Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants. L 1 3- 7"

:1: 5 <_/llcea ﬁ'utic.0ﬂM4nna5iﬂa. Hempe-leaned Mallow.

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3 This wilde Mallow is likewife refklrgi vnto the kindes of marih mallow, called gfilﬂéb rally by the name of Alt/ma,which 8‘°.W‘“ ee_ the form of a final hedge tree, approchlﬂgqi H rer to the fubfiance and nature of wood I 3 any of the other 3 wherewith the PCOPIC of 5 bia and Narbone in France doe makl? badge; to feuer or diuide their gardens and vrneeyafm (euen as wee doe with quick-fets Ofpfluctlkc thorne ) which continueth long = the R‘. whereof groweth vpright,ver y high». C°m”"nbg_ neere to the Willow in wooddinc-{Te and Iain ﬁance. The ﬂoures grow alongﬁ thﬁfame’ _ fa fhion and colour of the common wilde I113 low.

The ihrubby mallow rifeth vp like W" T

to a hedge bulh,and of awooddy fubllantfg; diuiding it felfe intodiuers tough and I100 at branches,couei-ed with a bail-re of £116 5910 of afhes; whereupon doe grow round P‘__’ime leaues, fomewhat nickt about the edg°5»V“’ foft, not vnlike to thofe of the common ma‘ mallﬁw . and of an ouerworne h08TY COM". The ﬂoures grow at the top of the ﬂalkﬁsa 0 purple colour, conﬁfting of ﬂue liue5a Vega like to the common wilde mallow , and ‘ feed of the marfh mallow. , ‘ I_ 5 We haue another fort of mall0_W2cf:] led ofPem:,t/1lceaﬁ-uticﬁorpetapkjﬂft -' 1‘ W geth forth in my Gardeninany tW_1gg ches, fet vpon ltilfe ﬁalkes of the bigne ml mans thumbe, growing to the heights 0f to or twelue foot: whereupon are fet very many leaues deepciy cu; cum to the middle rib, like ".1 the leaues of hem pe : the ﬂoures and feeds are like vnto the common mallow : the root is exceeding gm-a:,thicke, and ofa wooddy fubﬂance. 1 Clu/iw calls this Alarm ﬁuricoﬂz canméino ﬁilza .- an is with good reafon thought to be the Carzzzaéisyﬁ/zicjfra defcribed by Diofraria/e:,lz6. 3 map. 166-

» 1] The Place. _ nd . The common marih mallow groweth very plentirully in the marlhes both on the Keﬂﬂlh 3 EWCX fhore alongﬂ the riuer of Thames,about Woolwych. Erith,Greenhyth GralIC{€ﬂdiTﬂbm)", Lee, Colchelter, Harwich, and in molt {alt marlhes about’London:being planted in Gardens“ profpereth well,and conti-nueth long. d the an

_ The f_€C0nd groweth in themoill and fenny places of Ferraria, betweene Padua in Ital)’: riuer Eridanus.

Th_¢°th€f5 afﬁﬁrangers likewife in England : notwirhitanding at the imprefﬁon hereof I fowen {Glue feeds thereof in my garden,expe&ing the fucceﬂe.

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‘ ' ' — . Th 7'' . ' . 1 They 301“? and ﬂourifh in Iuly and AL1gThft:tehe”1"1o"ot fpringeth forth afrefh euery Y€3’° m the beginning ofMafChsWh1¢h are then to be gathered,or in September. i ’

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Tl1€—C0mm_0ﬂ mifflh m3I1°W_ is Called ir:]Greeeke,4l:::i'a. and imam : the Latines retaine the “med [A/tlmm and Iézﬁm : in fh9PS, Bzfmalua, andlcjnaluaui/cw 5 as though they fhould fay 01141114 IéI£"‘;_ in high DuECl1‘,3bi.fC1)'21D low Dutch, nettte Qﬂalume, and mitten 39911111: In Italian and 9:6 niih, tmalmmzfco: in trench, Gxmmmlue .- in Englilh, marih mallow, mooﬁfh mallow,and Wh’ mallow. ,

The reﬂ ofthc mallowes retaine the names expre {fed in their feuerall titles.

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Marfh mallow is moderately hot, but drier than the other mallowes :the roots and feeds her? ‘ are more dry,and_ of thinner parts,as Galen writeth 3 and likewife ofa digeﬁing foftning 0! mom Y

ing nature. a “ ‘ ‘I T5,

L I B - 2.. Of the ‘Hiltorie of Plants. Th I V Z ‘Tb: Veriﬁer; e leaues ofMarfh mallow are of the power to digelhmitigate paine,and to concoét.

th ‘?Y be with good effeét mixed with fomentations and pulteifes againlt paines of the (ides, of B

Thgileiaﬂd of the bladder, in a bath alfo they ferue to take away any manner ofpaine.

ffgstcheedeth of the ﬁon_e,but alfo is very good to caufe the fame to defcend more eafily, and to palle

helThe roots and feeds are proﬁtable for the fame purpofe : moreoucr, the decoétion of the roots

mm the bloudy ﬂix, yet notby any binding quality, but by mitigating the gripings and fret- blond ereof: for they doe not binde at all, although Galen otherwife thought,_but they cure the ﬁndesy 313‘: by hauing things added vnto them, as the roots ofBi{lort, Tormentill, the ﬂoures and 9 Pcfmegranates and fuchlike. ’ _ Flame mucrlage or llimie juyce of the roots,is mixed very elfedtually with all oiles,ointments,and E “'5 that ﬂa.cken and mitigate paine. , _ , t1,eb1°‘°0ts boyled in wine, and the decoétion giuen to drinke,expell the {tone and grauell, helpe 1;: °“d’Y ﬁiX,fci~at’ica, crampes and convulﬁons. ' '

° '°0tS Of Matfh mallows,the leaues of common Mallowes,and the leaues of Violets, boiled G

mo ate‘ Vntill they be very loft, and that little water that is left drained away, flamped in a Prone

a ma keliadding thereto a certaine quantitie of Fenugreel<e,and Linefeed in pouder : the root of the

pult. ‘Y0Dy,and fome good quantitie of Barrowes greafe, flamped all together to the forme of a ‘ ml: 139? élfpplied very warme, molliﬁe and {often Apoftumes and hard fwellings, fwellings in the itcufand ores of the mother: it confumeth all cold rumors,bla{’:ings, and windie outgrowings 5 mm e‘ the rifts of the fundament 5 it comforteth, defendeth,and preferueth dangerous grecne Hands from any manner of accidents that may happen thereto, it helpeth digeﬂion in them, and geth °1‘d Vlcers toimaturitie.

all otﬁefreeds dried and beaten into pouder and giuen to drinke, ﬂop the bloudy ﬂix and laslce,I~and H

iﬂhes of bloud.

CHAP. 354., Of the yellow 0% allow;

Ldltlmz Lumz. Yellow Mallow.

q The Dcfcriptionl He yellow Mallow rifeth vp witha round iialke, fomthing hard and wooddy,three or foure cubits high . Couered with broad leaues fomething round , but (harpe pointed, white, foft, fct with very_ fine haires like to the leaues of gourds , hanging vpon long tender foot-{ialkes : from the bofome of which leaues come forth yellow floures,not vnlike to thofe of the common Mallow in forme:the knops or feed ve ll'els are blacke,crooked,or wrinkled, made vp of‘ many fmall cods,in which is black feed: the root is (mall, and dieth when i-t hath perfeifted his feed. 1]’ The Place. The feed. hereof is brought vnto vs from S paine and Italy zwe doe yearely low it in our gardens, the which feldome or neuer doth bring his feed to ripene {Te : by reafon whereof, we are to feelce for feeds againft the next»yearc.,

at Tbe Time. _ _ Iris fowne in the midﬂ: of April}, it brings forth his ﬂoures in September. r q]- The N57715:: . \ Some thinke this to be €a125“'1l07’ 1 Wheiwp‘ on that 'agIeeth»WlilCh.L4:{5f!W373 writeth, that it is like to the Gourd, th8t_l$I0. fay, in leafe, and to be named tadétrtzlola, and L476,/zm'lon .- diltitllfe .c . a '‘

ecoétion of the leaues drunke doth the fame, which doth not ‘onely alfwage paine,which C