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M A L 



THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



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6. Malva Angustifolia ; Narrow-leaved Mallow. Leaves 

 lanceolate ; flowers axillary, in pairs ; peduncles shorter than 

 the petiole ; outer calix bristle-shaped, deciduous. Stem suf- 

 f'ruticose, round, branched, three feet high; corolla pale 

 violet. It flowers in August. Native of Mexico. 



7. IVtalva Americana; American Mallow. Leaves cordate, 

 crenate ; lateral flowers solitary ; terminating flowers in 

 spikes. Root annual; stem a foot high, stiff, round, some-- 

 what hairy ; branches few, short, upright, from the lower 

 axils ; corolla yellow. Native of North America. 



* With angular Leaves* 



Malva Peruviana; Peruvian Mallow. Stem upright, 

 herbaceous ; leaves palmate ; spikes directed one way, axil- 

 lary ; seeds toothletted. Stem from two to three feet high, 

 with hairs thinly scattered over it, usually in pairs ; leaves 

 seven-lobed, sharply serrate ; corollas small, purple. Na- 

 tive of Peru. 



9. Malva Limensis ; Blue-flmvered Mallow. Stem upright, 

 herbaceous ; leaves lobed ; spikes directed one way, axillary; 

 seeds even. Flowers blue, appearing in July. Annual. 

 Xative of Peru, about Lima. 



10. Malva Bryonifolia; Bryony-ieaved Mallow. Stem 

 shrubby, tomentose; leaves pinnate, rugged; peduncles many- 

 flowered. Miller describes it as having a shrubby woolly stalk, 

 four or five feet high, branched on every side, with woolly 

 rough leaves ; peduncles axillary, supporting four or five 

 flowers; bright purple, shaped like those of the Common 

 Mallow : they appear in July, and ripen seed in autumn. This 

 plant is handsomely echinated on the disk of the leaf. It 

 seldom continues more than two or three years. Native of 

 Spain. 



11. Malva Lactea; Panided Mallow. Stem shrubby; 

 leaves acute, cordate, villose ; petals obcordate, shorter than 

 the calix; peduncles panicled. Native place unknown. 



12. Malva Vitifolia; Vine-leaved Mallow. Stem upright, 

 branched ; leaves five-lobed, crenate, villose ; axils many- 

 flowered. Stem six feet high, round ; corolla white, a little 

 larger than the calix. Native of Mexico. 



13. Malva Umbellata; Umbelled Mallow. Stem shrubby: 

 leaves cordate, five-lobed ; flowers umbelled. Stem shrubby, 

 round, two feet high, tomentose ; corolla bell-shaped, twice 

 as large as the calix, very deeply divided into five rounded 

 striated segments, of a fiery violet colour, with the base by 

 which they are united white; style purple rose-coloured, 

 hollow. Native of Mexico. 



14. Malva Capensis ; Gooseberry-leaved or Cape Mallow. 

 Leaves cordate, five-lobed ; stem arborescent. This rises 

 with a woody stalk about ten feet high, sending out branches 

 the whole length ; and covered with hairs ; the flowers come 

 out from the side of the branches, upon peduncles an inch 

 long; they are of a deep red colour, shaped like those of the 

 Common Mallow, but smaller : it flowers great part of the 

 year. There are several varieties. Native of the Cape. 



15. Malva Virgata. Leaves narrowed at the base, multi- 

 form, parted; divisions gash-crenate ; peduncles one-flowered; 

 stem frutescent. Trunk very small, branching almost imme- 

 diately from the root; corolla purple, streaked with deep 

 purple- or red spots at the base. 



16. Malva Balsamica. Leaves subcordate, sublobate, un- 

 equally serrate, glutinous ; stem shrubby. A shrub about 

 four feet high ; petals pale rose-coloured. Native country 

 unknown ; probably the Cape. 



17. Malva Abutiloides. Leaves deeply lobed and sinuated ; 

 stems shrubby, hoary ; corolla white. Native of the Cape. 



18. Malva Caroliniana; Creeping Mallow. Stem creeping; 

 leaves multifid. Root annual. Stem eighteen inches or longer, 



round, putting out roots at the lower joints, hairy; leaves 1 

 villose, soft; flowers axillary and terminating, on almost 

 upright peduncles, from an inch to an inch and half in 

 length, small, the colour of Burgundy wine; the claws of a 

 darker red. Native of Carolina. 



19. Malva Parviflora. Stem spreading; flowers axillary, 

 sessile, glomerate ; calices smooth,* spreading. Annual. 

 Native of Barbary. 



20. Malva Nieseensis. Stem decumbent; calices glome- 

 rate, both hairy ; leaves five-lobed. Root annual ; stems 

 decumbent, scarcely branched ; corolla pale red, a little 

 larger than the caiix ; petals emarginate. Found in the 

 county of Nice. 



21. Malva Pusilla; Small Mallow. Stem declining; leaves 

 roundish, heart-shaped, slightly five-lobed ; flowers pedun- 

 cled, generally in pairs ; petals the length of the calix. 

 Root annual, or perhaps biennial. Observed at Hithe in 

 Kent, and in Pembrokeshire. It differs from the other Mal- 

 lows, in having the seeds wrinkled. 



22. Malva Rotundifolia ; Round-leaved or Dwarf Mallow. 

 Stem prostrate ; leaves cordate-orbiculate, obsoletely five- 

 lobed ; fruiting, peduncles declining. Root annual, whitish, 

 striking deep ; stems several, branched ; corolla white, with 

 purple veins, and purple towards the top. Native of most 

 parts of Europe, on dry banks, by way-sides, under walls, 

 and other fences; flowering from June to September. 



23. Malva Sherardiana. Stems prostrate ; leaves orbicular, 

 plaited, tomentose, crenate ; peduncles solitary, one-flow- 

 ered, bowed. Perennial. Native of Bithynia. 



24. Malva Sylvestris ; Common Mallow. Stem upright, 

 herbaceous ; leaves five-lobed, acute ; peduncles and petioles 

 hairy. Root perennial, whitish, the thickness of a finger, 

 striking deeply, thinly furnished with large fibres, not creep- 

 ing, sweetish, and viscid; leaves five-lobed, hairy on both 

 sides ; corolla bluish-purple. Common in most parts of 

 Europe, by hedges, roads, and in waste places, flowering 

 from June to September. Cattle do not appear to be fond 

 of this plant ; every part of which abounds with a mild muci- 

 lage. The boiled root is much used as an emollient cata- 

 plasm ; and an infusion of it is generally prescribed in all 

 cases wherein mild mucilaginous substances are useful; as in 

 disorders of the urinary passages, and in coughs and hoarse- 

 nesses. The use of it, however, has been much superseded 

 by Altheea, or Marsh-mallow, which possesses its valuable 

 qualities in a superior degree. The leaves also are not 

 unfrequently used in fomentations and clysters. Woodville 

 says, that the roots of Malva are useless, whilst those of 

 Althsea are of more efficacy than any other part of the plant. 

 It is well known that this plant was an esculent vegetable 

 among the Romans. Prosper Alpinus informs us, that a 

 plant of the mallow kind is eaten by the Egyptians ; and the 

 Chinese use some sort of Mallow in their food. 



25. Malva Orientalis ; Oriental Mallow. Stem upright, 

 herbaceous; leaves lobed, blunt, crenale. The uprightness 

 of the plant, with the colour of the flowers, immediately dis- 

 tinguish this from the Common Mallow, which in many 

 respects it much resembles. Found in the Levant. 



26. Malva Mauritiana; Ivy-leaved Mallow. Stem upright, 

 herbaceous ; leaves five-lobed, blunt ; peduncles and petioles 

 smoothish. Annual. Native of the south of Europe. 



27. Malva Fragrans. Sweet Mallow. Stem upright, frutes- 

 cent ; leaves roundish-cordate, half five-lobed. Native place 

 uncertain. The whole plant has a strong aromatic smell. 



28. Malva Hispanica; Spanish Mallow. Stem upright; 

 leaves semiorbiculate, crenate ; outer calix two-leaved. Co- 

 rolla flesh-coloured. Native of Spain. 



