“ORD. XXXI. COLUMNIFERAZ. 
(From columna a pillar, and JSero to bear.) 
Plants whose stamens and_pistil have the appearance of a column 
or pillar in the centre of the flower. 
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ALTHEA OFFICINALIS. eo SES ~ MARSH-MALLOW. 
‘SW 
SYNONYMA. Althewa.’ Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. Althea 
Dioscoridis et Plinii. Bauh. Pin. p. 315. Althea vulgaris. 
Park. Theat. p. 303. Raii Hist. 602. Synop. 252, Althea 
-Ibiseus...., Gerard. Emac. p..933. Althza sive Bismalva. . J. 
_ Bauh.'Hist..vol. ii. p. 945., Althea tomentosa herbacea, caule 
erecto, foliis cordato-lanceoiatis. obsolete trifidis. Hal. Stirp. 
Helv. n. 1047, Altheea officinalis. Flor. Dan. tab. 530, With. 
Bot. Arrang. p. 735. Ardaa {. tBisus Dioscorid. ° | : 
Class Monadelphia. Ord, Polyandria.. Lin. Gen. Plant. 839. 
Ess. Gin. Ch, Cal. duplex; exterior 9-fidus. Arilli plurimi, 
monospermi. . é 
Sp. Ch: A. foliis simplicibus tomentosis. 
