NATURAL ORDER MALVACE/4. 
Tribe—Matve&. Section of genus Lavatera, having but one peduncle 
in the axil of a leaf. 
Pirate Vi.—Lawvatera Maritima. Gouan. De Candolle. Woods. 
Grenier and Godron. 
Generic.—Stigmas filiform. Jnner calyx, five-lobed. Outer calyx 
of one leaf, deeply three-lobed. 
Speciric.—Carpels large, blackish when mature, having waved edges 
prolonged into wings, and flat backs. Aais prolonged into a smooth 
conical apiculum, not spreading over the carpels. Petals obovate, twice 
the calyx in length, of a pale lilac, with a dark-coloured, hairy fringed 
claw. Inner calyx lobed triangularly, covering the carpels after the 
withering of the flower. Outer calyx lobed lanceolately, the lobes being 
sometimes reflexed. Peduneles generally longer than the leaves. Leaves 
densely covered with stellate hairs, giving the plant a greyish appearance 
and velvety texture. These hairs are constantly wearing away, and 
cling together in tiny groups on the stems and edges of leaves, in the 
manner of wool. Growth that of a shrub, with a low woody stem, two 
feet high. 
EXPLANATION OF Puate VI.— Plate VI. shows Lavatera maritima, 
as it may be gathered about Christmas time at Mentone. Figs. 1 and 2 
represent the seed, fig. 2 of the natural and fig. 1 of the magnified 
size. The wrinkled surfaces and winged edges should be noticed. 
Fig. 3 is of the claw of a petal, with its hairy fringes. 
Remarxks.—Lavatera maritima grows along the French and Italian 
shores of the Mediterranean ; in Sardinia ; in Spain (Cavanille’s “ Diss, 
Bot.”); and in Algiers (Desfontaines’) “ Fl. At.”). At Mentone I have 
rarely seen this plant growing at any distance from the Jurassic lime- 
stone, where it delights to wedge itself into the cracks of the hardest 
and most inhospitable rocks, or to vie with Euphorbia dendroides in 
endurance of the heat of arid and scorching situations. The natural 
order Malvaceze includes many well-known and highly-valued genera, 
such as Cotton (Gossypium), Hollyhock (Althea), Hibiscus, Abutilon, 
Sida, &c. In the year 1863, a small plot of Cotton was grown expe- 
rimentally at Mentone; and I had the great pleasure of seeing plants 
