MALVACEJE. 84 LAVATERA. 



high. Each branch terminates in about 3 large flowers, of a rich, shininT, 

 carmine red. Aug. — Oct. Scarlet MaUoio. 



4. H. Syria'cus. 



Leaves cuneiform, ovate, 3-lobed, dentate; ■pedicels scarcely longer than the 

 petiole; involucel about 8-leaved. A beautiful, haidy, free flowering shrub, 

 from Syria, 5 — 10 feet high. Flowers purple. There are varieties with white, 

 red and striped flowers, both single and double. Sijrian Malloic. 



5. H. Phojni'ceus. 



Leaves ovate, acuminate, serrate and crenate, lower cordate and tricuspi- 

 date; peduncles jointed; seeds woolly. From E. Indies. Flowers purple. 

 Jn. Per. Phanician Malloir. 



6. H. escule'ntis. 



Leaves cordate, 5-lobed, obtuse, dentate; petiole longer than the flower; 

 involucel about 5-leaved, caducous. From W Indies, where its pods are used 

 as food. They are pickled, or served up with butter, and being full of mu- 

 cilage, make a rich dish. Okro. 



7. H. Trio'nu.m. 



Le«re5 dentate, lower undivided, upper 3-parted; /oie.t lanceolate, middle 

 one very long; calyx inflated, membranaceous, nerved. From Italy. An 

 exceedingly beautiful flowerer, branching, 2 feet high. Flowers large, soon 

 withering but numerous. Petals of a rich, chlorine yellow, the base of a deep 

 brown. Ann. Flower of an Huur. 



5 . M A' L O P E . 



Calyx surrounded by a 3-leavcd involucel ; carpels irregu- 

 larly aggregated, l-?eeded. 



A name given by the Greeks to the Tree Mallow. 



1. M. grandiflo'rum. 



Leaves nearly smooth, broad, ovate, obtusely o-lobed, crenate ; bracts lance- 

 olate ; flmccrs solitary, axillary. Stein very branching, red, procumbent, 1 — 2 

 feet long. Flower-stalks as long as the leaf, smooth. Calyx of 3 leaves, very 

 cordate at base, ciliate. Inner caly.Y of 5 deeply cleft, lanceolate segments. 

 Petals large, of a rich purple, veiny. A beautiful garden plant. Jl. — Oct. 

 ■Ann. Large-fioiccring Malope. 



6. LAVATE'RA. 



Calyx surrounded by a three-cleft involucel ; carpels many, 

 1-seeded. 



Named in honor of two Lavaters, physicians of Zurich. 

 1. L. areo'rea. 



Leaves 7-anglod, downy, plicate; prdirels axillary, l-flowered, clustered, 

 much shorter than tiie petiole. A splendid plant for borders or slirubberies, 

 from Europe. It is biennial; hight about 6 feet. Flowers purple. Sept. 

 t>ct. jVcc Mullmc. 



