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Althce'a."] 
reniform in 5 or 7 broad-cut lobes, cauline ones 5-partite pin- 
nato-multifid their segments linear, calyx hairy, leaflets of the 
involucre linear. E. B. t. 754. 
Meadows, pastures, and road-sides, especially in a gravelly soil ; 
not unfrequent. If. 7,8. — Stem 2 — 3 ft. high. Flowers large, beau- 
tiful, rose-coloured, 1 — 2 from the axils of the terminal leaves. The 
foliage yields a faint musky smell if drawn through the hand. 
[M. verticillata L., (Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. vi. p. 259., tab. 
7, and E. B. S. t. 2953.) an erect plant, having leaves with 5 deep 
acute lobes, nearly sessile flowers scarcely longer than the calyx, and 
glabrous carpels rounded on the edge and scarcely reticulated, has 
been found near Llanelly in Wales ; but it is neither a native of Britain, 
nor of Europe, unless as a cultivated plant : the wild state, which is 
unknown, may exhibit quite a different aspect and character.] 
3. Alth^eA Linn. Marsh-Mallow. 
Cal. with a 6 — 9 leaved involucre. Carpels numerous, circu- 
larly arranged, 1-seeded. — Name: a\8w, to cure; from its 
healing properties. 
1. A. officinalis L. ( common M.) ; leaves soft and downy on 
both sides cordate or ovate toothed, entire or 3 lobed, pedun- 
cles axillary many-flowered much shorter than the leaves. 
E. B. t. 147. 
Marshes, mostly near the sea in England and Ireland. Abundant 
in Hampshire. Rare and scarcely indigenous to Scotland, as the 
Solway Frith, Arran, and Campsie. If . 8, 9 Stem 2 — 3 ft. high, 
remarkable for the dense, exquisitely soft, and starry pubescence of the 
leaves and stems. Flowers 3 — 4 together, on axillary stalks, large, pale, 
rose-colour. — Affords an abundant mucilage, and a decoction of it is 
in very general use for the cure of cough. In France it is made into 
lozenges, called Pates de Guimauve. 
2. A. * hirsuta L. ( hispid Mi) ; leaves cordate rough with 
hairs, lower ones obtusely upper palmately and acutely lobed 
crenate, stem hispid, peduncles single-flowered longer than the 
leaves. E. B. S. t. 2674. 
Fields and waste places, rare. Between Cobham and Cuxton, 
Kent. Q. 6, 7. — Remarkable for its very hispid stems and calyces. 
Ord. XVII. T1LIACE2E Juss. 
Sepals 4 — 5, deciduous, with valvular aestivation. Petals 
4 — 5, often with a depression at the base, sometimes wanting. 
Stamens distinct or polyadelphous at the base, generally in- 
definite. Anthers 2-celled, opening longitudinally, introrse. 
Glands 4 — 5, adnate with the petals to the stalk of the ovary. 
Ovary 1 — 10-celled. Style 1. Capsule with one or many seeds 
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