Musk Mallow, from 'Hortus Eystettensis', by Basil Besler (1561-1629), pub. 1613 (hand-coloured engra

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I Alcea vulgaris; II Alcea Fuiticans; Besler was an apothecary in Nuremberg and was in charge of the gardens of the Prince Bishop near Eichstat;

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