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figure than thofe at the root, and of the fame 
pale colour. : 
The flowers have fhort footftalks, and grow 
all up the ftalks from the middle upwards : they 
are very large, and naturally of a pale red colour, 
confifting of five fegments, joined at the bafe, as 
in the common mallow. 
The feeds follow in large, round clufters alfo 
as in the mallow. 
Tt is a native of Spain, and has thence been 
brought into our gardens, where culture has 
changed the colour and form of the flowers, 
rendering them double, and otherwife very va- 
rious. 
C. Bauhine calls it Malva rofea folio fubrotundo. 
J. Bauhine, Malva rofea five bortenjis. 
3. Fig-leaved Hollyhock. 
Malva rofea foliis digitatis. 
The root is long, thick; white, and bufhy, 
with 4 multitude of fibres. 
The leaves rifing from it ftand on long, green, 
hairy, tender, footftalks: they aré very large, of 
a pale green, and deeply divided into five, feven, 
or more parts. Their whole figure is oblong, 
but approaching to round, arid the fegments are 
cut in very deep. 
The ftall rifes in the midft of thefe, and is 
round, firm, upright, thick, and branched. Its 
leaves iefeinble thofe from the root, but they are 
morte deeply divided, commotily down to thé 
middle rib, or very néar it. 
The flowers grow on fhort footftalks on the 
upper part of the ftalks and branches. They are 
very large, and ufually of a pale yellow: but 
in the colour thete is the faitie variations as in the 
other ; the art of the gardener rendering it deeper 
and paler, and making the flower fingle or 
doubie. : 
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The feeds ftand in round, flatted clufters, and 
are large and compreffed. 
It is a native of Spain and other warm parts of 
Europe, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Malva rofea folio ficus. 
Various-leaved Mallow. 
Malva folius rotundus et angulatis. 
The root is fmall, long, and white, and has a 
great many fine fibres. 
The leaves rife from it in a fmall tuft, and are 
of a roundifh figure, a little dented at the ftalk, 
and come to a fmall point at the end. They 
ftand on long, tender, hairy footftalks, and are 
of a’ pale green above, and white underneath, 
and ferrated round the edges. 
The ftalk rifes in the midft of this tuft, and is 
flender, weak, hairy, of a pale green, and a foot 
and half high, with numerous branches. 
The leaves ftanding on it are oblong, broad at 
the bafe, fharp pointed, and often divided into 
three parts. 
The flowers are large, and of a deep purple; 
and they ftand on the tops of the branches, 
The feed comes after in round, flat heads. 
It is a native of Spain, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Malwa folio vario. J. Bau- 
hibe, Malva trimeftris flore cum unguibus purpureis. 
The common mallow is cooling and diuretick : 
it partakes of the virtue of the mar/b mallow, tobe 
next defcribed, but in an inferior degrees and 
the feveral other fpecies here defcribed poffefs the 
fame qualities, but they are of lefs value, 
It is foftening in cataplafms, and is a good 
ingredient in clyfters. The frefh root ufed in a 
{trong decoétion is excellent in ftranguries, and 
heat of urine, and the gravel. The root of the 
little white flowered kind makes a pleafanter drink 
for this purpofe, and has much the fame virtues. 
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MARSHMALLOW, 
ALTHEA. 
qe flower is compofed of five fegments, joined at the bafe, and ftands in a double 
feeds follow in a round, flatted clufter. The leaves are oblong, white; 
cup. The 
and foft to the touch. 
This is one of the monadelpbia polyandria of Linnaus, as the former and fucceeding genus. 
DIVISION 1. 
Marfhmallow. 
Althea vulgaris. 
The roots are long, white, and furnifhed with 
very large fibres, 
The firft leaves are {mall, and of an oval figure 5 
a little notched about the edges : they ftand on 
long footftalks, and are of a pale green, and very 
foft. 
The flalks rife feveral together in the midft of 
the clufter, and are very ftrong, upright, ‘hard 
and firm. The leaves ‘that rife from the ingot 
fade at their appearance, and-are foon gone, 
BRITISH 
‘thers fimply, Althea, 
SPECIES, 
The leaves ftand irregularly on the ftalks, and 
are large, oblong, of a figure approaching to 
triangular ; white, and foft to the touch, 
The flowers ‘are large and white, with the fame 
faint blufh of purplith. 
The feeds ftand in fmall, round ‘heads. 
It is common about fa 
flowers in June. 
The markets are fupplied with it fr 
om the'gar-. 
dens about London, where it grows in ae 
abundance, and perfectly well. . 
J. Bauhine calls it thea Jive bifinalva, 
or Althea vulgaris, 
It water rivers, and 
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