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Lavatera Thuringiaca. Great- 

 Flowered Lavatera. 



C/^/} tf«i Order, 



MONADELPHIA PoLYANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 

 Calyx duplex, exterior 3-fidus. ^fr//// plurimi rnonofpermi. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms, 



LAVATERA thuringiaca caule herbaceo, fruclibus denudatis, 

 calycibus incifis. Linn. Syft, Vegetab. ed. 14- 

 Murr. p. 626. y^ry. TL Aufir. v. 4. /. 311. 



LAVATERA thuringiaca foliis inferioribus cordatis crenatis 

 fubrotundo-lobatis fummis haftatis, pedunculis 

 longis, folitariis, unifloris. Linn. Syji. Nat. ed. 

 13. Gmel. 1057. 



ALTH.E.A thuringiaca grandiflora. Dill, Hort. Elth. 9. /. 8. 

 /.8. 



ALTHiEA flore majore. Bauh, Pin. 316. 



We have already figured in this work a fpecies of Lavatera, 

 the trimejiris, the two varieties of which, the white and red, 

 may vie with any of our annuals in contributing to the gaiety 

 of the flower borders ; the pre lent fpecies is a hardy perennial, 

 and when it grows in perfection, produces flowers equally 

 large. 



Though cultivated by Mr. Sherard in the year 1732* ll 1S 

 rarely met wkh in any of our collections ; yet as an orna- 

 mental plant, it is certainly deferving of culture, efpecially ty 

 thofe who have large gardens, and who aim at great variety. 



It is a native of Thuringia, as its name imports, and various 

 parts of the North of Europe ; flowers from July to September, 

 and ripens its feeds in Autumn, by which the plant is eafily 

 raifed, or it may be increafed by parting its roots. 



In the Uortus Kewenjis it is by miflake marked as a fhrub. 



The bafe of the divifion of each petal is Angularly puckered, 

 a characler which authors do not appear to have fufficienuy 

 noticed. 



