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Crarp.65, 397 the ftemmesand likewife fromthefides growe many flowers like unto thofe ofthe marth’ Mallowes, but faithit differeth from the Par/nep root,in being more {mall and flender, not tobe uled.in meates;burgood for medecines, and in his 26,Booke andfirlt Chapter,hefaith /bifcws is like unto Paftinaca, which fheweth a wonde~ fach like fat huskes and feede-as’ the other mallowes give : the roote is great and wooddy, {preading many branches ander ground, abiding long, and fometimes holding the ftalkes, with the leaves upon themall the ¢4,would concludeit a Par/nep, without regard of other forme or qualities ; of the Arabians Chitini, Chateni, of as deepe a colour almoft as the wilde mallow, yet {taller then thofe ofthe fhruib mallow, after which come winter,the tops beingcut off, yet fometimes alfo ifthe winter be over fharpe or it bee not planted or remooved into a warmeplace, or defended fromthe extremitie thereof, they will perifh downeto the ground, but the next yeare fre(hones will arife againe from theroote. 9. Altheafruticofa Cretica, Shrub marth Mallow of Candy. The Shrub marfh mallow of Candy, inthe fecondyeare after itis {owenrifeth upwithdivers wooddy greene ftalkes, covered over with much downe,or woollineffe, three or foure foote high, whereon grow hoarylarge leaves,cut into corners, and dented about the edges, ending ina point: the flowers grow at the tops of the ftalkes, madeoffive leaves like mallowes and broadat the points, but ofa fine delayed red colour, tending to rous greaterrour inhim, that fromthe whiteneffe,length and likeneffe of the roote ofAlthea, unto the Pafina~ and Rofa zameni,and Serapio in oné place Alfams ofthe Italians Malvavi{co, and 1 thinke from-them divers Latine Anchors call it Afalvavifeus derived as it were from (Malva and Ibifews, of the Spaniards, ~Malvas vifcos of the French Guimauve, of the Germans Ibifch and Meilwurtz or Hifnurtz, of the Dutch vite Huenftand witte Malwe, wee in Englifh call it marfh Mallow, from the place where it chiefly groweth inthe fale marthes as I faid before, or white Mallow from the colour of the leaves, and of fome Wimote; Thefirft ofthe firlt divifionis called of all Malva vulgaris, and of tome/ylvefirs major, of Brunfelfis Malva Equina, The thirdis called Aalva/ylveftrg or Agre/tis minor of moft, and of Lobeland others Valva fyluefiri of ablufh, having a ftile or pointell in the middle, compaffed about with whiti(h threds, which flowers are no- repens pumila. The fourth is Matthiolus his fourth Mallow, which he calleth allo Hederaceaand Adontana; but Lugdunenfis Malva major tertia Matthioli : the fift is called by Clufins Malva trimeftris, and of Banhinys Mal» which comefitch like round cafes and feede as they give : the roore'is long, tongh and white like the common marth mallow,but more wooddy,and endureth me yeares, fhooting forth new branches in the {pring. The Place, cultura Rofa Sinenfis, becaufe he firft received the feedes thereot from China butas he faith fome'called it Malva thing fo great asthe former, being not much bigger then the flowers of the}ordinary marfh mailow, after In the firlt divifion common Mallowes are knowne to grow every where: but that witha-white floweris morerare growing notin very many places, but in Kent indiverfe places, asat Afford and at Thrapffone in Norhamptonfrire,cc, and in diverfe other places; thethird is found under hedges and walls in manyplaces; the fourthis oftner found uponhils: the fift in Spaine ; the firft tree Mallow groweth neere Venice, all along the Térrhene fhore,and on the African fhorealfo,in which placesit abideth many yeare-; Our owne Country tree Mallow, groweth inan }fland called Dizzie, three miles trom Kings Roade, and five miles from Briffow,as alfo about the Cottages neere Hurf? Caftle, over againft the [le of Wight. The eight wasfirft brought from fapan I meanethefeede, unto Rome or fomeparts of Jtaly where it wasfowne; whole ripened feede afterwards was communicated into fundry Countries, Thefirft of the {econddivifion, is very fafniliar in Kevr, as in many other places of our owne Land, being in fomeplaces more frequent, thanthe common’ wilde kinde : it growethin afield, as you goeto Ham/teed Church from the towne; but the fecond which beareth a white flower, at #e~ ’ fterham in Kent, the third islikewife found'in {omeplaces of Ket, the next two are fometimes found wild alfo withus. The fourth growethat the foote of the mountaine Jura in Helvetia by Savoye: the fift in Egypt, The firft of the third divifion or marfh Mallowes growethin moft of the Salt marthes, from Woelwich downe to the fea, both on the Kentifh and Effex fhore: the fecond in Hungary; the third was brought out of Africaas Cornntys faith; the fourth is not knowne from whence;thefift growethin manyplaces ofItaly, inthe wer grounds, neere unto lakes, rivers and ponds; the fixt is thought,to come from the Indies, bur is more likely tobe found in fomeplaces ofItaly, it is fo likethe former, andfent by lofephus de Caffabone,to Camerarius, who onely hath fet out the figure thereof. The feventh Camerarius faithhe found in Italy aboundantly aboutthe river Amefis, hard by Anguilara, where men paffe the river; Theeight groweth in Provence of France,as Lobel and Peua {ay but in Z#rin among the Swit/ers as Camerarinsfaith, who hath fet forth a figure, which is very likely to’ be the fameas he faith, with that of Lobel; The laft was fent to Clufius by lofephus de cafabona, whichhe gathered in Candie, The Time, They all flower all the Sommer Monethes, even untill the winter pull them downe,yet the tree Mallowes and the tree marth Mallow, and Egyptian Mallow, doe flowerlater than the reft; the yellow, the Indian, andred flowred Mallow, doe flowerin the latter end of Sommer,yetfo as ifthe yeare be not kindly, there is never feed gathered ripe from then), but from the tree and Egyptian Mallowes never withus, except that tree Mallow of our owne Land, : : The Names, : i is called in Greeke wordy abemoliendo ventre, yeritis written orn in Epicharmes and Antiphanes copies: io Aula aria of Plautus they are called Molochinarii, that dyed cloth into a purple colonr, and Lecins, olumella hath this verfe, which is noteafily interpreted,except of the A4alva horacia. Et Moloche primfequitur que vertice folem, Tragus thinketh that he meant it by the lefler Mallow;and that it turneth his leaves and Sowers with the Sunne; Plinye hath Molope quafi mover, which he referreth tothe manured, and in Latine A¢alva quafi Molva. quod aluum molliat,in Englifs Mallowqtafi Mellow, cither from the foftneffe of the leafe, or from the foftnine of the belly and hard tumors, or peradventure fromthe Latine. The Arabianscallit Ghubexe and Chubes andthe feede thereof Bizeri Chubeiz, the Italians Malva, The Spaniards Malvas, the French Mauve. The Germmnts Pappelu,the Dutchmen, Malwe, and Kerkens crayt, The Garden Mallowes, which we call Hollibockes, are called Malvafativa, i Italy in : admiring a the beautie . and varietieof their colours, fativa, a Malva Romana, and by the v#lgar in Rofa ultramari #4 or Tran(marina, beyond Sea Rofes, and fomealfo asthe Dutch men doe Winter Rofes, for that their beautifull flowers {hew themfelves, from the end of Sommer untill winter : a’axia in Greeke as alfo Alcea in Latine,istaken from daxi robur,prafidinm, quafi ceteris robustior & efficatior foret faith Lobel and Pena; of the Ital; ee Bifmalua and fo doe {ome in Latinecallthis quafi bis efficacior Malva (but others tore truely refetre this bie phe Althea)and Malva {alvatica and buon Vi{ehio,of the Spaniards Malvade Vugriaand Aalva Montefipoh a ae Sygmarts wartfel and Symons wurtfel, that is Radix Simeonis or herba Simeonis, and of fome Birr nga ne A Asa Althea in Greeke; quasi medica Latine dici pofet, of the healing and remedying many oo: : it ne 0 called iBisx@ and éslxG-, Ibifcus and Ebiféus, and iZinG- Hibifeus, with the afpiration,as it 18 eae ee wee, of Barbarus Ariftalthea from the excellencie of the effects, of Galen it is called on tl ache aes arborea, but that isthought morefitly to agree tothe Hollibocke, which as Theo- aa pore hina few moneths tobe fo great, that the ftalkes ferved’as{taves for men to walke with, ot Lome Olus Iudaicum the lewespot-herbe: Pinyinhis 19. Booke and 5, Chaptercalleth it Paftinaca, for hé faith vafolie vario,The firkt of the tree Mallowesis called by Afatthiolws Malva major altera and Arborea,and fo likes wife of Lobel,of Dodoneys & Camerarius Malvaarbore/cens, Thenextnever had any other author to exprefie it before now wetherefore call it No/tras or Anglica, the eightiscalled by Baptifta Ferrariin bis booke deflorund Taponica, others Indica, of thenaturalls Fxjo: I have as youfee joyned ittothe Hollihocks,and becanfe it abidech greene alwayeslike the tree Mallow, | have intituled it fudian tree Hollihock, ifany think better to alter it, per me licet, The firft of the fecond divifion is called Alcea and Alcea vulgaris or major of moft authors, butof An gwillara and {ome others itis called,Canabss ylveftris,and thoughttobe that of Diofcorides, he alfo calleth it berba Pugarica, The third isthe Alcea of AMatthiolus sTragusjand others : The fourth Lugdunenfis calleth Alcea villofa Dalechampii : the fift is thought by Poa, in his Italian defcription of Mont Baldys tobe Abutilon Avicenne, which as hefaith the eAgyptians call Abelmofch, becaufe of the fent like Muske, and faith that the Turkes doe counterfeite Muske with the feedes thereof, and contendeth thatit is the true Abasilon of Avicen, and not the otherchat is fo called ; thisisverylike unto the Alcea egyptia, fhewed youhere and in my former booke, but morehairy as I {aid inthe defcription, and therefore Bashinws in his Pinax calleth it Atcea —Apyptia\ villofas The firlt ofthe third divifionis called A/thea, and vulgaris of molt Writers ; yet Cordus upon Diofcorides, and in his Hiftory of Plants,calleth it Valva paluftrisand Gefner in hortis Germanic Malve asreftisgenus,ot eAngnile lara Malvavilcus, of Lobel Althea Ibi(cus, as is before faid. The fecond C/ufius maketh his Althea Pannomica {ec#ada,as I think, but is his third in his Hiftory,according to Bathinys,who calleth it Adthea flore majore,of Cames varius Althea flore grandi Alcea, & Althea Thuringica. the third Lacobus Cornutuys expreffeth in his Hiftory of Canada plants under the fametitle here. The fourth Bashinus onelyfetceth forth under the name of Althea fru« tefcens Bryonie folio. Thefiftis called Ababilon Avicenne of Axguillara; Matthiolus, Dodons ms and Camercrins, of Lobel Althea floribys luteis ; Ge(ner in hortis Germanie calleth it Althea peregrina, as alfo Althea Theophraffi ; but Pova inhis Pralian defcription of Afont Baldus, contefteth againft thoferhatcall it Abwrilon Avicenne, faying that it is butan A/thea paluftris, witha yellow flower, in that Avicen attributeth to his Abutilon or Arbutilon, the leafe of a Gourd which hefaith this hath not, and the fruit long, likea Medlar, (where as this isround) and not long ; Dodoneus likewifle contendeththatit cannot be the yellow Althea of Theophraftus, becaule the rootes of his A4thea, will condenfate water, whichthe rootesofthis will not. The fixt, (amerarins who had the -feede fent him, from 7o/éph de cafa bona, chiefe Herbarift to the Duke of Tu/canie or Florence, by the name of Abstilon Indscum, dothfo call italfo, faying it may be referred to the A/thea’s: the feventh is thought to be the Sida of Theophraftus, which he mentioneth inhis 4. Bookeand 11, Chapter, for Camerarizs calleth it Sida velgo, but Dodoneus is againtt that opinion for in reciting the text ofTheophraftws, he fheweth that Theophraftus maketh his Sida, tobe an herve growing within the water, and lifting up the leaves above the water, and bowing downethe headafter it hath done flowring unto the water againe, whichthis doth not : fometherefore thinke that Yheophraftus meaneththe Nymphea Untea, or yellowwaterLillie, whichhath the like propertie, andthe rather becaufe it is a water herbe asall know, and that Theophraffus mentioning thofe plants that growin the famous lake of Orchomenis maketh no mention of waterLillies, which asit is thought, that lake is not without ; the chiefe repugnancy mayfeeme to be in the colour of the flower, which yet he plainely mentioneth nor, but Cytins not inthe forme ; Dodoneus therefore calleth it Althea horienfis five peregrina, and Lobel Althea paluftris flore as doe, and Banhinus Althea paluftris, The eight is that Althea arborea, that Pea and Lobelfet forth to growin Provence in Frauce neere Olbia, and differeth from C/afizs his Althea frutex fecunda({et forth in my fora fo doth mer Book as he doth plainely fhewin his Hiftorie of plants,Camerarius calleth it Althea arbore/cens.and Tabermontanus, Lugdunenfis enrendeth the firft of Clafivs which hee nameth Althea lignofa Dalechampij, having round leaves and a white flowergreater than the common Althea; for Bashinws makethhis fourth and fifth.Adchea frute/cens, to differ from themfelves, naming his fourth A/thea frate/cens, foliorotundiore incana, and referrethit to Clu/ius his Adthe a frutex prima,inhis Hiltory of plants,which C/«fims faith himfelfe is not the fame that Lobel calleth Althea arborea Olbie ; but maketh his fifth A/thea frute/cens,folio acuto parvofore tobe Lobel his Althea arborea, which Camerarius alfo doth acknowledge, calling it Althea arbore{cens, yet Lobel would feeme to make them borhone. The laftiscalledby C/mfins Althea frutex tertia, differing from both the former forts, for C/ufiws there faith the fede came tohim from Candy, and grew onelyin his friends garden, to whomhe imparted it. The Vertues. The young leaves both of rhe commonand fine cut Mallowes, asalfo ofthe French Mallow and the garden Hollihocke, were in former times, and yet are in fome countries earenasa fallet herbe, to mollifie and open the belly, either greene or boyled, as AZartiall che Poet teftifieth in thefe Verfes. ‘xceneraturus aluum mihi vilica Maluas 3 F Attulste, G- varias quas habet hortus opes, The leaves of any of the Mallowes, andthe rootesalfo boyledin wine or in water, or-in broth, with Parflly or |
