Althsea. 
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VIRTUS: emolliens, lubricans, demulcens, 
USUS . Ulcus veficx, Ifchuria, Raucedo, Tus- 
fis, Tenefmus. 
OBS. 1 . Si planta in folo conferirur minus idoneo, 
h. e. nimis elevaro aridoque , radix faepius gangraena 
in cenrro & inrra corricem corripitur ; qunmobrem 
rationem foli habere oportet, ubi radix plantae quaeri- 
tur. 
OBS . 2. Infufum aquof. radie . ficc, & decortic. la- 
Gefcens , odore nullo, lapore miti, mucilaginofo ; virr. 
mattis rufefeit, coagulatur, h* e* mucilaginofum prieci- 
pitatur, quod etiam fit ex addito alcohole vini. Her- 
ba ficc. infufum lutefeens , lapore herbaceo; virr. m ar- 
tis pjullulum fufcefcit* Mucilaginofa fubftantia e ra- 
dice recenre extrahitur aqua frigida calidave; corticalis 
pars mucil3ginem dat limpidam, inftar aqua?; medul- 
laris vero opalefcentem. Radix magis mucilaginofa eft f 
quam herba, 
368, ALCEA rofea. Linn. Sp. pl. $ 66 . Mat . vu 
240 . Kniph. Bot. origt cei2t . 6 . 
Malva hortenfis multiplici liore. Dod* Pempt> 
6pi> 
Pbarm . MALVAE ARBOREAE Flores. 
Locus. Oriens; colitur in hortis. Biennis ; 
FORMA 1 ree * Racemus terminalis, floribus 
magnis , brevius pedunculatis. CAL. Periantb . 
exterius i-phyllum, comentolum, hirtum: pilis 
rigidiufculis , palmatis; profunde 6 fidum , ixpe 
fubnovemfidum: laciniis ovato-lanceolatis, acu- 
tis, ftriatis, laxiufculis; interius i-phyllum, pari- 
t?er tomentofo - hirtum , flriatum, exteriori lon- 
gius, 5-fidum : laciniis ovato-lanceolatis, margine 
undulatis, acutis, eredis. COR. calyce duplo lon- 
gior, 5. petala (laepius plena) purpurea: Petalis 
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