MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 373 



the peduncle is long, and bears a Tingle, large 

 and Ipecious purple flower : the petals are 

 roundifli at the point, and widely expanded : 

 the calyx is hairy, and bearded with herbaceous 



The plant is reckoned aftringent and vulnerary, 

 but is rarely ufed. 



It is often introduced into gardens as an ornament. 



POLYANDRIA. 

 ALTH^A. Gen, pi 839. 

 C^/. duplex; exterior 9-fidus. ^nV// plurimi, mo- 

 nofpermi. 

 officinalis \^ ALTHiEA foliis fimplicibus tomentofis. Sp. 'pi. 

 g66. {Ger. em. 933. /. i. Moris, hiji, / 5. /. 19. 

 /, 12. Blackwell t. 290. (Ed, Ban, t. 530.) 

 Marfhmallow. Anglis. 



It is now and then found in wafte places near houfes, 

 but is probably only the outcall of gardens. %, 

 VIII. 

 The ftalk is eredl^ five feet high, and but little 

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

 ceolate figure, divided very obfcurely into three 

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

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

 mofl: feflile, and are whitifh or flelh-color'd : the 

 petals are five, and emarginated. 

 The root and leaves have a mucilaginous quality, 

 and are often ufcd in a fyrup or decodion as a 

 B b 3 balfamic 



