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GENUS II.

Althæa. Guimauve.

ALTHÆA est plantæ genus, floribus & fructibus Malvæ omnino æmulis, a qua differt ex Dioscoride, foliis lanuginosis, & ut mihi videtur canescentibus. Quibus noris standum est, ne celeberrimum Althææ nomen, tantopere celebratum inscriptis medicorum, a materia medica explodatur. Ωνομασαι δε αλθαια δα το πολυαλθεσ μα πολυχρησον αυτιισ.

Althææ species sunt.

Althæa Dioscoridis & Plinii C. B. Pin. 315. Althæa sive Bismalva J. B. 2. 954. Althæa Ibiscus Dod. Pempt. 655. Guimauve ordinaire.

Althæa Dioscoridis & Plinii, folio magis angulato. Malva sylvestris vel palustris, aut Ibiscus folio anguloflori H. L. Bat.

Althæa folio rotundiori, sive minus acuminato H. Edinb.

Althæa vulgari similis, folio retuso, brevi Raii Sinops. 138.

Althæa frutescens, folio rotundiore, incano C. B. Pin. 316. Althæa arborescens J. B. 2. 956. Althæa frutex i. Clus. Hist. xxiiij.

Althæa flore majore C. B. Pin. 316. Althæa flore grandi Alceæ, Thuringiaca Camerario J. B. 2. 955. Althæa frutex iij. Clus. Hist. xxv.

Althæa frutescens, folio acuto, parvo flore C. B. Pin. 316. Althaea arborea Olbiæ in Galloprovincia Lob. Icon. 553.

Althæa frutescens, Hispanica, folio rotundiori.

Althæa frutescens, Lusitanica, folio rotundiori, undulato.

Althæa frutescens, Lusitanica, folio ampliori, minus incano.

Althæa maritima, arborea, Veneta, Malva arborea, Veneta dicta, parvo flore C. B. Pin. 315. Malva arborea J. B. 2. 952. Malva arborescens. Eyst.

Althæa maritima, arborea, Gallica. Malva arborea, marina, nostras Park. Theat. 201.

Althæa Hispanica, foliis undulatis. Malva Hispanica Mor. H. R. Blef.

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