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This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth feftion 
of Linnaeus’s fifteenth clafs, intitled Monodelphia 
Polyandfia, which contains thofe plants whole flowers 
have many ftamina joined with the ftyle in one body. 
The Species are, 
1. Malva {Sylveftris) caule eredo herbaceo, foliis fep- 
tem lobatis acutis pedunculis petiolifque pilofis. Lin. 
Sp. Plant. 969. Mallow with an erebl herbaceous jlalk , 
with [even acute lobes to the leaves , and hairy foot-ftalks 
both to the leaves and flowers . Malva fylveftris, folio 
finuato. C. B. P. 3 1 4. Wild Mallow with a finuated leaf. 
2. Malva (Rotundifolia) caule proftrato, foliis cord&to- 
orbiculatis obfolete quinquelobis, pedunculis frudi- 
feris declinatis. Lin. Sp. 969. Mallow with proftrate 
ftalks , roundi/h heart-ftoaped leaves with five obfolete lobes , 
and the foot-ftalks of the fruit declining. Malva vul- 
garis, fiore minore, folio rotundo. J. B. 2. p. 949. 
Common Mallow with a fmall flower and a round leaf. 
3. Malva {Orient alis) annua, caule eredo herbaceo, 
foliis lobatis obtuiis & crenatis. Annual Mallow with 
an erect herbaceous ftalk , and obtufe lobed leaves which 
are crenated. Malva orientalis eredior, fiore magno 
fuave rubente. Tourn. Cor. 3. Eafiern Mallow with a 
more upright ftalk, and a large, f oft, red flower. 
4. Malva ( Crifpa ) caule eredo, foliis angulatis crifpis, 
floribus axillaribus glomeratis. Lin. Sp. 970. Mallow 
with an erect ftalk, angular curled leaves , and flowers in 
clufters on the fide of the ftalks. Malva foliis crifpis. 
C. B. P. 315. Furbelow ed Mallow. 
5. Malva ( Verticillata ) caule eredo, foliis angulatis, 
floribus axillaribus glomeratis fefiilibus, calycibus 
fcabris, Vir. Cliff. 356. Mallow with an eredt ftalk , 
angular leaves , and flowers growing in whorls at the 
wings of the ftalks. 
6 . Malva ( Chinenfis ) annua, caule eredo herbaceo, fo- 
liis fuborbiculatis obfolete quinquelobatis, floribus 
confertis alaribus feflilibus. Annual Mallow with an 
eredt, herbaceous , fingle ftalk , leaves almoft round , with 
five indented lobes , and flowers growing in clufters , which 
fit clofle to the ftalks. Malva Sinenfis eredt a, flofculis 
albis minimis. Boerh. Ind. alt. Upright annual China 
Mallow, with very fmall white flowers. 
7. Malva ( Cretica ) caule eredo ramofo hirfuto, foliis 
angulatis, floribus alaribus pedunculis brevioribus. 
Mallow with an eredt , branching, hairy ftalk, angular 
leaves , and flowers proceeding from the wings of the 
ftalks, which grow upon jhorter foot-ftalks. Malva 
Cretica annua altiflima, fiore parvo ad alas umbel- 
lato. Tourn. Cor. 2. Lalleft annual Mallow oft Crete , 
with fmall flowers growing in umbels on the ftdes oft 
the ftalk. 
8. Malva ( Peruviana) caule eredo herbaceo, foliis lo- 
batis, fpicis fecundis axillaribus feminibus denticula- 
tis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 968. Mallow with an eredt herba- 
ceous ftalk, leaves having lobes, and J pikes of flowers 
in fruitful clufters proceeding from the ftdes oft the ftalks, 
and indented feeds. 
9. Malva ( Alcea ) caule eredo, foliis multipartitis fca- 
briufculis. Hort. Cliff. 347. Mallow with an eredt 
ftalk, and rough leaves divided into many parts. Alcea 
tenuifolia crifpa. J. B. 2.953. Narrow-leaved curled 
Vervain Mallow. 
10. Malva ( Moftchata ) foliis radicalibus reniformibus 
incifis, caulinis quinque partitis pinnato-multifidis. 
Hort. Upfal. 202. Mallow with kidney-jhaped lower 
leaves which are cut , and thofe on the ftalks divided into 
five parts , ending in winged points. Alcea folio ro- 
tundo laciniato. C. B. P. 316. Round cut-leaved 
Vervain Mallow. 
1 1. Malva ( JEgyptia ) foliis palmatis dentatis, corollis 
calvce minoribus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 690. Mallow with 
hand-Jhaped indented leaves, and petals lefts than the em- 
palement. Alcea fEgyptia, geranii folio. Juff. Egyp- 
tian Vervain Mallow with a Crane's-bill leaf. 
12. Malva ( Bryonifolia ) foliis palmatis fcabris, caule 
tomentofo fruticofo, pedunculis multifloris. Prod. 
Leyd. 356. Mallow with rough hand-Jhaped leaves, a 
Jhrubby woolly ftalk, and foot-ftalks with many flowers. 
Althaea frutefcens bryoniae folio. C. B. P. 316. 
Shrubby Vervain Mallow with a Rriony leaf 1 
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13* Malva Jlournefortia) foliis radicalibus quinque 
partitis, trilobis linearibus, pedunculis folio caulino 
longioribus, caule procumbenre. Amcen. Acad. 4. p. 
283. Mallow with cut leaves having three lobes , which 
are linear, and a declining ftalk. Alcea maritirna Gal- 
loprovincialis, geranii folio. Tourn. Infi. 98. Mari- 
time Vervain Mallow of Provence, with a Crane's-bill leaf. 
14. Malva ( Capenfts ) foliis fubcordatis laciniatis hirfu- 
tis, caule arborefcente. Mallow with hairy cut leaves, 
almoft heart-Jhaped , and a tree-like ftalk. Malva Afri- 
cana frutefcens, fiore rubro. Hort. Amft. 2. p. 171. 
African Jhrubby Mallow with a red flower. 
15. Malva ( Americana ) foliis cordatis crenatis, floribus 
lateralibus folitariis, terminalibus fpicatis. Prod, Leyd. 
359. Mallow with heart-Jhaped crenated leaves , and 
flowers growing fingly from the ftdes of the ftalks, and in 
ftpikcs at the top. Althaea Americana, pumila, fiore 
luteo fpicato. , Breyn. Cent. 1 24. Low American Marfh- 
m allow, with a yellow fpiked flower. 
The two firft forts are found wild in moft parts of 
England, fo are rarely cultivated in gardens. The 
firft is the fort commonly ufed in medicine, with 
which the markets are fupplied by the herbfolks, 
who gather it in the fields. Thefe are both fo well 
known, as to need no defcription. There is a va- 
riety of the firft with white flowers, which continues 
the fame from feeds ; but as it only differs in the co- 
lour of the flower, fo it cannot be reckoned a difrind 
fpecies. 
The third fort was difcovered by Dr. Tournefort in 
the Levant, this is an annual plant with an ered ftalk ^ 
the flowers are larger than thofe of the common fort, 
and are of a foft fed colour. This is prelerved in 
fome curious gardens for the fake of variety. 
The fourth fort is annual ; this riles with an upright 
ftalk four or five feet high ; the leaves are curled 
on their edges, for which variety it is preferved in 
gardens. 
The fifth fort was difcovered firft by Dr. Tournefort, 
and afterward by Dr. Sherard, in the Levant, who 
fent the feeds to feveral gardens, where the plants 
have produced flowers and feeds which having flat- 
tered in thofe gardens fo plentifully, as to become as 
common as our native forts. 
The fixth fort was formerly fent from China as a 
pot-herb, and hath been cultivated in fome curious 
gardens in England ; though it is not likely to ob- 
tain here as an eflulent plant, fince we have many 
others which are preferable to it for that purpofe. 
This is an annual plant, which will propagate itfelf 
faft enough, provided it be permitted to flatter its 
feeds, when they feldom fail to grow, and are often 
very troublefome when they have gotten poffefiion 
of the ground. 
The feventh fort grows naturally in Crete ; this plant 
. is annual, the ftalks rifes rather higher than that of 
our common Mallow, and the branches extend far- 
ther, and are in greater plenty ; the leaves are an- 
gular, and the flowers ftand on Abort foot-ftalks. 
This will be very common, provided the feeds are 
permitted to flatter. 
The eighth fort grows naturally in Peru, from whence 
the feeds were fent to the Royal Garden at Paris, by 
Mr. Jofeph de Juflieu. This is an annual plant, ri- 
fing with an upright branching ftalk near two feet 
high, garniftied with broad hairy leaves, having three 
lobes. The flowers grow in fpikes from the wings 
of the ftalks ; they are fmall, of a pale blue, and let 
very clofely on the fpikes. Thefe appear in June, 
and are fucceeded by feeds, which, if permitted to 
flatter, will come up plentifully the following fpring 
without care. 
The ninth fort is the common Vervain Mallow, which 
is found growing naturally near London. It is a bi- 
ennial plant ; the ftalks rife higher than thofe of the 
former, the leaves are cut into obtufe lobes which 
are indented. The flowers are large, appearing m 
June and July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 
The tenth fort differs from the ninth, in having taker 
hairy ftalks, and the leaves being kidney-fhaped, 
and 
