248 MONADELPHIA— POLYANDRIA. Lavatera. 



leaves ; somewhat starry, depressed pubescence, which is very 

 dense and matted upon the calyx; but most essentially by the 

 outer leaves of this part being ovate. The stems too are taller, 

 and tlie plant has no smell of musk, 



349. LAVATERA. Tree-mallow. 



Linn. Gen. 354. Juss. 272. Fl. Br. 742. DeCand. Prodr. v. 1. 438. 

 Dill. Gen. 155. t. 10. Lam. i. 582. Gcertn. 1. 136. 



Nat. Ord. see n, 347. 



Cal. double, permanent ; outer largest, of 1 leaf, in 3 broad, 

 deep, spreading segments ; iniie?' of 1 leaf, divided half 

 way down into 5 more upright and acute lobes. Pet, 5, 

 inversely heart-shaped, abrupt, flat, spreading, attached 

 by their contracted claws to the tube of the stamens. 

 Filam. numerous, capillary, united below into a cylin- 

 drical tube ; separate in the upper part, both at the sum- 

 mit and sides. AntJu kidney-shaped. Germ, orbicular, 

 depressed. Style cylindrical, with a conical permanent 

 base. Stigmas rather numerous, 7 — 14, bristle-shaped, 

 as long as the style. Caps, as many as the stigmas, com- 

 pressed, either tumid, or concave and wrinkled, at the 

 back, ranged in a circle round the colunniar receptacle, 

 which in some species is greatly dilated ; each of 2 valves 

 and 1 cell, finally deciduous. Seeds solitary, kidney- 

 shaped. 



Mostly arborescent, soft and densely downy ; the pubes- 

 cence in some instances starry. Leaves lobed, serrated, 

 stalked. Fl. axillary, stalked, red or whitish. 



1 . L. arbor ea. Sea Tree -mallow. 



Stem arboreous. Leaves downy, plaited, with seven an- 

 gles. Stalks axillary, aggregate, single-flowered. 



L. arborea. Linn. Sp. PL 972. Willd. v. 3. 793. Fl. Br. 742. 



Engl.Bot.v.26.t.\84\. Hook. Scot. 209. DeCand. Prodr. v. I. 



439. Cavan. Diss.86 and 282. t. 139./. 2. 

 Malva arborea marina nostras. Merr. Pin. 75. 

 M. maritima arborea nostras, Moris, v. 2. 523. Sibb. Scot, part 2. 



37. 



On maritime rocks, but rare. 



At Hurst castle, over against the isle of Wight ; in Portland island j 

 on Caldy island, in Carmarthen bay ; and on the Basse island, 

 Scotland. Ratj. On Inch-Garvy, and Mykrie-Inch, in the Frith 

 of Forth. Sihbald. In Cornwall and Devonshire. /M/io;/. Pem- 

 brokeshire. Mr. Adams. 



