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ARUORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



CHAP. XV. 



OF TIIK IIAUDY AND HALF-HARDY SUFFRUTICOSE PLANTS OF THE 

 ORDER ilNA'CEiT-:. 



Tiiu order is included in our catalogue for the sake of the tree 

 flax, Llni/m nrhurriim L. {Hot. Mag., X. i;;34., and oiir^iVr. Sfi.) It is 

 a native of Candia and Italy, on the mountains, and forms a neat 

 little cvertfTcen bush in dry soils, in wanii situations in the ncigh- 

 bourhooil of London, requiring little or no protection, except during 

 the most severe winters. The largest plants which we have seen 

 of it were in a sandy border in trie garden at Nonsuch I'ark, in 

 Surrey. They were about 2 ft. high, and ;3 ft. broad, and they pro. 

 duced their fine large yellow tlowers from May to September ; in 

 the same situation ripening seeds, from which, or from cuttings, 

 they are readily propagated. lAnuin tniricmn W., from Tauria, 

 which grows to the height of 1} ft., and L. salsoloides I>am., with 

 pink flowers, are equally hardy with J., arbftreum ; and all three 

 should be includiHl in every complete arboretum and fruticetum. 

 L. si(ffrutict)sum, from Spain, an old inhabitant of our green-houses, 

 with pink flowers, is,.in all probability, as hardy as the others. 



CHAP. XVI. 



OF THE HARDY AXD HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE 

 ORDER AfALVA'CE^. 



DrsTiycTU'E Characteristics. Tlialamiflorous. (//. B.) Calyx with a valvate 

 aestivation, mostly with an involucre. Stamens with the filaments monadel- 

 phoiis, and the anthers l-ccUcd. Pubescence starry. (Liiid. Introd. to N. S.) 

 The hardy ligneous species of this order arc few, but splendid ; the //ibiscus 

 svriacus, and its difierent varieties, being among the most ornamental of flow- 

 ering shrubs. Chemically, all the species abound in a nutritive mucilage ; 

 and, medicinally, they are emollient. The fibrous threads of the inner bark 

 may, in most of the species, when properly prepared, be manufactured into 

 cordage or cloth. The genera containing hardy or half-hardy species arc 

 two : Laviitera and //ibiscus ; the distinctive characters of which are : — 

 Lava'ter,^ L. Carpels capsular, 1-seeded, disposed into a ring around the 



axis. 

 //iBi'scus L. Carpels joined into a 5-celled capsule. 



Genus I. 



LAVA'TER/1 L. 



The Lavatfra, or Trf.e Mallow: Lin. Sj/sf. 

 INIonadelphia Polyandria. 



hlmlificalion. Lin. Gen., n. 842. ; Dec. Prod., 1. 4.'A ; Don's Mill., L 4C8. 



Synonymes. The Tree Mallow ; Lavatirc, /•;. and Ger. 



(icn. Char., Z^-. Cali/r .5-cleft, girded by a .^- or .")-clcft involucel ; its leaflets l)ring joined as far as 

 the middle. Car/jiv* capsular, l-sce<ie'd, disposed into a ring around the axis, which is variously 

 dilated alwvethe fruit (Dec. Prod.,'\. p. 458.) The half-hardy ligneous species are L. marftima, 

 triloba, sulx>v&ta, and africana. 



« 1. L. mari'tima Gouan. The sea-sidc-in/iabiting Lavatcra. 



IHentifiration. Gouan. 111., p. *;. ; Hec. Pro<l., 1. p. 4.59. ; Don's Mill., \. p. 4<;p. 

 Synonmnes. \.. hisp&nica Mill. Diet., No. 9. ; L. rotundi»T>lia/.(i»i. 

 Engraritig*. Gouan. HI., t. 11. f. 2.; Cnv. Diss., t. 32. fig. .i. ; and our fig. 87. 



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