110 MALLOWS. 



bearing the name of okra, a native of the Levant, and not a 

 stranger in this country, used when green or unripe, in soups. 

 This is supposed to be of the same class as the Jew s mallow ; 

 and it is certainly very similar in the form of its flowers and 

 fruit. 



The Scripture representation proves that it was the food of 

 the poorest classes ; and the Hebrew term malluach may have 

 given rise to the present name. 



