Chap; 468. Englijb Herbs. 
year from the fame Root. Its Scalks are very long, 
hard, or Woody, more than any of the other Mal- 
lows-. at the lower part whereof, and up to the 
middle, Hand feveral Leaves upon long Foot-Stalks, 
parted of divided info five Parts or Leaves, and’ 
dented about the edges. But upwards from the 
middle to the top, the Leaves have but three Divi- 
fions. Among thefe Leaves Band large wide open 
Flowers , of the color of the Common- Mallow, 
after which follows the Seed, which is fmaller than 
in any other Mallow. 
X. The eighth, or American Mallow, wThorney 
Mallow. It has a Root which is fibrous or firmgy, 
and quickly perijhcs ; for it will Jcarcely endure in 
our cold Country to yield Viewers, much lefs Seed, 
un/efs it happens in a kindly year, and be planted in 
a good warm place, and well tended. It has green 
Leaves, which ly next the Ground, v hich are al- 
molt round, but pointed at the end, and dented ve- 
ry much about the edges. The other Leaves which 
grew upon the Stalk, are divided into three parts 
like unto Trefoil , and fomeot them into fiveDivi- 
Sons, all of them dented about the edges. The 
Stalk is reddilh, with fome harmlefs prickles in 
feveral places upon it, and in a good Soil rifes Up 
to be 3 or 4 feet high, efpecially if the place is 
warm , and the year kindly, bearing plenty of 
Flowers upon the Stalks, one at the foot of every 
Leaf, the top it felf ending in a long Spike, as it 
were of Buds and Leaves together. The Flowers 
are of a very pale yellow, tending to a white color, 
fpotted in the bottom of each of the five Leaves' 
with a deep purple fpoc, broad at the lower part, 
and ending in a point about the middle of the 
Leaf, which are quickly fading, and not abiding 
above one day, with a long Pointel in the middle 
divided at the top. After the Flower is paft, there 
comes forth a (hort prickly Pod, fet within a fmall 
green Husk or Cup, which bore the Flower, in 
which is contained whitilh, or rather brownifh 
yellow Seed, flat and fomewhat round like unto 
the Seed of the Hollihock. 
XI. The Places. The firft grows very "commonly 
in Kent, and in many other Counties of England, 
' n *' ome P' aces more frequent than the 
firft Common Mallow is : It grows in a Field as 
you go to Hampfted Church from the Town 
The fecond grows alfo in many places of Eng- 
land. The third has been found at Weflcrham 
in Kent. The fourth has alfo been found in 
fome places in Kent. The fifth has likewife 
been found Wild in feveral parts of England 
The fixth grows in Italy and Venice in' Gardens 
as alfo with us, being more plentiful in thefe 
colder Climes, than in thofe hotter. The feventh 
grows, as Cluftus fays, in many places of Ger- 
many, with us only in Gardens. The eighth was 
firft brought to us out of the IVeji -Indies , but 
by reafon it has an Ardbick Name adjoyned to it 
lam apt to believe it may alfo be a Native of Africa 
alfo, and has been found in fome parts of 
Arabia. 
XII. The Times. They all Flower from the 
beginning of June , to the beginning of Auguft 
in which times, and not long after, the Seed is 
laid to ripen. 
XIII* The Vitalities , Specification , Trepanations 
virtues and Ufes , are much the fame with thofe 
or the Common Mallow , in Chap. 465. aforegoing 
to which we refer you. 
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CHAP. CCCCLXVIII. 
Of MALLOW Tree or Shrub. 
I . ^ h E Names. _ 
-1 this Plant has, but you may call 
I know no Greek Name that 
Ma/ar/jj SetfivuSm x} « h/SeiKn i & 'AM* GufytJM^Ar- 
SexK>i : in Tat me , Malva , vel A/thcea arborea, vel 
fruticofa : in Englifh, Tree or Shrub Mallow. 
II. The Kinds. There are feveral forts of this 
Plant, as 1. Malva arborea manna nojlras, vel 
Anglican our Englifh Sea Tree Mallow. ' 2. Malva 
Rofea arborea Indie a, Rofea Sinenfis Eerrarij • Mal- 
va Japonica arborea • Indian Tree Mallow. 3. Al- 
thxa b/utex flore albo vel purpureo , Alt baa arborea , 
Shrub Mallow with white or purple Flowers. 
'The Defcriptions. 
III. The firft or Englifh Sea Tree Mallow. It 
has a white great and Woody Root , having many long 
firings annexed to it » Its Stalk is Ligneous or 
Woody , 5 or 6 Inches in Diameter, and of a 
brown hoary color, whereon grow whirifh and 
hoary or woolly Leaves, which are foft in feeling, 
Englifh Sea Tree MALLOW. 
and almoft as large as the Leaves of the Tree Holli- 
hock, being as lmooth as Velvet. The Flowers 
are of a confiderable largenefs, and of a Diluted 
purple color, nor much unlike to the form of the 
C ommon Wild Mallow Flower. 
IV. The fecond, or Indian Tree Mallow. It has 
a Root which is long , white, and Woody, diver fly 
Jp? ead under Ground, with fome fmall hibres com - 
tng jrom thofe Ramifications. In two or three years 
time, in a warm Country, this Plant rifes up to be a 
R r r r 2 pretty 
