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MoNADELPHIA POLYANDRIA, 
Generic Chara&er. 
Calyx duplex: exterior 3-fidus. Aril/i plurimi, monofpermi. 
Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. 
LAVATERA irimeffris caule fcabro herbaceo, foliis glabris, 
pedunculis unifloris, fruétibus orbiculo teétis. 
Linn. Sp. Pl. 974. Hort. Kew. v. 2. p. 45%: 
LAVATERA (alibeefolia) foliis intimis cordato-orbiculaus, 
caulinis trilobis acuminatis glabris, pedunculis 
unifloris, caule herbaceo. Miller's Gard. Dit. 
ed. 6. Ato. 
MALVA folio vario. Baub. Pin. 315. 
MALVA Hifpanica flore carneo amplo. 
‘The Spanifh blufh Mallow. Park. Parad. p. 366. 
animal 
Our plant is undoubtedly the Spanifh blufh Mallow of 
Parkinson, and the Lavatera altheefolia of M1LLER 3 aC~ 
- cording to the former, itis a native of Spain, according tO 
the latter, of Syria. 
Mr. Mixer confiders it as diftin@& from the érimefriss 
“Mr. Aiton has no altheefolia in his Hort. Kew. we are — 
therefore to conclude that the altheefolia of Mitter, andthe — 
trimefiris of Linneus are one and the {ame fpecies. 
* Of the annuals commonly raifed in our gardens, this is one 
of the molt fhewy, as well as the moft eafily cultivated; 15 — 
feeds are to be fown in March, on the borders where they — 
are to remain, the plants thinned as they come up, and kept — 
clear of weeds. 
It varies with white bloffoms, and flowers from July t° 
September, ; 
