pjZ Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib.z. 
The Veruaine Mallow is called of Diofcorides, Alcea in Greeke, *«•’*•■ offome, Herba Hum uric a 
and Herba S imconis 0 or Simons Mallow : in Englifb, Veruaine Mallow, and iagged Mallow .' 
The name of this herbe Matua feemeth to come from the Hebrevves, who call it in their tongue 
m'-n CMa/luach, of the laltnclfe,becaufe the Mallow gtoweth in faltifh and old ruinous places as 
in dung-hills and (rich like, which inmoftaboundant manner yeeldeth forth Salt-peter and fucli 
like matter : for mo cAidacb fignifieth fait, as the Learned know. I am perfuaded that the Latine 
word Maltia commeth from the Chaldee name ejMallucha, the guttural! letter n, Cb, being left out 
for good founds fake : fo that it were better in this word Ma.hu to reade u as a vowell,than as a con- 
fonant : which words are vttered by the learned Doftor Rabbi Daniel Kimhi , and feeme to carrie a 
great drew of truth : in Englilh it is called Mallow ; which name commeth as neere as may be to 
the Hebrew word. 
The Temperature. 
Thewilde Mallowes haue a certaine moderate and middle heate^ and moiftneffe withalhthe 
iuyee thereof is flitnie, clammie, or gluing, the which are to be preferred before the garden Mal- 
low or Hollihocke, as Diphilus Siphtnut m^Atheneus doth rightly thinkc ; who plainely fheweth 
that the wilde Mallow is better than that of the garden : although fome do prefer the Hollihocke, 1 
whereunto we may not confent, neither yet yeeldvnto Galen, who is partly of that minde,yet ftan- 
deth he doubrfull: for the wilde Mallow without controuerfie is fitter to be eaten, and'more plea- 
fan t than thofe of the garden, except the French Mallow, which is generally holden the wholfom- 
meft, and amongft the pot-herbes not the lead commended by Hcfiod: of vvhofe opinion was Ho- 
race, writing in Ins fecond Ode of his Epodon , 
(fgraui 
M alux falubres corpora. 
The Mallow (faith Galen ) doth nourifh moderately, ingendreth grofle bloud, keepetb the bodie 
ibluble, and loofeth the belly that is boimd.lt eafily defeendeth, not onely becaufe it is moift,buc 
alfo by reafon it is flimy. 
TheVertues. 
A The leaues of Mallowes are good againd the flinging of Scorpions, Bees, Wafps,and fuch like: 
and ifa man be firft anointed with the leaues damped with a little oyle,he dial not be dung at all, 
Diofcorides faith. 
£ The decoftion of Mallowes with their roots drunken are good againd all venome and poyfon, 
if it be incontinently taken after the poyfon, fo that it be vomited vp againe. 
C The leaues of Mallowes boy led till they be fbft and applied, do mollifie tumors and hard fwel- 
lings of the mother, if they dovyithallfitoucr the fume thereof, and bathe themfelues therewith. 
D ThedecoTionvfedincliftersis good againd the roughneffe and fretting of the guts , bladder, 
and fundament. 
£ The roots of the Veruaine Mallow do heale the bloudy flix and inward burftings;being drunke 
with wine and water, as Diofcorides and Paul tie c&gineta tedifie. 
Chap. 353. Of c5\£ar[b <3V£ allow* 
«[ The Defcription. 
1 K Arfli Mallow is alfo a certaine kindc of wilde Mallow : it hath broad leaues , fmall 
ivA toward the point, foft, white, and freefed or cottoned,and fleightly nickedabout 
the edges : the dalkes be round and ftraight, three or foure foot high , of a whitifh 
gray colour; whereon do grow floures like vnto thofe of the wilde Mallowes, yet not red as they 
are,bnt commonly white, or ofa very light purple colour out of the white : the knop or round but- 
ton wherein thefeeds lie is likethatofthe firdvvilde Mallow. Therootis thicke , tough, white 
within, and containerh in it a clammy and flimy iuyee, 
f 2 This drange kindc of Mallow is holden amongd the bed writers to be a kinde of marfli 
Mallow : fome excellent Herbarifts hauefet it dovmchor Sida Theopbrafii, wherto it doth not fully 
anfwer : it hath dalks two cubits high,wheron are fet without order many broad leaues hoarie and 
whitifh, notvnlikc thofe ofthe other marfli Mallow : the floures confidoffnieleaues,and are lar- 
ger than thofe ofthe marfli Mallow, and ofa purple colour tending to redneffe : after which there 
come round bladders ofa pale colour, in fiiape like the fruit or feeds ofround Ariftochia , or Birth- 
wort, wherein is contained round blacke feed. The root is thicke and tough , much like that of 
the common Mallow. 
3 This' 
