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1. Common Mallow. 
Malva vulgaris. 
The root is long, large, white, and furnifhed 
with many fibres. 4 
The leaves rifing from it ftand on long foot- 
ftalks, and are of a roundith’ form, but deeply 
waved, or finuated and notched. 
The ftalk is round, firm, upright, and a yard 
high: the leaves on it refemble thofe from the 
root, but are fmaller and more waved. 
The flowers are large, and of a beautiful red, 
They ftand in great numbers at the tops of the 
ftalk and its branches. y 
The feeds are collected into a round, flat clutter, 
and preferved by the cup. 
It is common in all wafte places, and flowers 
throughout the fummer. 
C. Bauhine calls it Malva filveftris folio finuato. 
Others, Malva vulgaris. 
2. Little white-Aowered Mallow. 
Malva pumila flore albo. 
The root is long, and white, and has many 
fibres. 
The leaves rife in a tuft or clufter, and have 
moderately long footftalks. They are of a 
roundifh figure, and pale green colour, and are 
lefs finuated than thofe of the common mallow. 
The ftalks are numerous, and they lie upon 
"the ground, though fufficiently thick, and firm. 
The leaves on them are like thofe at the bot- 
tom, but fmaller. 
The flowers ftand on fhert footftalks, and are 
large, and of a pale whitifh colour, fometimes 
with a few ftreaks of purplifh, and fometimes a 
faint tinge of the fame colour throughout. 
The feeds ftand in little round clufters. 
It is common by way fides, and flowers all 
fummer. 
C. Bauhine calls it Malva flveftris folio rotundo. 
DivVIstoON i” nO 
1. Curled Mallow. 
Malva foliis crifpis flove albido. 
The root is long, white, and thick. 
The leaves rifing from it ftand on Jong foot- 
ftalks, and are large, rounded, but a little ob- 
long, and very beautifully curled about the edges. 
If this were the fole diftin€tion from the common 
kind, we fhould fay culture or accident gave it, 
and fheuld make it a variety ; but there are others 
that fhew it to be a diftiné f{pecies. 
The ftalk is firm, upright, and fix, feven, or 
eight foot high, thick enough to fupport itfelf very 
erect ; but not nearly fo thick as in the ¢ree mallow. 
‘The leaves on it are fomewhat more oblong 
than thofe from the root. ‘e 
The flowers ftand in clutters about the inferti- 
ons of the footflalks of of leaves: they have very 
fhort pedicles, and are of a pale whitifh colour. 
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BRITISH SPECIES. 
3. Small purple-foweted rough-feeded Mallow. 
Malva flore minore purpureo feminibus rigofis. 
The root is long, white, and hung round with 
many fibres. 
The leaves ftand on long, flender footftalks, 
and are little, of a roundifh figare, but deeply 
finuated, and of a dufky green. 
The ftalk is thick, tolerably ere, and about 
a foot high. 
Its leaves are altogether like thof from the 
root, but fmaller, and on fhorter footftalks, 
The flowers are numerous, very fmall, arid of 
a blueifh purple. 
The feeds follow in a fmall, rounded, flat 
clufter, and-are rough to the touch. 
It is not common with us, but grows in Kent 
and Suffex, and fome other places’ in barren 
ground. It flowers in June.: 
Boerhaave calls it Malva Silveftris foliis finuatis 
minoribus flofculis minimis Anglica. Ray, Malva 
minor flore parvo cerulio. 
4. Tree Mallow. 
Malva arborea. 
The root is very large, woody, white, long, ; 
and full of fibres, ‘ 
The leaves that rife from it ftand on long 
footftalks, and are of a rounded figure, deeply 
finuated and notched ; and of a pale green colour, 
and velvety foftnefs to the touch. 
The ftalk rifes in the midft of the clufter of 
them, and they prefently after fadeand wither away, 
This is fix or feven foot high, and very thick, 
firm, and woody. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it on long foot- 
ftalks, and are fo much finuated that they fre- 
quently appear in fome degree curled. 
The flowers are fmall, and whitifh, with a 
pale blufh of purple. . 
The feeds ftand in round, flat clufters. - 
It is not unfrequent about our fea-coafts, and 
flowers in July. 
Merret calls it Malva arborea marina noftras. 
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The feeds ftand in a rounded, flat head. 
It is a native of the fouth of France, whence 
we have brought it into our gardens. It Alowerg 
in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Malva foliiscrifpis. J. Bau- 
hine, Malva crifpa. 
2. The Hollyhock. 
Malva rofea, 
The root is tong, white, thick, and hard, and 
has about it a vaft quantity of fibres. : 
The firft leaves are roundifh, and curled about 
the edges. They are of a pale green, fomewhat 
hairy, and ftand on long footftalks. 
The ftalk is feven or eight feet high: the leaves 
ftand irregularly on it, and are large, and placed 
on long foorftalks. They are of a more oblong 
figure 
