114 BRITISH BOTANY. 



Out among the Wild Flowers of England and Wales/ by Edwin 

 Lees, F.L. S. In the very agreeable work above-mentioned 

 there is a view of this singular rock, with representations of the 

 Tree-Mallow growing on its inaccessible projections. Biennial ; 

 July-September. 



L. cretica ? Lin. — Stems herbaceous, 2-3 feet high, erect or 

 ascending, branching, leafy. Leaves glaucous, with whitish pro- 

 minent nerves -, the lower ones rounded, slightly lobed, truncate 

 at the base ; the upper ones with acute triangular lobes ; all cre- 

 nated or toothed. Calycule slightly shorter than the calyx, not 

 enlarging much at maturity. Calyx-lobes abruptly pointed (acu- 

 minate), scarious. Carpels smooth, wrinkled, toothed at the 

 margin, yellowish. 



Wandsworth Steam-boat Pier. Annual or biennial ; July- 

 September. 



L. punctata, DC. ? — Stems herbaceous, erect, 6-24 inches 

 high. Leaves pale green, the wpper ones hastate, all crenulate 

 or irregularly toothed. Calycule about equal to the calyx. Calyx- 

 lobes acuminate, erect, connivent. Petals three times as long as 

 the lobes of the calyx. Carpels wrinkled. 



With the above. Annual; July-September. 



L. Olbia, Lin. — Stems slightly woody. Leaves hoary, as in 

 most of the genus; the lower ones cordate, 3-5-lobed, the upper 

 hastate. Petals much longer than the calyx. Carpels hairy, 

 yellowish when ripe, with an elongated axis terminating in a 

 nipple-like point. 



At Wandsworth, with the preceding. 



This species is shrubby, and said to be perennial, on the shores 

 of the Mediterranean. It is herbaceous here, and probably an- 

 nual; July-October. 



GERANIACE^, DC. The Geranium Family. 



Annual or perennial plants, with a more or less astringent 

 juice. Stems usually forked, more or less turgid and brittle at 

 the articulations. Leaves opposite and petioled, or alternate and 

 nearly sessile (the lower leaves are opposite and petioled, the 

 upper opposite or alternate, and often sessile), lobed or palmate, 

 rarely pinnate, usually with scarious stipules. Peduncles 2- 

 flowered, rarely one-flowered or many-flowered. Flowers per- 



