iO 6 Chap .6$. 
Tbeatrum ‘ Botanicum. 
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theftemmesandlikewifefromthefides growe many flowers like unto thof'e of the marfh Mallowes, bur 
of as decpe a colour almoft asthe wilde mallow, yet lmaller then thofeol the ftirab mallow, after which come 
fuch like flat huskes and feede as the other mallowes give : the rooteis great and wooddy, fpreading many 
branches under ground, abidinglong, and fometimcs holding the ftalkes, with the leaves upon them all the 
winter,the tops being cut off,yet lometimes alfo if the winter be over fliarpe or it bee not planted or remoovcd 
into awarmeplace, or defended from the extrcmitie thereof, they willperilh downe to the ground, but the 
next yeare freflt ones will arife againe from the roote. 
g. AlthsafruticofaCretica. Shrub marfli Mallow of Candy. 
The Shrub marfli mallow of Candy, in the fecond yeare after it is fowen rifeth up with divers wooddy grcene 
ftalkes, covered over with much downe,or woollineffe, three or foure foote high, whereon grow hoary large 
leaves,cut into corners, and dented about the edges, ending in a point.’ the flowers grow at the tops of the 
ftalkes, made of five leaves like mallowes and broad at the points, but of a fine delayed red colour, tending to 
ablufh, having a (Hie or pointcll in the middle, compaffed about with whitifh threds, which flowers areno- 
thing fo great as the former, being not much bigger then the flowers of the ordinary marfli ma.low, after 
which come fuch like round cafes and leede as they give : the roote is long, tough and white like the common 
marfh mallow,but more wooddy,and endureth divers yeares, (hooting forth new branches in the iprint. 
The Place. 
In the firfl divifion common Mallowes areknowne to grow every where: but that with a white flower is 
more rare growing notin very many places, butinKentindiverfe places, as at Aflsford and at 7 krapftor.e in 
I\lorhamptonJUre,(f-c. and in diverfe other places; the third is found under hedges and walls in manyplact,- 
the fourth is oftner found upon hils: the lift in Spains ; the firfl: tree Mallow groweth neere Venice , all along 
the Tyrrhene (hore,and on the African fliorc alfo,in which places it abideth many yeare : Our owne Country tree 
Mallow, groweth in an Ifland called Dinnie, three miles from Kings Roade, and five miles from Hriftow asal- 
fo about the Cottages neere Hurfl Caftle, over againft the He of Wight. The eight was firfl: brought from’ Japan 
Imeanethefeede, unto Romeos Come parts of Italy where it was fowne; whole ripened leede afterwards was 
communicated into fundry Countries. The firfl: of the fecond divifion, is very familiar in Kent, as in many other 
places of our owne Land, being in Lome places more frequent, than the common wilde kinde : it groweth m 
a field, as you goe to Hamfleed Church from the towne; but the fecond which beareth a white flower, at We. 
fterham in Kent, the third is likewife found in fome places of Kent, the next two arc fometimcs found wild alfo 
with us. The fourth groweth at the foote of the mountaine lnra in Helvetia by Savoye : the fift in Egypt. "The 
firfl of the third divifion or marfli Mallowes groweth in moft of the Salt marfhes, from Wolwich downe to the 
fea, both on the Kentijh and EJfex fhore : the fecond in Hungary, the third was brought out of Africa as Cornu- 
tus laith; the fourth is not knowne from whence; the fift groweth in many places of Italy, in the wet grounds 
neere unto lakes, rivers and ponds; the fixt is thought.to come from the Indies, but is more likely to be found in 
fome places of Italy, it is fo like the former, and lent by I ofephui de Gajfabone, to Canter,mm, who onely hath 
fetout the figure thereof. The feventh Camerarius faithhe found in Italy aboundantly about the river AmeRs 
hardby Anguilara, where men paffe the river; The eight groweth in 'Provence of Trance, as Label andPowfay’ 
but in Turin among the S tvitfers as Camcrarius faith, who hath fet forth afigure, which is very likely to bethe 
fame as he faith, with that of Label-, The laft was fent to Clufius by lofephus dc cafa bona, which he oathered in 
Candle. jbe Time. ° 
They all flower all the Sommer Monethes, even untiil the winter pull them downe, yet the tree Mallowes and 
the tree marfli Mallow, and Egyptian Mallow, doe flower later than the reft; the yellow, the Indian, and red 
flow red Mallow, doe flower in the latter end of Sommer, yet to as ifthe yeare be not kindly, there is never feed 
gathered ripe from them, but from the tree and Sgjrptian Mallowes never with us, except that tree Mallow 
of our owne Land. 
The Names, 
Jt is called in Greeke abemoliendo ventre, yec it is written in Epicharmes and Antiphanes copies- 
in the Aululana of Plautus they are called c Molochmarii, chat dyed cloth into a purple colour, and Lucius" 
Columella hath this verfe, which is not eafily interpreted,except of the Malva horacia. 
Ft Moloche primv fequitar qtt£ vertice folem. 
Tragus thinketh that he meant it by the letter Mallow,and that it turncth his leaves and flowers with the Sunne • 
/Whath Mclope c/uaf, mover, which he referred! to the manured, and in Latine Malva ciuafi CMolva quod 
dlvummolhat m Englifl, Mali™eyUafioMellom, , either from the foftneffe of the leafe, or from the foftning of 
the belly and hard tumors, or peradventure from the Latine. The Arabian, call it Chubexe and Chubes, ancTthe 
feede thereof Bizer, Chubeir,, the Italians Malva, The Spaniards Malva, , the French Mauve. The Germans 
Pappeln, the Dutchmen,Malwe, and ICerkens cruyt. The Garden Mallowes, which we call Holhhockes are called 
Malva fattva, Malva Romana, and by the vulgar in Italy in admiring thebeautie and varietieof their colours 
Koja Ultramar ina or Tranfmarma, beyond Sea Rofes, and fome alfo as the Dutch merl doe Winter Roles, for that 
their beautiful! flowers fhew themfelves, from the end of Sommer untill winter : a’> v, in Greeke as alfo A/cea 
in Latine, is’taken from M robur,prsfidmm, eyuafi extent robuSHor & ejfcatiorforet, faith Label and Pena- of the 
Italians Tv malua and fo doe fome in Latine call this yuaf, hi, effcacior Malva (but others more truely referre this 
word to the. AIthsa)mi Malva falvatica and buon Vifchio,o f the Spaniards Malva de Vngria and Malva AlonteR. 
"SJ, ' he Germ,nes Sygmarts wurtfel and Symons wurtfcl, that is Radix Simeoni, or hefba Simeoni,, and of fome 
Malva P ngarica: A »3«<t Althea in Greeke, quafi medica Latine dici poffet, of the healing and remedying many 
difeafes : ,t is alfo called « and Ihfcm and Ebifcus, and Hibifcm, with the afhiraZl L “S 
!° °5 L / t ? e ^ r r C ; rs ’ °^* rb * rtu tslrijlalthta from the excellencie of theeffe&s, of Galen it is called 
^TnadendromaUcheCAlalvaarborea, but that is thought more fitly to agree to the Hollihocke, which as Thee. 
h n FT?- ln a u w moneths » be fo great, that the ftalkes ferved as (laves for men to walke with, 
andot fome Olus ludatcum the Iewes pot-hcrbe:Plmy in his jp. Booke and y. Chapter callech it Paftinaca, for he 
faith 
