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lon^, narrow, fingle leaves at each joint. The foot^ j hi front ly a hollow JlAeldy each capfuk having one kiJ- 

 llalks of the flowers come out from the joints toward 7tey-Jkaped feed. 



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The Characters are, ' ■ '' ^ .■ 



^he flower has a douhk empalement \ the outer is of 



■ '. cm leaf^flwrty ohtufe^ and trifid •, the inner is of one leaf^ 



quinquefid \ tkey are both permanenL The flower bath 



. five petals:^ which are joir^ed at their lafe^ plain^ and 



" fpread^open above. It has many ftamina^ tvhich are joined 



in a column helow^ hut above are loofe \ they are inferted 



in the ^petal^ and terminated by kidney-fhapcd fummits. 



It has an orbicular germcn^ fupporting a fJwrt cylindrical 



jlyle^ crovjned by many briflly Jligmas. The empalement 



' afterward becomes a fruit with fever al capfuks^ covered 



the upper part of the llalk -, they are flenJer, about 

 three inches long, fome having but one, and others 

 have two bright red flowers on their tops. It flowers j 

 in May and June, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 

 This is rarely kept in gardens. 



The feventeenth fort grows naturally in Syria -.^ th:s 

 is an annual plant with a trailing llalk, garniflied 

 v/ith leaves compofed of two lobes, whofe midnb is 

 terminated by a fingle tendril. The foot-ltalk fup- 

 ports one flower of a pale purple colour, and when 

 the fl.owers decay, the germen is thruft into the ground, 

 where the pods are formed, and the feeds ripen. . 



The eighteenth fort was difcovcred by the late Dr. | 

 Houftoun, growing naturally at La Vera Cruz in 

 New Spain i this is annual plant, with a trailing fl:alk 

 a foot long, garnifhed with a fingle kidney-fhaped 

 leaf at each joint. The flowers grow two together 

 upon very lliort foot-ftalks ; they are fmall, and of 

 a deep yellow colour ; thefe are fucceeded by Ihort 

 taper pods, including three or four fmall roundifh 



feeds. 



This fort is tender, fo the feeds fliould be fown up- 

 on a hot-bed in the fpring, and when the plants are 

 fit to remove, they fliould be each planted into a 

 fmall pot filled with light earth, and plunged into 

 a tan-bed, where they fhould confl:antly remain, 

 treating them in the fame manner as other tender 

 plants from warm countries ; if they are brought for- 

 • ward in the fpring, they will flower in July, and their 

 feeds will ripen in autumn. 



Several of the other forts are preferved in curious 

 gardens for the variety of their flowers, fome of which 

 make a fine appearance, and continue long in flower. 

 Thefe may all be propagated by fowing their feeds, 

 either in fpring or autumn ; but thofe which arefowed 

 in autumn fhould have a light foil and a warin fitua- 

 ation, where the plants will abide the winter, and 

 come to flower eariy the following fpring, and their 

 feeds will ripen in July *, buf tfibfe which arsTown in 

 the fpring fhould have ari' open expofure, and be 

 planted upon almofl any foil, if not too v/et, for 

 they are not ten^eF plants, nor dd they require 

 much culture : thefe forts fhould all of them be fown 

 where they are defigned to remain, for they feldom 

 fucceed when they are tranfplanted, unlefs it is done 

 while the plants are young ; fo that where they are 

 fown for ornament, there ihould be four or five feeds 

 fown in a fmall patch, in different parts of the bor- 

 ders of the flower-garden ; and when the plants come 

 up, they fhould be carefully kept clear from weeds ; 

 but when they are grown two or three inches high, 

 there fhould be fome flicks put down by them to 

 fupport them, ©therwife they will trail on the ground, 

 or on whatever plants fland near them, and become 



unfightly.'-' •' . 

 ' *The fixth fort, with the two varieties of it, are de- 



■ ferving roohi in every good garden for the beauty 

 ^"^ and odour of their flowers; and the eighth fort is 



■ by fome cultivated for the colour of the flowers; 

 but there are few of the other forts worthy of room 



'■ in gardens, except the thirteenth and fourteenth forts, 

 ' \vhich, if they are ^Hnled in a proper fituation, and 



are rightly trained, will niake a fine appearance, ^ 

 L A T IFOLIOUS trees and plants are fuch as have 



broad leaves. 

 1.AVATERA. Tourh: Aa. Gal. 1706. tab. 3 

 ^" Dill. Gen. 10. Lin. Gen. Plant. 752. 



leaves are orbicw 



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This genus of plants is by Dr. Linnaeus rano-ed in the 

 fifch order of his fixteench clafs, inritled Monodclphia 

 Polyandria, which includes thofe plants whofe flowers 

 have many flamina joined in a column. 



The Species are, 

 Lavatera {Althad: folia) foliis infimis cordato-orbi* 

 culatis, caulinis trilobis acuminari^ glabris, peJim- 

 culis unifloris, caule herbaceo, Lavatera vohofe ktver 



bicularly heart-fhapcd, thofe on the ftalks fet 

 with three acute fmocth lobcs^ and one flower upon a 

 foct-ftalk^ and an herbaceous ftalk. Lavatera folio & 

 facie althaea. Aft. R. P. 1706. lavatera -ivitb 

 leaves and appearance of Marfljmallow, 



2. Lavatera {Jfricana) foliis infimis cordato-an?-ula- 

 tis, fupernc fagittatis, pedunculis unifloris, caule^her- 

 baceo hirfuto. Lavatera ^joith thclovcer leaves angularly 

 heart-fljaped-, the tipper ones arrow-pointed^ a finde 



. flovoer upon each foot-ftcdk^ and a hairy herbaceous ftalk, 

 Lavatera Africana, flore pulcherrimo. Boerh. Ind. 

 alt. African Lavatera with a beautiful flower, 



3. Lavatera [Trimeftris) foliis glabris, caule fcabro 

 herbaceo^ pedunculis unifloris, fructibus orbiculo 

 tedis. Hort. Upfal. 203. Lavatera with ftnooth leaves 

 a rough herbaceous flalk^ one flower upon a foot-ftalk^ 

 and an orbicular clofed fruit, Malva folio vario. C. B. 

 P. Malloiv with a variable leaf 



4. Lavatera (Thuringiaca) caule herbaceo, fruftibus 

 denudatis, calycibus incifis. Hort. Upfal. 203. La- 

 nth an herbaceous ftalk^ naked fruity and a cut 



empalement. Althaea flore majore. C. B, P. 316, 

 Marfhrnallow with a larger flower, 



5. Lavatera {Hirfuta) foliis quinquelobads hirfutis» 

 caule erefto fruticofo. Icon. tab. 161. Lavatera with 

 hairy leaves having five lobes^ and a fhrubby upright 



' ftalk. ; ■ 



6. Lavatera {Venetd) caule arboreo, foliis fepteman- 

 gufaribus tomentofis plicatis, pedunculis confertis 



vatera 





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r unifloris axillaribus. Hort. Upfal. 202. Lavatera with 



. dtreelikeftalk, woolly plaited leaves having feven angles^ 



and foot-ftalks with Jingle flowers ariftng in clufters from 



the wings of the leaves. Malva arborea veneta dida, 



parvo fiore. C. B. P. 215. Tree Mallow with a fmall 



flower. ^ ^ 



7. Lavatera {Triloba) caule fruticofo, foliis fubcor- 

 datis fubtrilobis rotundatis crenatis flipulis cordatis, 

 pedunculis unifloris. Lin. Sp. Plant. 691. Lavatera 

 with a fhrubby ftalk^ heart-floaped leaves having three 

 round indented lobes^ which are crenated^ heart-fljaped 

 ftipuUy and foot fialh with Jingle flowers. Althaea fru- 



tefcens, fohorotundiore incano. C. B. P. 316. Shrubby 

 Marfhmallow with a rounder hcaiy leaf 



8. Lavatera {Olbia) caule fruticofo, fohis quinque- 

 lobo-hafl:atis. Hort. Upfal. 202. Lavatera with a 



fhrubby ft alky and leaves having five arrow-pointed lobes. 



Althaea frutefcens, folio acuto, parvo flore. C. B. P. 



316. Shrubby Marpmallow with an acute leaf and a 

 fmall flower. 



9. Lavatera {Ilifpanica) caule fruticofo, foliis orbi- 

 culatis crenatis tomentofis, pedunculis confertis uni- 

 floris axillaribus. Lavatera with a florubby ftalky rowtd^ 

 crenatedy woolly leaves^ and foot ftalks growing in cluf 



, ters at the wings of the ftalk^ each fuftaining a fmgli 

 flower. Alth^a frutefcens Hifpanica folio rotundiori. 

 , Tourn. Lifl:. K. H. 97. Spanifh fhrubby Marflo^nalkv) 

 ■ ■ with a rounder leaf. 



10. Lavatera (Undulata) caule fruticofo tomentofo, 

 .- foliis orbiculato-cordatis undatis incanis, ferraco-cre- 



natis, pedunculis f^pius trifloris. Lavatera with a 



fhrubby woolly ftalk-, round heart-fhaped hoary leaves^ 



. zvhich are waved, fharply indented, and foot -ftalks which 



have frequently three flowers. Althcea frutefcens Lu- 



fitanica, folio rotundiori undulato. Tourn. Inft. 97. 



'Portugal fhrubby Marflomallow with a rounder waved 



leaf. 

 I !• Lavatera {Bry onifolia) caule fruticofo, foliis 



quinquelobatis acutis crenatis tomentofis, racemis ta- 



minalibus. Lavatera with afljrubbyftalk, woolly leaves 

 . . having five acute lobes y and long fpikes of flowers termi- 



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