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8. 'jMalva Rofea arborea Indica. The Ir,ditin tree Hollihocke. 
If I fhould Baptifia Ferrarim-like of a mole hill make a mountaine in the defcription hereof, I might be held 
over tedious howfoever he by his elegant Latine [file, may pafl'e with greater delight to his reader both in his 
ample narration and fabulous concertation betweene Art and Nature, m that he giveth a grgatfull } eh,a,hm to 
eafe the lone journey : but this large volume will not admit fuch fpacious relations, and therefore I will abreviate 
his long difcourfe with as briefc a defcription as the fubjedl will permit, and referre thofe to the autbour that 
lift to reade all at lar^e. In a final! time (that is in two or three yeares in a warme countrey) this riicth up to be 
like a pretty grtat (hrubbe or fmal'l tree, whofe {femme ortrunke being fomewhat white andwooddy, five of 
fixe inches thicke covered with a fmooth whitifh barke whofe lower branches being pruined the upper 
bouehes fpread into a round compaffe, whereon are fet diverfe broad rough leaves fomewhat like to Vi ne 
leave* cut into feverall partitions and nicked about the edges, of afaire greene colour on the upper fide and 
eravifh underneath,on thicke,long and rough reddifh foote ftalkes, fometimes but one, and often two or three 
ata joynt which doe abide the Winter without falling away : at thetoppes of the branches come forth the 
flowers (landing in greene huskes divided at the toppes into five parts: in fome of thefe plants the flowers will 
be finfle confiding of five, fixe,eight or tenne large crumpled leaves,all white or a little blulh towards the edges s 
in others'the flowers will be very double, and as large as a Provence Rofe of the fame colours, butafterthey 
have abiden a while blowen open they change more blufh and on the fading deeper, thefe changes are often 
feene in one and the fame day,yet many times not in two or three dayes abidingjtn the middle of the flowers (lan¬ 
ded] a greene head.compaffed with many yellow threds as the Rofe hath,which head growing to maturitie, hath 
fundry ridges and furrowes on the outfide and full of feede within,diftinguifhed by feverall partitions, and are 
reddilh fomewhat fmalllong round and crooked, and a little haineat the backefide, 163. feedes havebeene 
numbred to be taken out of one feeds v.effell: the roote is long, white and woody diverfly fpread under ground, 
with foir.e fmall fibres bluing from them. 
viyifio fecunda. The fecond Divifion. 
T, A'ceavuJgarU five MalvaVerbenaca. Finecutor Vervains Mallow. 
The lower leaves of this Vervaine Mallow are foft and greene, fomewhat like unto the wild common Mal¬ 
low leaves, but leffer and more cut in on the edges, befides thedenting, but thofe, that grow up higher upon the 
(hike (whole barke may be broken into threds like hempe, and is fometimes as high as the ordinary 
wild kinds is) are more cut in and divided, fomewhat likeunto Vervaine : the flowers hereof are of a paler 
purple colour than the common mallow, but in mod not fo much divided into feverall leaves, and laid fo open, 
but abiding more dofe, or Ieffe fpread, and without thofe ftripes oftentimes, being fmooth and fomewhat (hi¬ 
lling : the feede and feede veffcls are like the common Mallow, the roote alfob long tough and white, but fome¬ 
what mote wooddy within. . . ... 
1. Alcea vulgaris fore gWi. Vervaine Mallow with white flowers. 
This Vervaine Mallow that beareth white flowers, doth fomewhat differ in leaves from the former, f or that 
they are more finely cut in on the edges, then it is; in the flower confifleth a chicfe difference alfo, which is 
white, yet tending alittle to a blu(h : the feedes and rootes differ not. 
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3. Alceaminor. Small Vervaine Mallow. 
There is a leffer kinds of the Vervaine Mallow, never growing fo great or high, but alwayes abiding lower, 
like as the fmall Mallow doth; the leaves hereof, aremore divided and cut inonthe edges, and moftufually 
mto five parts, and deepely dented alfo : the flowers are purple like the ordinary Vervaine Mallow,but leffer, 
and that maketh the difference. 
4. Alcat Minor villofa. Small hairy Tough Vervaine Mallow. ; . _ 
The fmall hairy Mallow, hath many very low and hoary ftalkes, not above a foote high, divided into leffer 
branches, fet with diverfe fmall hoary hairy leaves, cut into three or more divifions.-at the tops of the ftalkes and 
branches, grow diverfe large purple flowers, like unto the firft, but every one (landing in a hairy huske, almoft 
prickly; after which commeth black feede.contairted in thofe hairy husks,that bore t ; he flowers, but more clofely 
iuclofed in them 'the roote is of a pale browne colour,about the length of an hand ,with fmall fibres hanging at it. 
5. Klcett zAZgyptUmofchata.'Xhe Egyptian Mu.ske Mallow. 
One fort of Egyptian Mallow I have, as I faid.in the beginning of this Chapter fee forth already, but this dif¬ 
fered! from thaun thefe particulars, both ftalke and leaves, are all hairy over: the leaves are parted into feven or 
eight parts or corners; the flower is (harper pointed, more yellow, and as fweete as Muske, a nd fo is the blacks 
feede alfo, but more neare unto Civet, which is like unto the leedes of M irtle berries, but greater: the roote is 
great and fibrous; the whole plant is full of Annie juyee, and of an herby tafte, ', 
