

L,I B. 2. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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The ^Egyptian Codded Mallow. 







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fomething white about the edges, but in the 

 middle of a fine purple: in themiddeftofthis 

 fioure ftandcth forth a knap or peftel,as yellow 

 as gold ; it opencth it lelfe about eight of the 

 c!ocke,and fhuttethvpagainc at noone, about 

 tw cliie a clock when it hath receiucd the beams 

 of the Sun, for two or three houres, whereon it 

 ihould lecmctorejoyreto looke and forvvhofe 

 deparru eyeing then vpon che point of dec len. 

 fion, it feemes to grieue and fo flints vp the 

 f! cures that were open, and neuer o^ens them 

 againe • whereupon it might more properly be 

 called Malva horariapx the Mallow of an boure: 

 and this Colnmtfla fcemeth to call CMoloche^ in 



thisverfcj 



fequitur qua vcrticefolcml 



The feed is contained in thicke rough blaJ* 

 ders, whereupon T)odonAus calleth it Alcea Fcfi- 

 tariA t within thefe bladders or feed veflels arc 

 contained blacke feed, not vnlike to thofe of 

 NrgdU Rom am. The root is fmalland tender, 

 and perifheth when the feed is ripe, and muft 

 be increased by new and yearely fowing of the 









feed, carefully referued, 



7 Thorn Mallow rifeth vp with one vprighc 

 fta!koftwocubit*high,diuiding it felfeinto 

 diners branches, whereupon are placed leaues 

 deeply cut to the middle rib,and likewifc fnipt 

 abour the edges like a Qiw : in tafte like Sdrrel: 

 floures for the moft part thttift forth of the 

 trunke or body of the fmall ftalke, compaft of 



fioe fmall Ieaues,of a yellowifb colour • the middle part whereof is of a purple tending to tedneiTe: 

 tbehuske or cod wherein the floure dorh ftand is fet or armed with fharpe thorncs :the root is 

 foul !,fingle,and moft impatient of our cold climate,iniomuch that when I had with grcar induftry 

 nourilhed vp fome plants from the ieed,and kept them vnto the midft of May-notwithftandins one 

 cold night chancing among many, harh deft roied them all. 



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Clujitu hath fc 



i Pro/per Alpinus by the tide of Bammia : the ftalke is roun< 

 ghrvpon which without o»*der grow leaues at the bottome 

 ed and fnipt about the edges ; bur from the middle of the 

 decpe gaihes like as the leaues of the laft defcribed : the i 



ftalke 



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«ucs rafter thefe follow long thicke fine cornered hairy and fliarpe pointed feed veflels, conrai- 

 ! ,0 S a feed like oro^couered with a litcle downinefle ? rh?s growes in ^Egypt, where they eat the 



fruit thereof as we do Peafe and Beanes : ^ilvinm attributes diners vertues to this plant, agreeable 



to thofe of the common Marfli-mallow. £' * 



y The Place. 





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*eU in my garden from yeare to yeare. 



firft ptofpereth 



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They are to be fowne in the moft fertill ground and funnic places of the garden,in thebe*inninff 



* May. or m the erxA of A nr ill & D UIUi »S 



m The Names 



lJt% T M ?n* haUC bcene fuificient, y to »ched in their feuerall defcriptions. The firft may be cat 

 'W* J?- 8 Vf nice -malIow,Good.night at noone, or the Mallow fiouringbut an houre'of **- 



u *s called Hyfecwnpt Rue Poppy,but vnproperly . 





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I a ccruiae clararaie juyce in the leaues of the Venice-mallow, whereupon it is though* A 



