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 Lavatera triloba. Three-lobed Lavatera. 



Class and Order. 



MoNADELPHIA PoLYANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. duplex : exterior trifidus. Caps, plurimae, monos- 

 permae. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Lavatera triloba; caule fruticoso, foliis subcordatis subtri- 

 Jobis rotundatis crenatis, stipulis cordatis, pedunculis ag- 

 gregatis unifloris. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 219. Sp. 

 PL 972. Willd. 3. p. 794. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 250. 

 n. 6. Jacq. Hort. t. 74. Kniph. Cent. 7. n. 41. 



Lavatera triloba; foliis subcordatis obsolete trilobis in trian- 

 gulum plicatis crenatis stipulis cordatis, pedunculis ag- 

 gregatis unifloris. Cav. Diss. 2. p. 31. t.3\.f. 1. 



Althaea fruticans hispanica, aceris monspessulani incanis 

 foliis,, gran di flora, saponem spirans. Pluk. Aim. 24. 

 Phyt. t. 8. / 3. 



Althaea frutescens folio rotundiore incano. Bauh. Pin. 316. 



Alth^a frutex. Clus. Hisp. p. 90. ic. 91. Lob. Ic. 654./ 1. 



Althaea fruticans hispanica. Hort. Eyst. Ord. cestiv. 6. t. 4. 



Lavatera triloba was cultivated by Philip Miller in 

 1759 ; but seems to have been little known in our gardens of 

 jate years. Our friend Mr. Lambert met with it in a garden 

 in the country, but could not discover from what source it 

 came there. He describes it as being powerfully musk-scent- 

 ed ; which is the more remarkable as we do not find that any 

 author has mentioned the scent, except Plukenet who com- 

 pares it to soap ; could he mean perfumed soap? 



Native of Spain. Flowers in June, July, and August. 

 Communicated by A. B. Lambert, Esq. from his garden at 

 Boy ton. 



