210 SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF MALVE^. 



V. LAVATERA L. Gen. n. 842. — Bracteolro 3-6 basi connate. 

 Fructus axis carpella aequans vel superans conica vel apice dilatata. 



Sect. 1. Anthema Med. Malv. p. 42 ; DC. Prod. i. 439. — Axis 

 parvus conicus, vix exsertus. Pedunculi axillares fasciculati raro 

 solitarii. 



1. Layatera arborea L. ; DC. Prod. i. 439 ; Kchb. Ic. Flor. 

 Germ. v. t. 178 ; Fl. Grasc. t. 665 ; Eng. Bot. 3, t. 279. Anthema 

 arborea Presl. Fl. Sicul. i. p. 180. Malva arborea Webb. Pbyt. 

 Canar. i. p. 30. Lavatera eriocalyx Steud. in Flora, 1856, p. 438. 

 L. arborea C. Gay, Fl. Cbile, i. p. 288. — Fruticosa saspe arborescens, 

 foliis longe petiolatis molliter pubescentibus inferioribus cordato- 

 orbicularibus lobatis superioribus 3-5-lobatis lobis acutis omnibus 

 crenatis, bracteolis ovato-rotundatis post antbesin auctis, sepalis 

 triangularibus acutis, corollis purpureis, carpellis 7-8 glabris vel 

 pubescentibus dorso et faciebus transverse rugosis. 



Hab. Great Britain ! Western and Soutbern France ! Por- 

 tugal ! Spain to Greece ! North Africa ! Canaries ! 



Stem 6-10 ft. high ; lower leaves 3-4 in. long ; peduncle 

 4-6 in. ; bracts (flowering) £ in. ; sepals J in. ; petals # in. 



2. L. cretica L. ; DC. Prod. i. 439 ; Jacq. Hort. Vindob. t. 41. 

 Malva mamillosa Lloyd, Fl. W. France, ed. i. p. 90. M. Wil- 

 kommiana Scheele in Linnasa, xi. p. 570. M. Pseudolavatera Webb, 

 Pbyt. Canar. i. p. 29. .V. hedemfolia Vis. Fl. Dalm. iii. p. 205. 

 Lavatera Empedoclis Ucria in Roem. Arch. i. 69. L. sylvestris Brot. 

 Fl. Lusit. i. p. 277. L. neapolitana Ten. Fl. Nap. 2. p. 113. L. 

 triloba Seb. et Maur. Fl. Roman, p. 227, non L. L. sicula Tin. Sic. 

 Pug. i. p. 14. — Caule herbaceo magis minusve hispido-scabro, 

 foliis inferioribus longe petiolatis cordato-ovatis lobatis vel sub- 

 orbicularibus membranaceis serratis, bracteolis oblongis obtusis 

 parum accrescentibus, sepalis ovatis acuminatis, corollis violaceis, 

 carpellis 10-12 glabris vel pubescentibus dorso rotundatis faciebus 

 transverse rugosis. 



Hab. Western France ! Portugal and Spain ! to Palestine and 

 Syria ! Canaries ! North Africa ! 



Stem 1-5 ft. ; leaves 2-3 in. long ; petioles 3-6 in. ; bracts 

 I in. ; sepals $ in. ; petals £ in. 



Var. AcuTiLOBABall in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 377. — Tota planta 

 glabriuscula et statura paululum minore, foliis acute lobatis 

 superioribus interdum subhastatis. 



Hab. Marocco ! 



3. L. mauritanica Durieu, Rev. Duch. ii. p. 436 ; Expl. de 

 l'Algerie, t. 69 non Desf. — Caulc herbaceo, foliis inferioribus 

 longe petiolatis cordato-orbicularibus lobatis molliter tomentosis 

 serratis, bracteolis oblongis obtusis, sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis 

 infra roseis, carpellis 9-10 dorso piano rugosis hirtis margine acute 

 faciebus striatis. 



Hab. Algeria ! 



Stem 2-4 ffc. ; leaves H-2£ in. long; petiole 3-4 in.; bracts 

 (flowering) ^ in. ; sepals | in. ; petals h in. 



