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Show Of the Hiftorie of Plants. eee ose : es by 1B take itto be that Al#heaor Marth Mallow, vatowhich Theophraftws in his ninth booke ofthe Hi ftorie of Plants doth attribute Florem pana, or a yellowfloure : forthe floure of the common $ 3 AlctacAgyptia. Marth Mallowisnot yellow,butwhite ; yet may T/eophraflus his copie, which indivers placesig The Agyptian CoddedMallow. -faultie, and hath many emptic and vnwritten places,bealfo faultie in this place ; therefore ir js hard to fay, thatthis is Theophraftws marth Mailow,efpeciallyfeeing that T heophrafl ws {eemeth al. fo toattributevnto the rootof Marth Mallow fo much flime, as that water may beethickened therewith,which the roots of common Marth Mallowcan very well doe: but theroot of Abmilis or yellow Mallownorat all : it may be calledin Englith, yellow Mallow, and Auicenhis Mal. low. : g TheT emperature. Thetemperature of this Mallowis referred vnto the Tree-mallow. @ TheVertues. A Auicen faith that Abutilon or yellow Mallow,is held tobegood for greene wounds,anddoth pre- fently glewtogether,and B ~ 037 Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. Lis. 2. —_—_—-. fomething white about theedges, butin the middle of a fine purple 2 in the middeft of this floure ftandeth forth aknap or peftel,as yellow as gold: it openethit felfe about eight of the clocke, and fhutteth vp againe at noone, about twelueaclockwhen it hath receiued the beams of the Sun,for twoor three houres, whereon it fhould feemeto reioice to look, andfor whofe departure,being then vpon the point ofdeclenfion, it feemes to grieue, and fo fhuts vp the floures that were open, and neuer opens them againe; whereupon it might more properly be called Malva horaria,ot the Mallow of an houre: and this Columella feemeth to call Molochesin this verfe , perfealy cure the fame. _ Thefeed drunke in wine pr euaileth mightily againft'theftone. Bernardus Paludanus of Anchufenreporteth,that the Turks do drinke the feed to prouokefleepe -—Er Moloche, Pronofequitur qua verticefolem. and reft. The feed is contained in thicke rough bladders, whereupon Dodoneys calleth it Alcea Ve- Cuar. 355. 1A ficaria:within thefe bladders or feed veffels are contained blacke feed, not vnlike to thofe of Nigella Romana. Therootis fmalland tender,8 perifhéerh when thefeed is ripe,and muft be increafed by new and yearely {owing ofthe feed, carefully referued. 2 Thorn Mallowrifeth vp with one vpright Of Venice Mallow, or Good-night at Noone. 2 Sabdarifa, Thornie Mallow. Peregrina. Venice Mallow. ftalk of twocubits high, diuiding it felfe into diuers branches, whereuponare placed leaues deeply cut to the middle rib,andlikewife fhipt aboutthe edges like a faw, intafte like Sorrel the floures forthe moft part thruft forthofthe thinke or body of the fmall ftalke, compa& offine fmall leaues,ofa yellowith colour ; the middle partwhereof is of a purple tending to rednefle:the husk or cod wherein the floure doth ftandis fet oratmed with fharpe thornes- the rootis fmall,fingle,and moft impatient of ourcold clymate,infomuch that when [had with great induftrie nourifhed vp fome plants from the feed, and kept - vnto the midft of May;notwithftanding one cold night chancing among many,hath deftroiédthenvall. £. 3 ‘Thisalfoisa ftranger cut leaued Mallow,which Clufiws hath fet forth by the name ofAl- cea Beyptia:and Profper Alpinus by thetitle of Bammia:the ftalke is round firaight, green,fome cu. bitanid halfe hic h:vponwhichwithout order grow leaues at the bottome of the ftalk, like thofeof N Aallow,corneted and fhipt about the edges ; but from the middle of the ftalke tothetop they are cutinwithfiue deep gafhes like.as the leaues of the laft defcribed: the floures growforth by the fides of the ftalke,in forme andcolour like thofe of the laft mentioned,towit, with fiue yellowith leaues : after thefe follow long thicke fine, cornered hairy and fharpe pointed feed veffels, contai- hing a feed like orobus,coueredwitha little downineffe : this growes in Egypt, where theyeat the fuit thereofas we do Peafe and Beanes : Alpinus attributes diuers vertues to this plant,agteeable to thofe ofthe common Marfh-mallow. ¢ @ The Place. The feeds hereof haue been brought out of Spaine and other hot countries, Thefirft profpereth Wellin my gardenfromyeare to yeare. T heir names hane beenefufficiently touchedin their feueral de{criptions. The firft may be cal- q The Defiription. T8 ; -¢ ypon lone e et V t He Venicemallow rifeth vp withlong,round, feeble flalkes,whereonate fF a a . i * flender foot-ftalkes,broad iaggedleaues, deepely cut euen to the m1 ommon mal which comeforthvery pleafant and beautifull floures,in fhapelike thofe of the com [ q The Time. , 7 yareto be fowne inthe moft fertill ground and funnie places of the garden, in the be= § of May,or in the end of April. q The Names. nt me 3 § th, Venice-mallow,Good-night at noone,or the Mallowflouring but an houre: Of Mar= # itis called Aypecooz,or Rue Poppie,but vnproperly. . f a, The Temperature and Vertues. There is a certaine clammie iuice in the leaues of the Venice Mallow, whereupon it is ieee A ! Pre ic 2 . “-. ° . 7 * |