Cow Fen, and Trnmpington Meadow. Twenty-feet Diain near March ; hy a 
bridge in the road leading to Wisbeach. Near a bridge about two miles from 
Tydd Gote, in the road to Wisbeach. Ditches by tire sides of the road from 
Wisbeach to Peterborough: Rev. R. Relhan. — Cornu-all; Sea shore near 
Marazion and Penzance: Mr. Watt. — Cumberland; Poolev, and Greystock 
churchyard: N. B. G. — Hants; Brading, and Quor Abbey, Isle of Wight : Dr. 
J3ostock. Near Cowes, Isle of Wight: Mr. Markyat, Ch. Ch. — Kent; In the 
marshes at Clapgate and Goodr.estone, near Kaversham : E. Jacob, Esq. In 
South Kent : Rev. G. E. San it, in N. B. G. — Norfolk ; Banks of the Ouse : 
Miss Bell. Near Borough, near Yarmouth: G. Cooper, in N. B. G.— In 
Nottinghamshire ; Cooper, in N. B. G. — Somersetsh. Brent: N. J. Winch, 
Esq in N. B. G. — Sussex; Near St. Leonard’s: W. C. Trevelyan, Esq. in 
N. B. G. Near Rye, in great abundance : Mr. Makryat, Ch.Ch. — SCOT- 
LAND. Near Ardbigland on the Solway Firth: Dr. Burgess. Marshy 
places on theCampsie Hills near Glasgow: Mr. IIopkjrk.— J R ELAND. Marshy 
grounds north of the Shannon a little above Limerick. Cable Island near 
Youghal, and Cape Clear Islands : Mr. J. Drummond. Road-side between 
Labinch and Miltown, county of Clare: Mr. W. Andrews. 
Perennial. — Flowers in July, August, and September. 
Root tap-shaped, much branched, somewhat woody, yellowish on 
the outside, white within ; very mucilaginous. Stems several, from 
2 to 4 feet high, or more ; simple, round, leafy, tough and pliant. 
Leaves alternate, petiolated, egg-shaped or heart-shaped at the base, 
various in breadth, plaited, unequally serrated, soft and velvety ; the 
upper smaller, usually with 3 imperfect lobes, and 5 ribs under- 
neath ; the lower larger, and 7-ribbed. Flowers rather large, from 
the axils of the leaves, in very short, dense panicles, rarely solitary. 
Corolla of a delicate blush colour. Outer Calyx or Involucrum, 
with 8, 9, 10, or 12 divisions. Herb of a hoary green, arid pecu- 
liarly soft and downy, with fine starry pubescence (see fig. 8). 
The whole plant, but especially the root, abounds with mild 
mucilage. When the roots are peeled and dried, they are perfectly 
white ; and certain districts of France are celebrated for producing 
them in fine quality. They contain much mucilage, with saccharine 
principal. It is used as an emollient and demulcent in diseases at- 
tended with irritation and pain, as in various pulmonary complaints, 
and in affections of the alimentary canal and urinary organs ; and 
it is applied externally in emollient fomentations, gargles, and 
clysters ; and a favourite lozenge is named from it, Fate dc Gui- 
mauve. In France the plant is called Guimauve, mauve-qui, that 
is to say, Clammy Mallow. It was anciently called Malva-visca, 
on account of the abundant mucilage in the roots. 
Mallows were formerly used to decorate the graves of our an- 
cestors ; and so indispensable were they deemed to each domicile of 
the living, that, as a matter of decided ill omen, the poet exclaims, 
“ Alas! when Mallows in the Garden die.” 
A variety of A. o fficinalis with rounder leaves, not ending in a 
point, is described in Ray’s Synopsis, and is said to grow in the 
Isle of Ely. 
A. hirsuta,the other British species, is known by the hispid stem ; 
and the single flowered peduncles, longer than the leaves. 
