MALVACEAE. VII. LAVATERA. VIII. MALACHRA. 



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14 L. PLEBEIA (Sims. bot. mag. t. 2269.) stem herbaceous, 

 scabrous ; leaves 5-lobed, pubescent beneath ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, aggregate (or solitary ?) ; petals wedge-shaped, emarginate, 

 acute. Tf. . G. Native of New Holland. Flower lilac. 



Vulgar Lavatera. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1820. PI. 2 feet. 



15 L. THURINGI'ACA (Lin. spec. 973.) stem herbaceous, 

 downy ; leaves rather downy, lower ones angular, upper ones 3- 

 5-lobed, with the middle lobe longest ; pedicels solitary, 1 -flow- 

 ered, longer than the petioles ; petals 2-lobed. !(.. H. Native 

 of Thuringia, Tartary, Sweden, Germany, &c. in hedges ; also 

 on hills about Odessa. Jacq. fl. austr. t. 311. Curt. bot. mag. 

 517. Cam. hort. 1. t. 6. Dill. elth. 9. t. 8. f. 8. Flowers 

 large, purplish, or violet. 



Thuringian Lavatera. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1731. PI. 5 ft. 



16 L. BIE'NNIS (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 143.) stem herbaceous, 

 and is as well as the leaves downy, lower leaves roundish, lobed, 

 floral ones 3-lobed, with the middle lobe lanceolate ; pedicels 

 solitary, 1 -flowered, longer than the petioles; petals somewhat 

 emarginate. $ . H. Native of Eastern Caucasus in fields. 

 Flowers purplish. Like L. Thuringlaca, 



Biennial Lavatera. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. 3 to 4 ft. 



17 L. PUNCTA'TA (All. auct. p. 26.) stem herbaceous, some- 

 what scabrous from starry down ; leaves rather downy, lower 

 ones cordate, orbicular, upper ones 3-lobed ; pedicels solitary, 

 1 -flowered, longer than the leaves. Q. H. Native of Pro- 

 vence, Nice, and Italy, in cultivated fields. O'lbia deflexa, 

 Mcench. suppl. p. 200. Flowers pale violet. 



. Spotted-stemmed Lavatera. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1800. PI. 2 ft. 



18 L. LANCEOLA'TA (Willd. enum. 733.) stem herbaceous, 

 with scabrous dots ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, serrated, clothed 

 with starry pubescence; upper leaves very entire ; peduncles 

 solitary, longer than the leaves. O. H. Native of ? Perhaps 

 a variety of L. punctata. Flower pale purple. 



Lanceolate-leaved Lavatera. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1817. PL 

 3 feet. 



SECT. III. AXO'LOPHA (from at,uv,axon, an axle-tree, also a 

 pole, and \o(f>oc, lophos, a crest ; alluding to the receptacle or 

 axis of fruit being expanded into a crest at tlie apex.) D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 439. . Receptacle or axis of fruit truncate at the 

 apex, and expanded into a crest. 



19 L. MARI'TIMA (Gouan. ill. p. 46. 1. 11. f. 2.) stem shrubby, 

 downy ; leaves downy, roundish, bluntly angular, 5-lobed, cre- 

 nated ; pedicels axillary, solitary. Tj . F. Native of the south 

 of France and Spain, on rocks by the sea-side. Cav. diss. 2. 

 t. 32. f. 3. L. Hispanica, Mill. diet. no. 9. L. rotundif61ia, 

 Lam. Flowers white, with purple claws. 



Sea-side Lavatera. Fl. Apr. June. Clt. 1596. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



20 L. TRI'IOBA (Lin. spec. 972.) stem shrubby, downy ; leaves 

 downy, rather cordate, and somewhat 3-lobed, round, crenated ; 

 pedicels aggregate ; sepals acuminated. fy . F. Native of 

 Spain. Cav. diss. 2. t. 31. f. 1. Sims, bot. mag. 2226. L. 

 calycina, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 310. Flowers large, pale purple. 



Three-Jobed-leaved Lavatera. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. 

 Shrub 4 feet. 



21 L. SUBOVA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 439.) stem suffruticose ; 

 leaves rather downy, ovate, notched, somewhat 3-lobed, with 

 the middle lobe longest ; pedicels 1 or 2, axillary, length of pe- 

 tioles ; lobes of calyx acuminated. Tj . F. Native of fields 

 about Mogador. Flowers pale purple. 



Subovate-leaved Lavatera. Fl. July. Sh. 2 to 4 feet. 



SECT. IV. ANTHE'MA (from avOcpov, a flower; on account 

 of the axillary bundles of flowers). Med. malv. p. 42. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 439. Receptacle or axis of fruit small, foveolate, 

 not protruding, nor expanded into a crest. 



22 L. ARBOREA (Lin. spec. 972.) stem arboreous ; leaves 7- 



angled, plaited, downy ; pedicels aggregate, axillary, 1 -flowered, 

 aggregate, much shorter than the petiole. $ . H. Native of 

 Italy, Spain, Portugal, north of Africa and Canary Islands, on 

 rocks by the sea-side. In Britain at Hurst Castle, over against 

 the Isle of Wight ; on Portland Island ; on Caldy Island, in 

 Carmarthen Bay ; and on the Basse Rock, Inch-Garvy, and 

 Mykrie-inch in the Frith of Forth, Scotland. In Cornwall and 

 Devonshire. Smith, engl. bot. t. 1841. Cav. diss. 2. t. 139. 

 f. 2. Flowers pale purple. 



Tree Mallow. Fl. July, Oct. Britain. PI. 6 to 10 feet. 



23 L. NEAPOLITA'NA (Ten. cat. 1819. n. 125.) stem herba- 

 ceous, scabrous, erect ; leaves roundish, with 7 nerves, and 7 very 

 blunt crenated lobes ; pedicels axillary, aggregate ; involucel 

 shorter than the calyx; lobes of calyx acuminated. I/. H. 

 Native of Naples by the sea-side. Flowers blue, with obcor- 

 date petals. 



Neapolitan Lavatera. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1818. PI. 4 to 6 ft. 



24 L. CRE'TICA (Lin. spec. 973.) stem herbaceous, scabrous ; 

 leaves with 5-7 acute lobes ; pedicels axillary, 1 -flowered, aggre- 

 gate, much shorter than the petioles. 0. H. Native of Crete. 

 Cav. diss. 2. t. 32. f. 1. Jacq. hort. vind. t. 41. Flowers pale 

 red, with emarginate petals. 



Cretan Lavatera. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1723. PI. 5 feet. 



25 L. SYLVE'STRIS (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 277.) stem herbaceous, 

 scabrous from starry hairs ; leaves roundish, with 5-7 blunt 

 angles, upper ones somewhat 5-lobed, acute ; pedicels aggregate, 

 1 -flowered, shorter than the petioles ; involucel 3-parted. 0. H. 

 Native of Portugal by road-sides about Coimbra and elsewhere. 

 Flowers pale-purple, with deeper coloured veins. 



Wild Lavatera. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1817. PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



26 L. AMBI'GUA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 440.) stem herbaceous, 

 hispid ; lower leaves with 5 angular lobes, upper ones with 3 

 lanceolate, acute, toothed lobes ; middle lobe longish ; pedicels 

 solitary, shorter than the leaves ; carpels naked. ? H. Na- 

 tive of fields about Naples. L. sylvestris, Ten. prod. p. 40. but 

 not of Brot. Flowers purple. 



Ambiguous Lavatera. Fl. Jul. Sep. Clt. 1 824. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 

 \ Species not sufficiently known. 



27 L. ? TRIPARTI'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 440.) stem suffruti- 

 cose ; branches and leaves hoary from starry down ; leaves 3- 

 parted, with cuneated lobes, which are grossly notched at the 

 apex ; pedicels solitary, 1 -flowered; involucel adhering to the 

 tube of the calyx. Tj . F. Native of? Flowers purplish ? 

 Differing from all the other Malvaceous plants in the adhesion of 

 the involucel to the calyx. 



Three-parted-\ea.ved Lavatera. Shrub 4 feet. 



28 L. AUSTRA^LIS (Weinm. ex steud. nom.). . H. Native 

 of Europe. 



Southern Lavatera. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1820. PI. 2 feet. 



Cult.- The greenhouse and frame species will thrive well in 

 a mixture of loam and peat, or any light soil, and cuttings from 

 ripe wood planted in the same kind of soil under a hand-glass 

 will root readily, or they may be raised from seeds, which gene- 

 rally ripen in abundance ; they may be planted out against a 

 south wall during summer, where many of them will survive the 

 winter, if not severe, by being sheltered by a mat in frosty 

 weather. The perennial herbaceous species will grow in any 

 kind of soil, and may either be increased by dividing the plants 

 at the root or by seeds. The annual and biennial kinds only 

 require to be sown in the open border in the spring. All the 

 species are hardy, and well adapted for shrubberies. The species 

 worth cultivating for ornament are L. O'lbia, unguiculala, Jlava, 

 Neapolitana, Lusitdnica, trimestris, Thuringlaca and Cretica. 



VIII. MALACHRA (a name under which Pliny speaks of 

 a Persian tree which produces a gum. The modern plant has 



