#4rr/w^rw,isveryIikeourcommonM3lI^' 



h au Vp flendeT branched fta l kes fome tbree foot hi g b ; the bottome Ieaues are rounds tho «« 

 tneftalkes more (harpe pointed, greene aboue,and whiter vnderneath: the floures eonlilj 01 "" 

 ieaues of a light carnation colour, the feed is like that of the ordinary Mallow, but fmaHer;** 

 lucn alio is the root which periflies euery yeare as foone as the feed is ripe : it is fowne m lome D 

 dens,and growes wilde in Spaine.* 



d WfTl 2 Hrft Ma "° Wes grow »nvntoiled places among pot-herbes, by high waies, and thebor- 



Thc French mallow is an excellent pot-herbe, for the which caufe it is fowne in gardens 

 not to be found wilde that I know of. 



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