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Marsh Mallow. 



A L T H iE A. 



A Tall wild Plant, of the Mallow kind, fre- 

 quent with us about fait 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 

 green Colour, and foft to the Touch like Velvet. 

 The Flowers are large and white, with fometimes 

 a faint Blulh of redilh. They are of the fame 

 Size and Shape with thofe of the common Mal- 



The Root Is moll ufed. It is white, long, 

 and thick, of an infipid Tafte, and full of a 

 mucilaginous Juice. Boiled in ^^'ater, and the 

 Decoftion made ftrong, it is excellent to pro- 

 mote Urine, and bring away Gravel, and fmall 

 Stones i it alfo cures Stranguries, and is good ih 



hs. Its Virtues are the fame with thofe of 



common Mallow, but 



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Vervain Mallow. 



ALCEA. 



A Very beautiful Plant, both in its Flower and 

 Manner of Growth ; common in Failures, 

 and worthy to be cherifhed in our Gardens. It 

 <rrows two Feet high. The Stalks are round, 

 moderately thick, a little hairy, and very upright. 

 The lower Leaves are rounded, and divided flight- 



the Edges : Thofe on the Stalk are_ cut^ in- 

 to very fmall Parts, and 



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?♦ The Flowers are cf a very bright F 



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