Tribe 2. 
The Theater of Tlantes. 
Chap .65, 3© 7 
faith it diffcreth from the Parfnep root, in being more fmall and (lender, not to be ufed in meates,but good for me- 
decines, and in his 2fi.Booke and firft Chapter,he faith Ibifctis is like unto Paftinaca which flneweth a wonde- 
rous great errour in him, that from the whitenefl'e,length and likeneffe of the roote of Althea, unto the Paflina - 
M,Would conclude it a Parfnep, without regard of other forme or qualities ; of the Arabians Chitini.Chateni, 
and Rofa xametti, and Scrapie in one place Alfam-, of the Italians Malvavtfco, and 1 thinke from them divers La. 
tine Anchors call it Malvavifcns derived as it were from c Malva and Ibijcus, of the Spaniards sJAlalva- 
vifco- of the French Guimauve , of the Cjermans ibifeh and Heilwurtc, or HilfaMrtx., of the Dutch mtte 
Huenfl and vitte Malwe,yjee in Englilh call it marfh Mallow, from the place where it chiefly groweth 
in the fait marfhes as I faid before, or white Mallow from the colour of the leaves, and of iome tvimote. 
The firfl ofthe firft divifion is called of all CMalva vulgaris, and of lone jylvcflris major, of Brunfi/fius Malva 
Equina, The third is called Malvafjlvcflris or Agreflis minor of mod, and of Label and others C Malva Jplvefirit 
repent ptemila. The fourth is Matthiolus his fourth Mallow, which he calleth alio HceLracea and Montana, but of 
Lugdunenfis Malva major tertia (JMatthioli : the fift is called by lilt files 'JMalva trimejlrjt , and of 'Bauhinus Mal¬ 
va folio vario. The firfl of the tree Mallowes is called by Matthiolus CMalva major a ter a and Arborea, and fo like- 
wife of Lobel, of Dodoneus & Gamer arius Malva arborefeem. The next never had any other author to exprefle it 
before now we therefore call it Noftras or Anglica, the eight is called by 'Baptifta Perrantu in his booke de forum 
cultura Rofa Sinenfls, becaufe he firft received the leedes thereof from C kina but as he faith fome called it Malva 
Upontca, others Indie a, of the naturalls Fujo : I have as you fee joyned it to the Hol!ihoiks,and becauie it abideth 
greenealwayes like the tree Mallow, I have intituled it Jndum tree Hollihock, ifany think better to alter it, per 
me licet. The firfl of the fecond divifion is called Alceamd AIcea vulgaris or major of moll authors, but of An- 
guillara and fome others it is called, Ganabss fylveflris, and thought to be that of Diofcorides, he alio calleth it herba 
Vngarica. Yhe third is the Alcea of Matthiolm ITragus,and others : The fourth Lugduncnfis calleth ei Icea villofa 
Dalechampii : the lift is thought by Pena , in his Italian defeription of tMont 'Baldus, to be Abutilon Avicenna , 
which as he faith the ^Egyptians call Abelmofch , becaufe of the fent like Mtiske, and laith that the Turkes doe 
counterfeite Muske with the feedes thereof, and concendeth that it is the true Abutilon of Avicen, and not the 
other that is fo called ; this is very like unto the Alcea tAigyptia, (hewed you here and in my former booke, buc 
more hairy as 1 faid in the defeription, and therefore Btummu in his Pirate calleth it Alcea te£gyptid. villofa ; 
The firfl ofthe third divifion is called Althea, and vulgaris of mod Writers; yet Cordus upon Diofcorides, and 
in his Hiilory of Plants,calleth it 'Malvapaltsflris,and Gefncr in liortit Germanise Malva agreflisgenus, of eMr.gttil- 
lara Malvavifcns, of Lobel Ah hr a Ibifcus , as is before faid. The fecond Cite fits maketh his A hhra Tamomtca 
fecunda.os I think, but is his third in his Hiilory,according to Bauhinus,who calleth it Althea flore majore,of Came- 
raritu Althea fore gtandi Alcea, & Althsta Thuringica. T he favfllacobtu Commits expreffeth in his Hiilory of 
Canada plants underlhe fame title here. The fourth Bauhinus onely fetteth forth under the name of Althea fru- 
tefeens Bryonia folio. The fift is called A bubilon Avicenna of Angnillara ; (Matthiolus, Doctors its and Ca.merc.rius, of 
Lobel Althea floribus luteis ■ Gefnerin hortis Germanic calleth it Althea peregrina, as alfo A Ithea Theophrajli - but 
< Poua in his Jtalian defeription of Mont Baldm, contefleth againfl thofe that call it Abutilon Avicenna:, faying that 
it is but an Altheapaluflris, with a yellow flower, in that At ’icen attributeth to his Abutilon or A rbutilon, the 
leafe of a Soutd which he faith this hath not, and the fruit long, like a Medlar, ("where as this is round) and not 
long ; D odoneus like wile contendeth that it cannot be the yellow Altheaof Theophraflus, becauie the rootes of 
his Althsta, will condenfate water, which the rootesofthis will not. The fixt, ( timer anus who had the feede 
fent him, from fofephde cafabona,cbiek\ictbmd. to the Duke of Tufcanie or Florence, by the nameof Abutilon 
Indtcum, doth fo call it alfo, faying it may be referred to the Althea’s : the feventh is thought to be the Sida of 
Theophraflus, which he mentioneth in his 4. Booke and 11. Chapter, for Gamer arius calleth it Sidavulgo, but 
Dodoneus is againll that opinion ; for in reciting the text of Theophraflus, he (he weth that Theophraflus maketh 
his Sida, to be an herbe growing within the water, and lifting up the lewes above the water, and bowing 
downe the head after it hath done flowring unto the water againe, which this doth not: fome therefore thinke 
that Theophraflus meaneth the Nymphea lutea, or yellow water Lillie, which hath the like propertie, and the ra¬ 
ther becaufe it is a water herbe as all know, and that Theophraflus mentioning thofe plants that grow in the 
famous lake of Orchomenit maketh no mention of water Lillies,which as it is thought, that lake is not without; 
thechicfe repugnancy may feeme to be in the colour of the flower, which yet he plainely mentioneth not, buc 
not in the forme ; Dodonrus therefore calleth it Althea hortenfli five peregrina, and Lobel Alt hr a paluflris Cytmi 
fore as I doe, and Batthinus Altheapaluftris. The eight is that A Ithea arborea, that Tessa and Lobel fet forth to 
grow in Provence in France neere Olbia , and differeth from Cite fits his Althea frutexfecundaf fet forth in my for¬ 
mer Book)ashe doth plainely (hew in his Hiilorie of plants. Gamer arius calleth it Althea arborefeens. and fodoth 
Tabermontanut. Lugduncnfis entendeth the firft of Clttfius which hee namerh Althea lignofa Dalechampij , 
having round leaves and a white flowergreater than the common Ah hr a • for Batthinus maketh his fourth 
and fifth Althea frntefeens, to differ from themfelves, naming his fourth Althea frutefeens, folio rotundiore incano, 
andreferreth it to Cluflus his Alike afrtttex primafln his Hiilory of plants,which C Ittflus faithhimfelfeisnotthe 
fame that Lobel calleth Althea arborea Olbie- but maketh his fifth Althea frutefeensfolio etcatoparvo flore, to be 
Lobel his Althea arborea, which Camerarius alfo doth acknowledge, calling it Althea arborefeens , yet Lobel 
would feeme to make them both one, The laft is called by C lufists Althea frutex tertia, differing from both the 
former forts, for Clufius there faith the feede came to him from Candy, and grew onely in his friends garden, to 
whom he imparted it. 
The Vertues. 
The young leaves both ofthe common and fine cut Mallowes, as alfo ofthe French Mallow and the garden 
Hollihocke, were in former times, and yet are in fome countries eaten as a failet herbe, to mollifie and open th? 
belly, either greene or boyled, as Martiall the Poet teilifieth in thefe Verfes. 
Sxoneraturtts alvummihivilica Malvas , 
A ttulstvaries quas babes kortus opes. 
The leaves of any of the Mallowes, andthe rootes alfo boyled in wine or in water, or in broth, with Partly 
or 
