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Show bist ~~ Of the Hiftoryof Plants, Alcea fruticofa cannabina, ese os wes4) re 3. This wilde Mallow islikewife referred voto the kinds of marth Mallow, called gene ican Mallow. or rally »hy byy the the namé of F Althea which grower ‘ ito f ~ the torm ofafm al hedgeetree tre sapprochin g Nee. rer to the fubftance or harureof wood en any of the other 3; Where with the people of}. bia and Narbone in France doe make hedges, to feuer ordiuide their gardens and vineyards (even aswe doe with quicke-fets of priuiet of thorne ) which continueth long : the flalke whereof groweth vpright,very high,comming neere tothe Willowin wooddineffe and ie OFthe Hiftoryof Plants, IB.2s q The Vertues, A Theleaues of Mar(h Malloware of the power to digeft,mitigate paine,and to concoé; They be with goodeffe& mixed with fomentations andpulteffes againtt paines of the fides, of B paine. the ftone,andof the bladder, ina bathal fo they ferue to takeaway any manner of which C The decostion of the leaues drunke doth the fame, which doth not only affwage paine proceedethofthe ftone,but alfo is very goodtocaufe,th¢ fame to defcend moreealily,and co pafle forth. The roots and feeds are profitable for the fame purpofe : moreouet the deco& n of the roots 32nd frethelpeth the bloudy flix, yet not by any binding qualitie, bur by mitigating the erip tings thereof: for they doe not binde at all, although Galen otherwife thought, but theycure the bloudy flix,by hauing things added ynto them,as the roots of Biftort , Tormentill, the foures and leaucs, fomewhat nickt about the edges, very rindes ofPomegranates andfuchlike. Themiucilageor flimie iuice of the roots,is mixed very effetually with all oils,ointmentsjand E plaifters that flacken and mitigate paine. The roots boiled in wine,and the decoétion giucn to drinke, expell the tone and grauell,helpe F the bloudy flix, fciatica,crampes, and convulfions . Theroots of Marfh Mallows, the leanes ofcommon Mallowes,and the leaues of Violets,boiled G inwatervatill they be verie foftjand that little water that is left drained away, ftamped ina ftone morteradding thereto certaine quantitie of Fenugteeke,and Linefeedin pouder ; the root of the | blackeBryonic,and fome good quantitie of Barrowesgreafe,{tamped altogether to the forme ofa pultisand applied very warme,mollifie and {often Apoftumesand hard {wellings, fwellings in the foft,not valike to thofeof the commonmatth mallow, and .of an oucrworne hoarycolour. The floures growat thetopoftheflalks, ofa oie colour, confifting offiueleaues, very ike to the commonwilde mallows and the feed of the marfh mallow. bringeth old vicers to maturation. The feeds dried and beateninto pouderand giuen todrinke, ftoppeth the bloudyflix and laske, andall other iffies ofbloud. ftance. The floures grow alongit the fame,in fafhion and colour of the common wild mal: low. 4 Thefhrubby mallow rifeth vp liken. toa hedge buth, and of a wooddy fubftance, diuidingit felfe into diuers toughand limber branches, couered witha barke ofthe colour ofafhes , whereupon dogroround pointed }ioints,and fores of the mother; it confumeth all cold tumors,blaftings,and windie outgrowings;it cureththerifts of the fundament ; it comforteth, defendeth, and preferueth dangerous greene wounds from any manner ofaccidents that may happenthereto,it helpeth digeftion in them, and We haue anotherfort of mallow, called of Pena, Alcea fruticofior pentaphy lla nit brin- geth forth in my garden manytwiggy branches, fet vponftiffeftalkes ofthe bigneffe ofa mans thumbe, growing tathe height of ten : or twelue foot :whereupon are fet very many leaues deepely cut euen to the middle rib, like vato the leaues of hempe the fioures and feeds are like vnto the common mallow?thérootis exceedinggreat, thicke, and of a wooddyfubftance. + Clufius calls this Alcea fruticofacannabino folto: and itis with good reafon thought to be the Canmabis fylueftris Acferibed by Diofsoride, hb. 3» cap. 166. + @ The Place. The common marth mallow groweth very plentifully in the marthes bothon the Kentith and Effex fhore along ft the riuer of Thames, about Woolwych Erith, Greenhyth Gravefelid, Tilbu- rie, Lee, Colchefter, Harwich, and in mof falt marfhes about London: beingplanted in gardens it profperech well, and continueth long. : es The fecond growethin the moift and fenny places of Ferraria, betweene Padua in Traly,and the riuter Eridanus. : Theothers are ftrangers likewife in England :notwithftanding at the impreffion hereof I have fowen fomefeeds of them in my garden,expectingthe fucceffle. = re @ The Time. hoe hey floure and flourith in Iuly and Auguft : theroot fpringeth forthafreth eucty yearcininthe eginning of March, whichare then to be gathered,orin September. @ The Names. The common marth mallowis called in Greeke arses, and isinee : the Larines retainethe names Bifmalua, and Maluasifeus as thoughthey fhould fay malt wd Althea and Iifews : in hops, in high-Dutch, Jbifeh : in low-Dutch, npitte Walntwe,and noitten Bem? in Italian and . nith, Malvanifer : in French, Guimanlve : in Engtith, marth mallow, moori(h mallow , ax" mallow. BY . Thereft ofthe mallowesretaine the names expreffed in rheir feverall titles. oe G The Temperature. . e moll andfee roots wes: the mallo other the than ut ly drier hot,b rate wis mode h mallo Matt are More dry, and ofthinnerparts,as Galen wiiteth , and likewife ofa digelting, foftning,° fying nature, 3 a Cuar. 354. Oftheyellow tab JMoflerm Althea Luted. Yellowsveatiow. @ ~The Defcription. Te ‘yellow Mallowrifeth vp witha round ftalke,fomething hard or wooddie,three or fourecubits high, couered with broad leaues fomething round, but fharpe pointed, white, foftfer with very fine haires like to the leaues ofgourds,hanging vpon long tender foorftalks: fromthe bofome of which leaues come forth yellowfloures, not vnlike to thofe ofthe common Mallowin forme: the knopsorfeed veffels are blacke,crooked,orwrinckled, made vp ofmany {mall cods, in whichis black feed:the rootis {mall,and dieth whenit hath perfected his feed. q The Place. The feed hereof is brought vnto vs from Spaine andItaly : we doe yearely fowit in our gardens, thewhich feldom ornéuer dorh bring his feedto ripeneffe : by reafon whereofweare’ to feeke for feeds againft the next yeare. q The Time. : It is fowne inthe midft of Aprill, it brings forth his floures in September. «qq The Names. Some thinke this to be 4éutifon : whereupon thatagreeth which -4micen writeth, that it is like tothe Gourd, thatis to fay in leafe, and ore tobenamed Abutilor, and Arblstiloa : d tak? |