MALVACEA. VII. LAVATERA. 
14 L. PLEBE IA (Sims. bot. mag. t. 2269.) stem herbaceous, 
scabrous; leaves 5-lobed, pubescent beneath; peduncles axil- 
lary, aggregate (or solitary ?); petals wedge-shaped, emarginate, 
acute. 4%. G. Native of New Holland. Flower lilac. 
Vulgar Lavatera. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1820. Pl. 2 feet. 
15 L. Tuurineraca (Lin. spec. 973.) stem herbaceous, 
downy ; leaves rather downy, lower ones angular, upper ones 3- 
5-lobed, with the middle lobe longest ; pedicels solitary, 1-flow- 
ered, longer than the petioles; petals 2-lobed. Y.H. Native 
of Thuringia, Tartary, Sweden, Germany, &c. in hedges; also 
on hills about Odessa. Jacq. fl. austr. t. 311. Curt. bot. mag. 
517.—Cam. hort. 1. t. 6.—Dill. elth. 9. t. 8. f. 8. Flowers 
large, purplish, or violet. 
Thuringian Lavatera. Fl. July, Sept. Clt.1731. PI. 5 ft. 
16 L. Bie’nnis (Bieb. fl, taur. 2. p. 143.) stem herbaceous, 
and is as well as the leaves downy, lower leaves roundish, lobed, 
floral ones 3-lobed, with the middle lobe lanceolate; pedicels 
solitary, 1-flowered, longer than the petioles; petals somewhat 
emarginate. ¢. H. Native of Eastern Caucasus in fields. 
Flowers purplish. Like L. Thuringiaca. 
Biennial Lavatera. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1819. Pl. 3 to 4 ft. 
17 L. puncra‘ta (All. auct. p. 26.) stem herbaceous, some- 
what scabrous from starry down; leaves rather downy, lower 
ones cordate, orbicular, upper ones 3-lobed; pedicels solitary, 
1-flowered, longer than the leaves. ©. H. Native of Pro- 
vence, Nice, and Italy, in cultivated fields. O/’lbia defléxa, 
Meench. suppl. p. 200. Flowers pale violet. 
Spotted-stemmed Lavatera. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt.-1800. Pl.2 ft. 
18 L. raxnceora ra (Willd. enum. 733.) stem herbaceous, 
with scabrous dots ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, serrated, clothed 
with starry pubescence; upper leaves very entire ; peduncles 
solitary, longer than the leaves. ©. H. Native of? Perhaps 
a variety of L. punctata. Flower pale purple. 
Lanceolate-leaved Lavatera. Fl. July, Sept. 
3 feet. 
Secr. III. Axo’topna (from afwy,axon, an axle-tree, also a 
pole, and dogoc, lophos, a crest; alluding to the receptacle or 
axis of fruit being expanded into a crest at the apex.) D.C. 
prod. 1. p. 439. Receptacle or axis of fruit truncate at the 
apex, and expanded into a crest. 
19 L. maritima (Gouan. ill. p. 46. t. 11. f. 2.) stem shrubby, 
downy ; leaves downy, roundish, bluntly angular, 5-lobed, cre- 
nated; pedicels axillary, solitary. h.F. Native of the south 
of France and Spain, on rocks by the sea-side. Cav. diss. 2. 
t. 32. f. 3. L. Hispdniga, Mill. dict. no. 9. L. rotundifolia, 
Lam. Flowers white, with purple claws. 
Sea-side Lavatera. Fl. Apr. June. Clt. 1596. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 
20 L: rri’rosa (Lin. spec. 972.) stem shrubby, downy ; leaves 
downy, rather cordate, and somewhat 3-lobed, round, crenated ; 
pedicels aggregate; sepals acuminated. kh. F. Native of 
Spain. Cav. diss. 2. t. 31. f. 1. Sims, bot. mag. 2226. L. 
calycina, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 310. Flowers large. pale purple. 
Three-lobed-leaved Lavatera. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. 
Shrub 4 feet. 
21 L. susova'ra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 439.) stem suffruticose ; 
leaves rather downy, ovate, notched, somewhat 3-lobed, with 
the middle lobe longest ; pedicels 1 or 2, axillary, length of pe- 
tioles; lobes of calyx acuminated. h. F. Native of fields 
about Mogador. Flowers pale purple. 
Subovate-leaved Lavatera. Fl. July. Sh. 2 to 4 feet. 
Clt. 1817. Pl. 
Secr. IV. Awnruea (from avðepov, a flower; on account 
of the axillary bundles of flowers). Med. malv. p. 42. D.C. 
prod. 1. p. 439. Receptacle or axis of fruit small, foveolate, 
not protruding, nor expanded into a crest. 
22 L. arporea (Lin. spec. 972.) stem arboreous ; leaves 7- 
VIIL Maxracura. 469 
angled, plaited, downy ; pedicels aggregate, axillary, 1-flowered, 
aggregate, much shorter than the petiole. &. H. Native of 
Italy, Spain, Portugal, north of Africa and Canary Islands, on 
rocks by the sea-side. In Britain at Hurst Castle, over against 
the Isle of Wight; on Portland Island; on Caldy Island, in 
Carmarthen Bay; and on the Basse Rock, Inch-Garvy, and 
Mykrie-inch in the Frith of Forth, Scotland. In Cornwall and 
Devonshire. Smith, engl. bot. t. 1841. Cav. diss. 2. t. 139. 
f. 2. Flowers pale purple. 
Tree Mallow. Fl. July, Oct. Britain. PI. 6 to 10 feet. 
23 L. Neaponita’na (Ten. cat. 1819. n. 125.) stem herba- 
ceous, scabrous, erect ; leaves roundish, with 7 nerves, and 7 very 
blunt crenated lobes; pedicels axillary, aggregate ; involucel 
shorter than the calyx; lobes of calyx acuminated. XY. H. 
Native of Naples by the sea-side. Flowers blue, with obcor- 
date petals. 
Neapolitan Lavatera. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1818. Pl. 4 to 6 ft. 
24 L. Cre’tica (Lin. spec. 973.) stem herbaceous, scabrous ; 
leaves with 5-7 acute lobes; pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, aggre- 
gate, much shorter than the petioles. ©. H. Native of Crete. 
Cav. diss. 2. t. 52. f. 1. Jacq. hort. vind. t. 41. Flowers pale 
red, with emarginate petals. 
Cretan Lavatera. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1723. Pl. 5 feet. 
25 L. sytve’stris (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 277.) stem herbaceous, 
scabrous from starry hairs; leaves roundish, with 5-7 blunt 
angles, upper ones somewhat 5-lobed, acute ; pedicels aggregate, 
1-flowered, shorter than the petioles ; involucel 3-parted. ©. H. 
Native of Portugal by road-sides about Coimbra and elsewhere. 
Flowers pale-purple, with deeper coloured veins. 
Wild Lavatera. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1817. Pl. 2 to 4 feet. 
26 L. amsicua (D. C. prod. 1. p. 440.) stem herbaceous, 
hispid ; lower leaves with 5 angular lobes, upper ones with 3 
lanceolate, acute, toothed lobes; middle lobe longish; pedicels 
solitary, shorter than the leaves; carpels naked. ©? H. Na- 
tive of fields about Naples. L. sylvéstris, Ten. prod. p. 40. but 
not of Brot. Flowers purple. 
Ambiguous Lavatera. FI. Jul. Sep. Cit. 1824. Pl. 2 to 3 ft. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
27 L.? rrirartita (D. C. prod. 1. p. 440.) stem suffruti- 
cose ; branches and leaves hoary from starry down; leaves 3- 
parted, with cuneated lobes, which are grossly notched at the 
apex ; pedicels solitary, 1-flowered; involucel adhering to the 
tube of the calyx. kh. F. Native of? Flowers purplish ? 
Differing from all the other Malvaceous plants in the adhesion of 
the involucel to the calyx. 
Three-parted-leaved Lavatera. Shrub 4 feet. 
28 L. austra LIS (Weinm. ex steud. nom.). ©. H. Native 
of Europe. 
Southern Lavatera. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1820. Pl. 2 feet. 
Cult. The greenhouse and frame species will thrive well in 
a mixture of loam and peat, or any light soil, and cuttings from 
ripe wood planted in the same kind of soil under a hand-glass 
will root readily, or they may be raised from seeds, which gene- 
rally ripen in abundance; they may be planted out against a 
south wall during summer, where many of them will survive the 
winter, if not severe, by being sheltered by a mat in frosty 
weather. The perennial herbaceous species will grow in any 
kind of soil, and may either be increased by dividing the plants 
at the root or by seeds. The annual and biennial kinds only 
require to be sown in the open border in the spring. All the 
species are hardy, and well adapted for shrubberies. ‘The species 
worth cultivating for ornament are L. O'lbia, unguiculata, flava, 
Neapolitana, Lusitanica, triméstris, Thuringiaca and Crética. 
VIII. MALA'CHRA (a name under which Pliny speaks of 
a Persian tree which produces a gum. The modern plant has 
