Mum; 



Bona >>v polys] 



distinct cocci or follicli 



hair) ; albumen none, "!• flesh) and in small quantit; 



doubled cot) l< doi 



Mallowworta with SU rculi 

 clearl) indicated bj tl 



their cah \. A less immediate affinity 

 means ■■(' the curious genua Malope, wl 



lerable numbers over :i central torus, altb 

 respects thai of Nlallowworta There also 

 relationship between them and Cranesbills, Chlenads, and 

 To the tir-t the} approach by their monadelphi and crun 



to the Becond by their involucres and column 

 t»i-t. 'I corollas, and mucilaginous properties. The whole 

 however, sufficiently distinguished by the charactei 

 proper places. Theads (Ternstromi e another Order t'> which M 



casionally compared ; but the slightly mouadelphous f the 



stamens in thai Order is \> rj diffi n nt from their columnar structure in 

 and there is little else in common between il 

 These plants are found in in the tropics, plentifully in die 1 



ins, but gradually diminishing i" the north. Thus 

 form Jm of the flowering plants, in Franc i Sweden r.^, >" Lapland tin 



operate parts ol North America j-^y, in the equii 

 ■ame continent -,' r J or taking into account only the vegetation ol i\.< val 

 according i" Humboldt, form J, of the flowering plants in the tropii . a die 



temperate zone, and are not found in the frigid zone. But these calculal doubt 



include Stercuhads. 



The uniform character <>!' the Order is to abound in mucilage, and !■■ be totally 

 destitute of :ill unwholesome qualities. The use to which Mallow- and Marshmallows 

 are applied in Europe is well known. The whole plant of the latter, especially the 



yields in decoction a plentiful, tasl urless mucilage, salutary in 



of irritation. It is used as a demulcent for children, and is a favourite medicine w ith the 



! h, who employ it tstantly in poulti* . iV'-.. under the nai 



Guimauve. Tlie flowers of the gaudy Hollyhock (All 

 Officinal in Greece for the same purposes. Similar properties are ; 

 Burop £ rdifolia mixed with rici t" alleviate t ; 



Emollient fomentations are prepared from Sida mauritiana by the II 

 Tin- Bowei d< Di -. Abutilon esculentum, are used in ( 



I li \ decoction of Sphseralcea cisplatina U administered in th< 

 in iiitlaniinatii.il of the bowels, and is generally employed forth 

 llarshmallow in Europe. Pavonia diuretics 



I to act rather as an emollient. The chewed leaves 

 pinifolia, are applied in Brazil to the punctures ol wasps. And finally,) 

 quantity '>!' plants having similar qualities, it is sufficient to nan, 

 aaculentus, whose fruit, called Ochro, Gombo, <■• ! 



lient in soup, to which it imparts its mucilaginous quality. The* 

 rerj light, and of little value. Rocket-sticks ai 

 stems ol Sida micrantha. The bark is often 

 cordage. Malva crisps was found bj CavaniU 



s of Hibiscus are employed in like manner in tropical 

 of the bark of Hibiscus arboreus the whips wen 

 slaves were lashed in the Weal India Islands; the pi 

 Sida abutila is said to be cultivated in China, as we know 1 1 

 is in India, as a substitute for hemp. The bark of tliis pin 

 kind of oil is expressed from tlu seeds. Various otln i 

 serviceable fibres. The p< tals of som< 

 Alcea and in Hibiscus Rosa sinensis, of which the I 

 eyebrows and the leather of their Bhoes. 'II. 

 • blue colouring matter not inferior to indigo \ 

 of Urena lobata is employed in Brazil as a r 



i expectorant in dry and invt 

 A t'.-w species, such as Hibiscus Sabdariffa an I • 

 musky seeds of Abelmoschus moschal - 

 tlf Arabians are mixed with coffee. In thi VN 

 ■rasque', reduced t>> powder, and steeped in rum, 

 against serpent bites. Th« i 



