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Show 2 Cu aP.62. Theatrum Botanicum. Trip 2 Tr IBE 2 The Theater ofPlantes. Cuap. 64. $+ Malva trimeffris (ive Zfive, Malva Rofeafimplex. feaves are twifeas great andlarge,as any common Mallow,andasfoft and woollyinhandling as the Marfh Mal- eee Sing Hollihocrte. fow but not fo white or woolly,yet often fomewhat crumpled about the edges:this flowreth not the firlt yeare of the fpringing up withts, butin the fecond Sommer, if the fharpe Winter hath not rotted his ftalke in the firft yeare(not then being growentohis ful ftrength )being more tender than afterwards; it {preadeth fome branches, with leaves on them,but {maller,among which ftand faire great and large deepe purple flowers ,withftripes and ‘weines in them like the common Mallow; after which rife fuchlike round cates, with blackith feede in them,but Jarger according'to the proportion of the: plant, but feldome commeth to maturity in our countrie:the roote and ftalke perifh ufually with us, after ithath abiden two yeareat the moft with us ; whereasin the watmerand na« furall places, it abideth diver{e yeares, and groweth tobe as high ard great as many trees, 7 Malva arboreamarina noftras. Engtith Sea tree Mallow. mS ti This tree Mallowofout owné countrie, is very like the former tree Mallow; havinga wooddy ftemme, as lereat as a mans arme,of aruffet or hoary colour ; whereon grow foft whitithwoolly leaves, almhft as large as the other, and as fiiooth as velvet: the flowers hereof arelarge, and of a whitith or delayed purple colour,like in forme unto a wild Mallow flower, but fomewharlarge, yet not fo great as the for mer + the rooteis white;great ‘and woddy, with diverfe long ftrings annexed tinto it. ‘ $. -Malva Rofea arborea Indica. The Indian tree Hollihocké. TEI thould Baptifta, Ferrarins-like of a mole hill make a mountaine in the defcription hereof, Lmight be held over tedious, howfoever he by his elegant Latine ftile, may pafle with greater delight to his reader, both in his ‘ample narration and fabulous concertation betweene Art and Nature, in that he giveth a greatfull Vehiculzm to @afethe long journey : but this large volume will not admit fuch {pacious relations, and therefore J will abreviate his long difcourfe, with as briefe a defcriptionas the fubjeé will permit, and referre thofeto the aiithour that Lift to reade all at large. In a {mall time (that is in twoorthree yeates in a warme countréy) this rifeth up tobe like a pretty great (hrubbe or {mall tree, whofe ftemme or trunke being fomewhat white andwooddy , five or fixe inches thicke covered with a {mooth whitifh barke whofe lower branches being pruined the upper oughes {pread intoa round compaffe, whereon are fet diverfe broad rough leaves fomewhatliketo Vine leaves cut into feverall partitions and nicked abont the edges, of a faire greene colour on the upperfide and gtayith underneath, on thicke,long and rough reddifh foote {talkes, fometimes but one, and often tw or three ata joynt,which doe abide the Wintet withoutfalling away: at the toppes of the branches come forth the flowers ftanding in greene huskes divided at the toppesinto five parts: in {omeof thefe plants the flowers will be fingle,confitting offive,fixe,eight or tenne large crumpled leaves,all white or a little blufh towards the edges: in othere the flowers will be very double, and as large asa Provence Rofeof the fame colours, but after they have abideh a while blowen open they charigé more blufh and on the fading deeper, thefe changes are often éene in one andthe fameday,yet many times notin two or three dayes abiding;in the middle ofthe flowersftan= detha greene head,compaffed with manyyellow thredsas the Rofe hath, which head growing to maturitie, hath fundryridges and furrowes on the outfide andfull of feede within,diftinguifhed by feverall partitions, and aré reddifh fomewhat fmalllong round and crooked, and alittle hairie at the backefide, 163. feedes have beeneé .: Mala Rofes muleiniens .7 Double ofpenne 7 i fimplict ici @* duplict 8. Afalva rafea arborea Indica dup flores” m The Indian tree Hollihocke with fingle and double flowers; numbredto be taken outofonefecdeveffell ; the roote is longs white and woodydiverfly {pread under ground; with {ome {mall fibres iffuing from them, Divifio fecunda, The fecond Divyifion. 1). Aleea vulgaris five MalvaVerbenaca, Fine cut or Vervaine Mallow: The lowér leaves Ofthis Vervaine Mallow are foftand greene, fomewhatlike unto the wild common Mal= lowleaves, but leffer-and more cut inonthe edges, befides thedenting, but thofe that grow up higher upon the ftalke, (whofe barke may. be -brokeninto threds like hempe, ‘and is fometimes as} high as the ordinary wild kinde is) are more cut in and divided, fomewhat likeunto Vervaine: the flowets hereof ar@ofa paler urple colour than the common mallow, but in moft not fo much dividedinto feverall leaves, and laid fo open} on abiding more clofe, or leffe {pread, and withoutthofe {tripes oftentimes, being {mooth and fomewhatfhining the feede and {eede veflels are like the common Mallow;the roorealfo is long tough and white, but fome(what more wooddy within. 2. Alcea vulgaris flore albo, Vervaine Mallow with whité flowers. This Vervaine Mallow that beareth white flowers, doth fomewhat differ in leaves from the former, for that they are more finely cut inon the edges, thenit is ;in the Hower confifteth a chiefe difference alfo, which is white, yer teiidingalittleto a blufh : the feedes and rootes differ not. 3- Alceaminor, Small Vervaine Mallow, There is a leffer kinde of the Vervaine Mallow, never growing fo great or high, but alwayes abidinglower, like as the {mall Mallowdoths.the leaves hereof, are more divided and cut inonthe edges, and mott ufally into five parts;and deepely dented alfo : the Aowers are purplelike rhe ordinary Vervaine Mallow,bné leffer, and thar makechthe difference. 4, Alea minor villofa, Smalt hairy rough Vervaine Mallow. The final hairy Mallow, hath manyvery low and hoary ftalkes, not abovea foote high, divided into leffer ROH P Mt A : L Mat S \ yy — “fp ZA pp UP Mh branches, fet with diverfe {mall hoary hairy leaves, cut into three or moredivifions:at the tops oftheftalkes and branches, grow diverfe large purple flowers, like unto the firft, but every onc ftanding in a hairy buske, almof TS at : 3. prickly, after which commeth black feede, contained in thofe hairy husks,that bore the flowers, but moreclofely inclofed in them :the rooteis of a pale browne colour,about the length of am hand,with {mall fibres hanging at it. §. Alcea -Egyptia mofchata, The Egyptian Muske Mallow, Onefort of Egyptian Mallow! have, as I faid,in the beginning of this Chapter fer forth already, but this dif ferethfrom that in thefe particulars, both ftalke and leaves, are all hairy over: the leaves are parted intofeven or = cight parts or corners ; the floweris fharper pointed, more yellow, and as fweete as Muske, a nd fois the blacke feede alfo, but more neare unto Civet, whichis like unto the feedés of Mirtle berries, but greater ; the roote is great and fibrous ; the whole plant is full of flimie jayce, and ofan a talte, D Divifig |