240 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Lavatera—continued. Tavradia— con ti n SEE 
guiculata (claw-petaled). f. lilac, solitary, axillary, on 
un dozen species) of very glabrous stove sub-shrubs, all 
short pedicels, about 3in. across. Summer. J. tomentose on both 
! natives of Brazil. ` Flowers di e 2 
surfaces, acutely five-lobed ; upper ones three-lobed. Stem ihe oe ill a — F * oper paniculate 
shrubby, tomentose from starry down. A. 6ft. South-east racemes, rarely axillary. Leaves alternate, closely packed, 
Europe, 1807. 
rigid, entire or sub-serrate. The undermentioned species 
Fic. 379. LAVATERA ARBOREA VARIEGATA. 
LAVENDER. See Lavandula. —— in a a of peer * * 
z li ry loam. ropagated by cuttings of ripene oots, 
ae —— bake wee —— Finar placed in sand, under a bell glass, in heat. 
distinguished patron of botany, and once Viceroy of L. montani (mountan) Je-doep rose, in crowdei racemose 
a IS > 
panicles. Z. alternate, almost sessile, obovate, marginate, denti- 
Brazil). Orp. Violariee. A small genus (about half-a- culated, obtuse, ending in a mucrone. h. 2ft. to Sft. 1826. 
