L l B. 2. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
2 tJMaltta purpurea multiplex. 
Double purple Hollihockc. 
? The fecond being a ftrange kinde of Hol- 
lihocke hath liktwiie broad leaues, rdiigh and 
hoarie, or ofan ouerworne ruflet colour, cut into 
diners feftions euen to the middle nbbe like 
thofe of Palma Chrifti, The floures are ’vc-ry 
fugle, butofaperfed: red colour, wherein con- 
iifteth the greateft difference. $ And this may- 
be called Maluarofea (implex peregrina folio Ficus. 
lagged ftrange Hollihocke. t . 
3 The double Hollihocke with purple 
floures hath great broad leaues, conf'ufedly in- 
dented about the edges, and likeyvife toothed 
like a Caw. ( The ftalke groweth to the height of 
loure or flue cubits. The floures arc double, and 
of a bright purple colour. 
4 ihe Garden Hollihocke with double 
floures of the colour offcarler, groweth to the 
height of flue or fix cubits, hauing many broad 
leaues cut about the edges. The ftalke and root 
Js like the precedent. £ This may be called 
^}l(UArtC'M*He*bortcnfis rubra multiplex, Double red Hol- 
lihockes,orRofe mallow. £ 
S The tree mallow is likewife one of the' 
Ho hhockes .it bringeth forth a great ftalke of 
the height of tc-nortwelue foot, growing to the 
forme of a fmall tree, whereon a: e placed diners 
great broad leaues of a ruflet greene colour, not 
vnhke to thole of the great Clot Burre Docke 
deepely indented about the edges. The floures 
are very great and double as the greateft Rofe, or 
double Peiony, of a deep red colour tending to 
ftanCC5aS iS the reft oifth ^ P Ian ^ " 
Thefe Hollihockes are fowne in gardens, almoft euer'y where, and are in vaine fought elfe where. 
• 51 The Time, 
The feeond yecre after they are fowne they bring forth their floures in Inly and Auguft, when 
floums,manyy«es after! ’ ' r ° 0t remameCh and fendeth forch ^ejeaues and 
51 The Names . 
„ J, e Hollihocke is called in Greeke,«.A.»- of diners, Rofa •ultramarina, or outlandifh Roland 
Rc(a byemal, t or winter Rofe. And this is that Rofe which Riwy in his 2 1 .book >4 .chapter writes to' 
ma .°"b and the leaues of a pot-herbe, which they cal Mofceuton: mhigfi Dutch, 
patten pappclttr. in low Dutch,{J3ttitei - laOOfcnt in French,^/ r ed’ outre mer : in Englifh Holli- 
fcocke, and Hockes. ° 1 1 
«| The Temperature. 
... T . Hoflmockciis meetely hot, and alfo moift, but not fomuchas the wilde Mallow.-it hath 
likewilc a clammie fubftance, which is more manifeft in the feed and root,than in any other part. 
f The Venues. 
The decoiftion ofthe floures, efpecially thofe of the red, doth flop the ouermuch flowing of the A 
monthly courfespfthey be boiled in red wine. 3 A 
The roots, leaues, and feeds feme for all thofe things for which the wilde Mallowes do, which n 
are more commonly and familiarly vfed. - ®. 
HAP. 
3?2i' OftbemldesS\falk)i>es, 
The Dcfcriptiort. 
'J’He wilde Mallow hath broad leaues fomewhac round and cornered, nickt about the 
edges, fmooth, and greene of colour •• among which rilg vp many (lender topgh ftalkes, 
r lift ’ 1 - 
clad 
