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LAVATERA triloba. 
Purple Rock Lavatera. 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Malvaceae. 
LAVATERA L._ Calyx cinctus involucello 3-6-ndo, foliolis nempe ad 
medium coalitis. Carpella capsularia monosperma, in orbem circi axin varifc 
dilatatum disposita. Decand. prodr. 1. 438. 
Sect. III. Axolopha. 
Receptaculum apice truncatum, in cristas tot quot carpella membranaceas 
later ales verticales expansum. Dec. 1. c. . 
L. triloba; caule fruticoso foliisque tomentosis subcordatis subtrilobis rotun- 
dis crenatis, pedicellis aggregate, calycibus acummatis. Decand. 1. c. 
Althaea frutex I. Clus. hist. lib. iv. cap. xiii. c. ic. . e ... 
Althaea fruticans hispanica, aceris monspessulani incams folns, granditiora 
L. tM^Linn^WiUd. sp. pi. 3. 794. Jacq. hort. vind. t. 74. Cav. diss. 2. 
p. 87. t. 31./. 1. 
L. calycina. Poir. suppl. 3. 310. 
A hardy, half-shrubby, herbaceous plant, delighting in 
exposed dry situations. It is well adapted for ornamenting 
rough masses of artificial rock-work. 
A native of Spain, where it is found in the maritime 
provinces, growing in some abundance upon cliffs an 
precipices. Flowers from June to September. 
