Chap. 4 
Dofe four Ounces or more at a time, as often as 
before directed. 
XIV. T be Ponder of the Herb. Eeing taken 
a Dram at a time in Red Barcelona Wine, or other 
like Styptick Wine, Morning and Night tor 40 or 
yo days together, it is faid to cure Ruptures. It is 
profitable 3gainft the Bitings of Vipers or other 
Serpents and Venomous Creatures, and has indeed 
all the Virtues of the DecoQion and Tincture; but 
for the other Difeafes, it is bell to be made up 
into an Eleftuary with twice or thrice its weight 
of Clarified Honey, and the Eleftuary to be given 
from 2 to 4 Drams. 
XV. The Lye. It is made of the Allies by 
Elixiviatiori in fair Water. It is lingular good to 
cleanfe the Head of Scutlf, Morphew, Dandriff, 
and to heal a Scald Head, whether it be a dry or 
running Sore : It days the falling of the Hair, and 
is faid to make it grow thick, fair, and well 
colored, for which purpofe fomc make the Lixivi- 
um in Wine, and others ufe the Decoffion of the 
Herb in Wine. And feme boil the Aihes in Oil 
and anoint therewith to cure Baldnefs, Scurff 
Dandriff, Scald-Heads, iSc . 
CHAP. CCCCLXV. 
Of M A L L O W Common. 
1 T^, £ ' N ‘ mei l called in Arabic*. 
X Chubeze and Ckubcs , and the Seed thereof 
Bizen Chubeir: in Creek, MtaJa, ab emoliendo Ven- 
tre, but in the Coppies of Epichames and Anti- 
phones it is written M, *$*„.• j n Latine , Malva 
guaft Molva, quod ahum Molliat : in Enelilh 
Mallow. ' 5 J ’ 
II. The Kinds. There are feveral principal forts 
of Mallows , as 1. The Common Kind, of which in 
this Chapter. 2. The Marfh Mallow, of which in 
the next Chapter. 3. The Vervain Mallow of 
which in Chapter 467. 4. The Tree or Shrub 
mallow or Marjh Mallow, of which in Chapter 
468 following. 
III. The Kinds of the Common Mallow. Of this 
there are thefe Species following. 1. Malva vul- 
garis flare purpureo. The Common Mallow with 
Purplilh Flowers. 2. Malva vulgaris E lore albo. The 
Common Mallow with white Flowers. 3. Malva 
Sylveftris minor , Malva SylveJlris repens pumila 
The Small, or Dwarf Wild Mallow. 4 f Malva 
Montana, The Mountain Mallow, y. Malva 
Hifpanica F lore carneo ample , The Spanilh Blulh 
Mallow. 
green roundifh Leaves, yet fomwhat cornered and 
den ed about the edges Handing upon long foot 
Stalks next the Ground; from among whidi rife 
up feveral round green Stalks, growing in time to 
o t fee f hl ? h ’ Specially when growing in 
good Sod, and to be more hard and almoft Woody 
efpecially at the bottom; divided into many 
Branches, towards the tops, and with many leffer 
Leaves, and more divided upwards, where 
it brings forth many Flowers , Handing in foft 
i US - kS £a W i2! ch Flowers twine themfelves at 
their hrfi (hooting forth, before they open them- 
felves into five, large, broad pointed Leaves of 
a fine delayed purplifh red color , with many 
ltripes or Veins running through every Leaf 
of a deeper color which makes the Flower feenj 
very beautiful : after which come round flat Cakes 
with many blackilh Seeds fet in order round about 
them. 
Common Purplifh MALLOW. 
The Defcriptiotts. 
IV. The fir ft, or Common purplifh Mallow. It 
has a Root which is long and white, tough and Jome- 
what Woody and running deep into the Ground. 
From this Root fprmg forth many large, foft, 
V. The fecond, or Common white Mallow. 
The Roots of this are like to thofe of the former ■ 
and in its Springing up, Stalks, Leaves, Flowers 
and Seeds, height, and manner of growing, it is fo 
like to the firfl that it cannot be difeerned from 
it, till it is in Flower, in which confifls the 
whole difference: Thefe Flowers being not 
full out fo large as they, and of a pure white 
color , without any ltripe or Vein of any other 
color running through them. 
,, y. L The ’ hir fi or Small > or Dw;irf Wild 
Mallow. The Roots are like thofe of the two 
former: fo alfo its Stalks 5 Branches Leaves 
Flowers, and Seeds . faving that this Kind lis 
with its Branches more upon the Ground, and that 
it has many fmaller and rounder Leaves, not 
10 much cut in , or very feldom , and lefs 
dented on the Edges than the firft Common 
the Flowers are alfo fmaller and more white. 
Mallo^ ** * S tefpe&s like the Vulgar 
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