Di'vifio tertia. The third Divifion 
I. Althxa'vulgarU. Common marfh Mallowes. 
Our common marfh Mallowes bath divers foft hoary white ftalkes, riling to be thiee or roure *°o tc high a 
fpreading forth many branches, the leaves whereof are foft and hoary, or woolly, fomewhat leHer then Mal¬ 
low leaves,but longer pointed,cut for the mod part into fome few divifions,but not deepe: the flowers are many 
• but fmaller then thofe of the Mallow, and white or tending to ablufh colour, after which come fuch like round 
cafes,and feede as is in the Mallow: the rootes are many and long, {hooting from one head, of the bignefle of a 
thumbe or finger, very pliant tough and bending like Licoris, of a whitifh yellow colour on the outlide, and 
more white within, full of aflimie vifeous juice, which being layd in water, will fo thicken it, as if it were 
gelly. 
2. Althxa Pannonica. Marfh Mallow of Hmgaric. 
This Hungarian Marlh Mallow diftereth not in rootes, ftalkes or feede from the former, butonely in leaves,? 
that they are fome what harder in handling and in the flowers which are much larger and greater then thofe of 
Vervaine Mallow, and of a purple colour for the mod part: yet there is fome that beare white flowers as large 
as the former, and fome th^t have not fo large flowers as they,yet larger then thofe of the common kind. 
3. Althea ro/eaperegrina. The ftrange Rofe marln Mallow- 
This Mallow fhooteth forth about A/^/fundry round greenifh foft branched ftalkes, like the former marfl^e 
Mallow,befet with divers foftgreene leaves, and gray underneath, refembling the other but longer pointed ; at 
the tops of the ftalkes and branches ftand fever all white flowers,made of five large leaves a peece,lomevvhat like 
a Hollihock with a tuft of white threds, compafling a middle pointell, iffaing our of a greene button or huske, 
which is as it were ribbed and broad at the bottome, narrowing to the toppe before the flower blow, without 
any fent like the Hollihocke : all the ftalkes die downe every yeare to the ground, the roote is thicke white and 
flcfhy abiding fafe in the earth all the winter. 
4. Ahh£afempervirrns r Bryoni£ folio. Ever greene marfh Mallowes. 
This evergreene marfh Mallowe, bath many faire large whitifh greene leaves, fomewhat thicke,full ofveines 
and rough or hairy, but whitifh or hoary underneath,cut in or divided into five parts ufually, fomewhat like a 
Bryonie leafe; the ftalkes are hoary white and round, rifing to be two or thee foote high, having fuch like large 
leaves upon them, and fmaller alfo among them, (landing all of them upon long footeftalkes: the flowers are 
like unto thofe of the Mallowes, and much about the fame colour, confifting of five broad pointed leaves, haying 
many red threds in the middle-.after which come flat leafed heads, fuch as other Mallowes have, wherein is 
conteined fuch like fmall feede; the rootes are difperfed into feverall parts under ground, and dye not, but 
retaine fome of the leaves upon them all the winter, although the ftalkes dye downe and perifh to the 
ground, 
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