CHAP. XVI. -  MALYA‘CER, HIBI’scus. - 361 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem shrubby, downy, Leaves downy, roundish, bluntly 
angular, 5-lobed, crenated. Pedicels axillary, solitary. (Don’s Mill., i. 
p. 469.) A shrub, growing from 2 ft, to 3 ft. high, on the rocky shores 
of the south of France and Spain, producing its white flowers, the 
petals of which have purple claws, from April to June, It was culti- 
vated in England in 1596, and generally treated as a frame plant ; but, 
like the following species, it only requires a wall, and a little protec- 
tion, during winter. Plants attained the height of 5 ft., trained against 
a wall with a south-east aspect, without any protection, in the Botanic 
Garden, Bury St. Edmunds, about the years 1825, 1826, 
#2. L. rri‘Lopa L. The three-lobed-/eaved Lavater 
; - a 
Identification, Lin. Sp., 972.; Dec. Prod., 1.439, ; Don’s Mill., 1. p.46 
Engravings. Cav. Diss., 2. t. 31, f. 1.; Bot. Mag., 2226. if 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem shrubby, downy. Leaves downy, rather cordate, and somewhat 3-lobed, round, 
crenated. Pedicels aggregate. Sepals acuminated. (Don’s Mill., i. p. 469.) A tomentose shrub, 
growing to the height of 4ft. in the south of Spain, and producing large pale-purple flowers in 
June and July. It was introduced into England in 1759, and is generale treated as a frame plant ; 
but it will grow, and flower beautifully, trained against a wall, and slightly protected during winter. 
It is easily propagated by cuttings of the young wood ; and it also ripens seeds, 
# 3. L. suBoya‘ta Dec, The subovate-leaved Lavatera. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 1. p. 439.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 469. 
Spec. Char., &c. Stem suffruticose. . Leaves rather downy, ovate, notched, somewhat 3-lobed, with 
_ the middle lobe longest. Pedicels 1 or 2, axillary, length of petioles; lobes of calyx acuminated. 
(Don’s ope gta 469.) A shrub, growing from 2 ft. to 4 ft. high, in fields about Mogadore, on the 
sea coast of rocco, producing pale purple flowers in July. It has not yet been introduced into 
England, but would form a desirable addition to the half-hardy species. . 
# 4.1L. arrica‘na Cav. The African Lavatera, 
Identification. Cav. Diss., 5. p. 282.; Dec. Prod., 1. p, 348. ; Don’s Mill, 1. p. 468. 
Synonyme. L. hispida var. Willd. 
Engraving, Cav. Diss., 5. t. 139. f.1.; Bot. Mag. t. 2541, as L, hfspida 
Spec. Char., &c. Stem shrubby, rather tomentose from flocky down. Leaves canescent, all bluntly 
5-lobed. Pedicels twin, equal in length to the petioles. Involucel 3-parted, tomentose. (Don’s 
Miii., i. p. 468.) A shrub, found in the south of Spain and the north of Africa, where it grows from 
4 ft. to 6 ft. high, producing its pale purple flowers in June and July. It was cultivated in England 
in 1820, or earlier. Inthe Bury St. Edmunds Botanic Garden there were plants of it, one or more 
of which attained the height of 8 ft. or 9 ft. in a warm sheltered border. 
App. I. Other Species of Lavatera likely to prove half-hardy. 
L. Pseitdo.O'lbia Poir., with pale purple flowers, introduced in 1817; L. pheentcea Vent., with 
scarlet flowers, introduced from the Canary Islands in 1816, and forming a tree 10 ft. high. ; L. O’/bia 
L., with reddish purple flowers, a native of Provence, which has been in culture in England, as a 
frame-plant, since 1570, and attains the height of 6 ft. in its native country; with L. unguiculata and 
L. hispida Desf. and, perhaps, some other varieties or species, all highly beautiful; might be sub- 
jected to the same treatment. Indeed, there.are few kinds of plants more ornamental, when trained 
against a wall, than the different species of Lavatera and Hibiscus : every one knows what a splendid 
appearance Hibiscus Adsa-sinénsis makes in stoves, when so trained, 
Genus II. 
HIBYSCUS L. Tue Hisiscus. Lin. Syst. Monadélphia Polyandria. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., 846. ; Dec. Prod.,1. p. 446. ; Don’s Mill. 1. p. 476. 
Gioremnet, Ketmie, F’r.; Eibisch, Ger. 
vations, The word hibiskos is one of the names given by the Greeks tothe mallow. The Hibiscus 
of Pliny appears to be an umbelliferous plant ; while that of Virgil is a plant with pliant branches, 
which was made into baskets. The word Hibiscus is supposed by some to be derived from ibis, a 
stork, which is said to feed on some of the species. Ketmie (Fr.)is derived from Kétmia, the name 
ie to the genus by Tournefort. The German, Eibisch, is the German aboriginal word for the 
mallow. 
Gen. Char., §c. Calyx encompassed by a many-leaved, rarely by a few- 
leaved, involucel, or cne with its leaves connate Petals not auricled. 
Stigmas 5; carpels joined into a 5-celled 5-valved capsule, with a disse- 
piment in the middle of each valve on the inside. Cells many-seeded, 
rarely 1-seeded. (Don’s Mill., adapted.)—The only hardy ligneous species 
is H. syriacus. 
