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$ 5 Alceofruticofa cannahna. 
Hempe- leaned Mallow. 
3 This vvilde Mallow is likewife referred 
vnto the kinds of marfh Mallow, called gene- 
rally by the name of Allhaa^ hich grovveth to 
the form ofa fmal hedge tree, approaching nee- 
rer to the fubftance or nature of wood than 
any of the other ; wherewith the people of Ol- 
bia and Narbone in France doe make hedges 
to feuer ordiuide their gardens and vineyards’ 
(euen as we doe with quicke-fets of pfiuet or 
thorne ) which continueth long : the ftalke 
whereof gtfcweth vpright,very high, camming 
neere to the Willow in wooddineife and ftib- 
ftance. The floures grow alongft the fame, in 
falhion and colour of the common wild mal- 
low. 
4 The fhrubby mallow rifeth vp like vn- 
toa hedge bafh.and of a wood dy fubftance 
diuiding it felfe into diners tough and limber 
branches, couercd withabarke of the colour 
ofafhes ■, whereupon do grow round pointed 
leaueSjfomewhat nickt about the edges, very 
fofr,not vnlike to thofe of the common marfh 
mallow, and of an ouervvorne hoary colour. 
The floures grow at the top of the ftalks, of a 
purple colour, confifting of fiueleaues /very 
liketo the common wi'lde mallow, and the 
feed of the marih mallow. 
I We hauc another fort of mallow, cal- 
led of Pena.Alcca jraticofior pentaphylla .* it brin- 
geth forth in my garden many twiggy bran- 
ches, fet vpon ftiffe ftalkes of thebignefle ofa 
mans thumbe, growing to the height of ten 
or tweluc toot : whereupon are fet very many leaues deepely cut euen to the middle rib like vnwi 
the leaues of hempe: the floures and feeds are like vnto the common mallow : tlie root is excee 
ding great, thicke and of a wooddy fubftance. f Chftm calls this Alcea frmcifa camahwo folio • 
and it is with good reafon thought to be the Cannalns fyUe/lris defedbed by Dwfondcs U 
cop. 166. t J J > ■ j- 
The Place. 
Thecommon marfh mallow groweth very plentifully in the marfhes both on the Kentifh and 
BfTcx fliore alongft the nuerof Thames, about Woolwych, Erith, Greenhyth,Grauefend Tilbu 
m, Lee, Colchefter, Harwich, and in moll fait marfhes about London : beina planted in gardens 
it profpereth well, and continueth long^ d r 5 
■fhe fecond groweth in the moift and fenny places of Ferraria,betweene Padua in Italy and the 
nuerEridanus. 
The others are ftrangers likewife in England : notvvithftanding at the impreffioh hereof I haue 
lowen lomc leeds of them in my garden, c-xpe&ing the fucceffe. 
The Time. 
They floure and flourifli in Inly and Auguft : the root fpringeth forth afrefh e'ucry yeatein the 
beginning of March, which are then to be gathered, or in September. 
The Names. 
. J he ™ll°w is called in Greeke **,•* and , the Larines retaine.the names 
fr™ “ d !" 2* °P S ? «nd c Mduamfcus . as though they fhould fay M aka I h, feus: 
/ 3brt* : m low -Dutch, *©ltte S£alutoe,and Mtten : in Italian and Spa- 
'' m FrCnCh ’ Gmmmlut •' m En S lifh > ma rfh mallow, moorifli mallow , and white 
The reft of the mallowes retaine the names expreffed in their feuerall titles. 
- . <[f The Temper attire. 
Marfh mallow is moderately hot,but drier than the other mallowes : the roots and feeds hereof 
fyit^nature ^ ° f tllnner parts> 35 Gden vvriteth 3 and hkewife ofa digefting, foftnmg,or molli- 
The 
