Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
clad with the like leaues, but (mailer. The floures grow vpon little foorftalkes of a reddifh colour 
mixed with purple brakes,' confiding of fine leaues,fafhionedlike abell : after which commeth Vp 
a knap or round button,like vnto a' flat cake, compact ofmanyfmall feeds. The root is white, 
tough, and, full of a flimie juice, as is all the reft of the plant. 
2 The dwarfe wilde Mallow creepeth vpon the ground : the ft alkes are (lender and weake, yet 
tough and flexible. The leaues be rounder,and more hoary than the other. The floures are fmall 
and of a white colour. 
3 The crifpe or curled Mallow, called of thevuigar fort French Mallowes,h'ath many fmall 
vpright ftalkes, growing to the height ofacubit, and fometimesliigher ; whereon dogrow broad 
leaues fomewhat round and fmooth,ofa light greenc color,, plaited or curled about the 6rims like 
a ruffe. The floures be fmall and white. The root perifheth when it hath perfected his feed. 
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4 The Veruaine Mallow hath many ftraight ftalkes, whereon doe grow diuers leaues deepely 
cut and jagged euen to the middle rib, not vnlike to the leaues of Veruaine, whereof it tooke his 
name : among which come forth faire and pleafant floures like vnto thofe of the common Mallow 
in forme, but ofa more bright red colour, mixed with ftripes of purple, which fetteth forth the 
beautie. The root is thicke, and continueth many yeeres. t This is fometimes though more 
rarely found with white floures. f 
$ 5 This annuall Mallow, called by Clufitu^Malua tnmejlris,is very like our common Mallow 
fending vp (lender branched ftalkes fome three foot high ; the bottome leaues are round, thofe on 
the ftalkes more fharpe pointed, greene aboue,and whiter vnderneath 5 the floures confift of flue 
leaues of a light carnation colour, the feed is like that of the ordinary mallow, but fmaller; and 
fuch alfo is the root which perifhes euery yeere as foon as the feed is ripe.-it is fowne in fome gar- 
dens, and growes wilde in Spaine. $ 
Tht Place, 
The two firft mallowes grow in vntoiled places among pot-hetbes, by high waies, and the bor- 
ders of fields. 
The French mallow is an excellent pot-herbe, for the which caufe it is fowne in gardens, and is 
not to be found wilde that I know of. 
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