-  Lavarera nisproa. Harry Lavarera. 
Monapecpuia Poryanpria. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. duplex : exterior trifidus. Capsule plurime mono- 
— Spermae. | 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
- Lavarera hispida; caule fruticoso pilis fasciculatis hispido, 
| foliis subcanescentibus quinquelobis ; summis trilobis 
aut indivisis, floribus:subsessilibus, involucello (calyce 
exteriore) tripartito maximo hirsutissimo. De Cand. 
Prodr. Syst. Veg. Nat. 1. p. 438. : : ee 
VaTERA hispida ; caule fruticoso piloso, pilis fasciculatis, 
_ foliis superis hastato-trilobis, floribus sessilibus. soli- 
tariis, calycibus hirsutissimis. Desfont. atl. 2. p. 118. 
171. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 252. Poir. Encyelop. Bot. 
| . - Suppl. 3. p: 309... ? o ys 
Lavarera hispida. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 793. excluso for-_ 
| Lay tt SYnonymo Cavan. | 
““~vaTera olbia. Poir. Voy. en Barb. 204. 
AL Pomér, in his travels in Barbary, first observed this 
; Plant, and took it for a mere variety of Layatera olbia, 
Which it bears a great resemblance ; but DesronrainEs, — 
-@) his Flora Atlantica, considers it as a distinet species. 
) tions et does not exactly correspond with the descrip- 
gen of either of those authors; but the chief difference 
, << in the flowers being sometimes aggregate as well 
9, Solitary, and so they are also represented in the figur 
the Flora Atlantica, though not mentioned in the de- 
n. : | ‘ 
| : ee a ie ae RS 
H.'s Species is not recorded in the last edition of eG 
“Hortus Kewensis, but occurs in Sweet’s Hortus suburba- 
rue? 
