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Wild Mallow, or Dwarf Mallow. The leaves are 
fmaller, and more round than the former: The 
flowers are much fmaller, from a pale purple incli- 
ning to a whitilh colour, and ftreaked with purple 
■ lines. 
3. Malva minor ^ flore parvo cceruleo, Maha fyl- 
•vejlris^ foliis finuatis minorihus^ flofculis minimis^ An- 
glican R. 251. The Lefier Wild Mallow, with a 
fmall blue flower. 
4. Malva arbor ea marina noftr as n R.252, P. 301. 
In many places by the fea-fide, as at Hurft caflle, o- 
ver againfl: the ifle of Wight ; in Portland ifland ; 
i and on the rocks of Caldey ifland *, and on the Bafs 
1^ ifland, near Edinburgh^ in Scotland, 
A decodlion of the leaves, fweeten’d with fyrup of violets, 
! about a quarter of a pint drank now and then, is good to 
keep the body foluble ^ and allays the heat and Iharpnefs of 
urine. It is likewife good for the Hone and gravel. 
Althea, Marlh-mallow. It is, in all refpeds, 
like the Mallow, but that the leaves are longer, 
and more foft and woolly. The fpecies are : 
* I. Althea vulgaris ^ R. 252. P. 303. Althea 
JbifcuSn G. 787. Alth, Diofcoridis ^ Pliniin C, 3 15. 
Marfh-mallow. In marfhes near the fea. 
Althea vulgari fimilis folio retufo brevi^ R, 252, 
Round-leav*d Marfli-mallow. 
The root and leaves, and fometimes the feeds, are ufed* 
They arc balfamick and peftoral, good to help a cough, hoarfe- 
nefs and forenef# of the afpera arteria : They are frequently or 
dered in clyfters for the Hone ; and in cataplafms and fomenta- 
tions, to cafe pain ; as aJfo, to fuppurate and ripen tumors and 
impdfthumes. 
. Alcea, Vervain-mallow. It hath the whole ha- 
bit of the Mallow, or Althea^ but differs from 
both in its deeply divided leaves. The fpecies 
arc : 
Alcea vulgariSn R.252. vulgaris major ^ C. 316. 
vulgaris feu Malva verbenacean P. 301. Malvck 
vsrhenacea^ G. 785. Vervain-mallow. The leaves 
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