MALLOW  , botanically Malva, the typical genus of the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order See also:

• MALVACEAE

Malvaceae, embracing about sixteen See also:

• SPECIES

species of See also:

• ANNUAL

annual and perennial herbaceous See also:

• PLANTS

plants, widely distributed throughout the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern hemisphere . The mallows possess the reniform one- Mallow (Malva sylvestris) . See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

Flower in See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section . 3 . See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

Fruit with persistent calyx . 2 . Stamens showing the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union 1, 2 and 5 enlarged . of the filaments into a 4 . Same seen from the back See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube (monadel- showing the 3-leaved epi- phous). calyx . 5 . See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

Seed . celled anthers which specially characterize the Malvaceae (q.v.) .

The petals also are See also:

• UNITED

united by their See also:

• BASE

base to the tube formed by the coalesced filaments of the stamens . The See also:

• SPECIAL

special characters which See also:

• SEPARATE

separate the genus Malva from others most nearly allied to it are the involucre, consisting of a See also:

• ROW, JOHN (c. 1525—1580)

row of three separate bracts attached to the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• PART

part of the true calyx, and the numerous single-seeded carpels disposed in a circle around a central See also:

• AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis, from which they become detached when ripe . The See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are mostly See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white or pinkish, never yellow, the leaves radiate-veined, and more or less lobed or cut . Three species are natives of See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain . The See also:

• MUSK (Med. Lat. muscus, late Gr. µbvXos, possibly Pers. mushk, from Sansk. mushka, the scrotum)

musk mallow (Malva moschnta) is a perennial See also:

• HERB (Lat. herba, grass, food for cattle, generally taken to represent the Old Lat. forbea, Gr. 4op(3i1, pasture, <0p/3Ew, to feed, Sans. bharb, to eat)

herb with five-partite, deeply-cut leaves, and large See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose-coloured flowers clustered together at the ends of the branched stems, and is found growing along hedges and See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders of See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields, blossoming in See also:

• JULY

July and See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August . It owes its name to a slight musky odour diffused by the plant in warm dry See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather when it is kept in a confined situation . The See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round-leaved See also:

• DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia) is a creeping perennial, growing in See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste sandy places, with roundish serrate leaves and small pinkish-white flowers produced in the axils of the leaves from See also:

• JUNE

June to See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September . It is common throughout See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, extending to western and northern See also:

• ASIA

Asia . The common mallow (Malva sylvestris ), the See also:

• MAUVE, ANTON (1838–1888)

mauve of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, is an erect biennial or perennial plant with See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long-stalked roundish-angular serrate leaves, and conspicuous axillary reddish-See also:

• PURPLE

purple flowers, blossoming from May to September . Like most plants of the order it abounds in See also:

• MUCILAGE (from Late Lat. mucilago, a mouldy juice, from mucere, to be mouldy)

mucilage, and hence forms a favourite domestic remedy for colds and sore throats . The See also:

• ANILINE, PHENYLADIINE, or AMINOBENZENE, (C6H5NH2)

aniline dye called mauve derives its name from its resemblance to the See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of this plant . The See also:

• MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a place full of "meres" or pools; cf. Ger. Meer, sea, Lat. mare)
• MARSH, ADAM (ADAM DE MARISCO) (d. c. 1258)
• MARSH, GEORGE PERKINS (1801-1882)
• MARSH, HERBERT (1757–1839)
• MARSH, NARCISSUS (1638-1713)
• MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES (1831-1899)

marsh mallow (See also:

• ALTHAEA

Althaea officinalis), the guimauve of the French, belongs to another genus having an involucre of numerous bracts .

It is a native of marshy ground near the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea or in the neighbourhood of saline springs . It is an erect perennial herb, with somewhat woody stems, velvety, ovate, acute, unequally serrate leaves, and delicate See also:

• PINK

pink showy flowers blooming from July to September . The flowers are said to yield a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• DEAL

deal of See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey to bees . The marsh mallow is remarkable for containing asparagin, C4H8N208,H20, which, if the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root be long kept in a See also:

• DAMP

damp See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, disappears, butyric See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid being See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed . The root also contains about 25 % of See also:

• STARCH

starch and the same quantity of mucilage, which differs from that of See also:

• GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in

gum arabic in containing one See also:

• MOLECULE (from mod. Lat. molecula, the diminutive of moles, a mass)

molecule less of See also:

• WATER

water and in being precipitated by neutral acetate of See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead . It is used in pdte de guimauve lozenges . Althaea rosea is the See also:

• HOLLYHOCK

hollyhock (q.v.) . The mallow of Scripture, See also:

• JOB

Job See also:

• XXX

xxx . 4, has been sometimes identified with See also:

• JEW, THE WANDERING

Jew's mallow (Core/See also:

• TORUS

torus olitorius), a member of the closely allied order Tiliaceae, but more plausibly (the word nab; implying a saline plant) with Atriplex Halimus, or sea orache . In See also:

• SYRIA

Syria the Halimus was still known by the name Malluh in the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• IBN

Ibn Beitar . See See also:

• BOCHART, SAMUEL (1599-1667)

Bochart, Hieroz. in . 16 .