COMMON MALLOW.

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Mal'va sylves'tris , Linn. L. E.— Common Mallow.

Sex, St/st. MonadelpMa, Polyandria.

Jj (Herb, E.)

According to Dr. Sibthorp (Prodr. FI. Grcec. ii. 45), thefiotA ^ e P aa ‘ a of Dioscorides (lib. ii. cap. 144) is the Malva sylvestris.ll)v °lucel Y ' ^EN. Char .— Calyx five-cleft, persistent, surrounded by an)e ss 0 ]j °f usually three, rarely one or two, or five or six, wore or°tie 0 ? n S or setaceous bracteoles. Ovary with many cells, each withfive), ; U,e * Style* as many as the cells. Carpels several (rarely only4 Xi,s’ ?P s ular, indehiscent, one-seeded, circularly arranged around theSp q a dicle inferior ( Wight and Arnott).

'tUfJ — Stem erect. Leaves five- to seven-lobed, acute. Pedicels

*oot * hail T (D. C.)

”r i»>. I )er< amial. tanerinor. branching, whitish. Stem two or three feet

i' f tapering, unmumig,

'^ge, t}|." r| ’ branched. Leaves deep green, soft and downy. Flowersc °]o llr(l( , 1Ce . °r four together, axillary. Petals obcordate, purplish-roseU 41i deeper veins, combined by the base of their claws.

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'Indigenous; hedges and road sides. Flowers from June to

has KlI>Tl0N . — Common Mallow ( herba malvce sylvestris) is odourless,'Pene([ r * ere ^ a muc ilaginous herbaceous taste. Its watery infusion is"'th a ln colour by the sesquichloride of iron, and forms a precipitate

- at ® of Ipntl T') \\r nrf* mfillow {liP.vhfl. 711 , (lives TOtUTldifolicP] T)OS“

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e of lead. Dwarf mallow (herba malvce rotundifolice) pos-

Properties.

f e Con ■ ° N '‘—I am unacquainted with any analysis of this plant.'!’■ l 25 Q\ S ^^ Uents are probably similar to those of Althaia officinalis' Mucilage is the prevailing principle. Extractive also is1(| gly ^.^huent. The colouring matter of the flower is an exceed-IV Sl 1Cate test °f the alkalies, which render it green.

^ °I’ e d Effects and Uses. —Emollient and demulcent. Em-

Pf the p u i f omi of decoction, in irritation of the alimentary canal and

r * th e f 0 ^ooary and urinary organs. In tenesmus the decoction is used4tl d cat a 'I* °I en ema. In external inflammations, emollient fomentations) P E cor asms °f mallow are sometimes employed,pi' ed, Malvjt. compositum,~L. (Mallow, dried, 3j. ; Chamomiles,

atcr, Oj. Foil for a quarter of an hour, and strain).—for fomentations and enemata as above mentioned.

4lt} «e’a officina'lis, Linn. L. E. D .—Common Marsh-mallow.

Sex. St/st. Monadclpliia, Polyandria.

(Folia. Radix, h. D.—Leaves. Root, E.)

According to Dr. Sibthorp (Prodr. FI. Grtrc. ii. 42) thisIS* the ’AXflafa of Dioscorides (lib. iii. cap. 163). . .

V < 0 NY - Gen. Char.— Calyx surrounded by a six- to ,

r °UTu] Ca rpels numerous, capsular, closely and circular y o

me axis (Wight and Arnott). , . ,

X, Hl t ' 4 11AR —Leaves softly tomentose on both sides, corda e or m ate,Vi divided or somewhat three-lobed. Peduncles axillary, many-’ much shorter than the leaf (D. C.)

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