The Theater of‘Plants. 
T R IBE.l. 
The Theater of Tlants. 
7. Althtea palufiris Cytini/?ore. 
Ked flowed marlh Mallow* 
Chap« 65 » 505 
Mthtafrutex. Shrubbie marlh Mai low. 
PL 
Ahhia fotiafivc Atut'ilan Avicemte pttttttilm. Yellow marlTiMalfoW.' 
The yellow Mallow or marfh Mallow rifeth up with one foft woolly gtecne round flalke for the' moft part,and 
fcldome with more.,divided oftentimes even from the bottome into divers branchesiat every joynt Hand feverall 
large r °uud leaves as foft as velvet, pointed at the ends, and dented about the edges, hanging downe at the end 
of long ftalkes, which ftand forth right; the flowers (land fimgly but one at a joynt with the leafe,which is fmall 
and yellow, compofed of five fmall pointed leaves, (landing in a fmall greene huske, *which being pad, there 
fucceede foft greene pods or feede veflels, turning blacke when they are ripe, compdfed of many fmall homes 
or pods,fet together like unto an head or feede veflell of Fraxinella, in every one whereof is conteyned lmall 
blackc roundifh (eede the roote is not great nor long,but with divers fibres at it, and perifbeth every yeare. 
6. Abntilo» IudicumQamerarij . Qamerarim his white Indian raarlh Mallow. 
This Indian marfh Mallow rifeth up with an upright ftraight hairydalke, {hooting from the joynts in divers pla¬ 
ces fmall branches,whereat hkewife are (ct filch like foft round and pointed leaves,as arc in the lad hanging down¬ 
wards for the moll part, at the end of longdalkes which are fomewhat hairie alfo: the flowers dand in the 
fame manner that the other doe,but are fomewhat larger, and of a white colour, and yellow at the bottome, 
with divers threds in the middle : the roote is foil of fmall fibres, and perifheth every yeare, in the like 
manner. 
7. kltbeapaltiftrUCytim flore] Red flowred marlh Mallow. 
The red flowred marfh Mallow fendeth forth many foft leaves, fomewhat like unto thofe of the ordinary 
marfh Mallow, but not fo loft or whitifh, but of a pale greene colour on the upper fide, and whiter underneath 
longer alfo and dented fomewhat deeper about the edges, handing upon long footcdalkcs, among which rife 
up divers round greene dalkes, three or foure foote high, bearing the like leaves on them at feverall difiances: 
from the joynts of the leaves towards the tops of the flalkes, and at the tops of them likewife come forth the 
flowers, confiding of five leaves longer and narrower then in other Mallowes, not broad but pointed at the 
ends, of a deepe reddifh purple colour, tending to an orenge, and fometime9 paler or more delayed, and in 
iome plants of a white colour, with divers threds danding in the middle, about a fmall greene head, which in 
time becommeth the feede veflel, growing like the cod or feede veflel of the Birth wort, of a fad brownifh 
colour on the outfide, parting into five divifions, wherein lye fmall brownifh feede: the roote is long,white and 
tough, fomewhat like a marfh Mallow, but nothing fo great, or Muccilaginous,thatisflymie. 
8. A Ith&a arborefeens Provincialis. Tree marfh Mallow of France. 
This tree marlh Mallow is very like unto the Shrubbe Mallow, fet forth in my former booke, but yet is not 
the fame, differing in fomc notable points from it: for although the demmes thereof are more wooddy then 
the former tree Mallow, yet are they not altogether fo hard and woody as the fhrub Mallow, but grow- 7 
eth much higher, even to a mans height fometimes, having many whitifh hoarie leaves in the naturall placed 
but of a whitifh greene growing in our climate and not hoary at all, fomewhat rough,broad and round, and not 
lo long pointed as the Shrubbe Mallow,yet cut in into fome divifions,and dented at theed^es- at thetoppesof 
Dd 3 ■' the 
