MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 373 



the peduncle is long, and bears a fingle, large 

 and fpecious purple flower : the petals are 

 roundifh at the point, and widely expanded: 

 the caljx is hairy, and bearded with herbaceous 



The plant is reckoned aflringent and vulnerary, 



but is rarely ufed. 

 It is often introduced into gardens as an ornament. 



POLYANDRIA. 

 ALTH^A. Ge72.pL 839. 

 C^/. duplex; exterior g-fidus. ^r/.7i pluriml, mo- 

 nofpermi. 

 ^cinalis i^ ALTH^A foliis fimpiicibus tomentofis. Sp. pi. 

 g66. {Ger. em. (^n. f. i. Moris, hiji. f. 5. /. 19. 

 / 12. Blackwell t, 290. CEd. Dan. t. 530.) 

 Marflimallow. Anglis, 



It is now and then found in wade places nearhoufes, 

 but is probably only the outcaft of gardens. %, 

 Vlll. 

 The ftalk is ere^V, five feet high, and but little 

 branched : the leaves are of a heart-lhap'd lan- 

 ceolate figure, divided very obfcurely into three 

 lobes, ferrated on the edges, and loft as velvet : 

 the flowers arife from the cds of the leaves, al- 

 moft feflile, and are whitifli or flefh-color'd : the 

 petals are live, and emarginated. 

 The root and leaves have a mucilaginous quality, 

 and are ofien ufed in a fyrup or decodtion as a 

 B b 3 balfamic 



