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Waste places and way-sides, frequent. Plentiful near Sandymount, 

 and many other places about Dublin. Fl. June Sept. If.. Stems 

 from ten inches to one foot in length, branching only from the root. 

 Flowers small, roundish. 



3. M. moschata, Linn. Musk Mallow. Stem erect ; radical 

 leaves reniform, in 5, or 7, broad cut lobes ; cauline ones in 5 

 deep pinnatifid, jagged segments ; calyx hairy, leaflets of the 

 exterior calyx linear-lanceolate. Br. PI. 1. p. 314. E. Fl. v. 

 iii. p. 247. E. Bot. t. 754. 



Meadows, pastures, and road-sides, especially in a gravelly soil. Dry 

 banks about Enniskerry, and road-sides, County of Kilkenny. Near 

 Hollywood and other places near Belfast; Mr. F. Whitla. Fl. 

 July, Aug. % . Flowers large, beautiful, rose-coloured, (occasionally 

 white,) one to two from the axils of the terminal leaves. The leaves 

 yield a faint musky smell if drawn through the hand. 



2. ALTH^A. Linn. Marsh-mallow. 



Styles numerous. Calyx double ; exterior of 6 9 leaves. Cap- 

 sules numerous, circularly arranged, 1 -seeded. Name, aX0w, 

 to cure; from its healing properties. 



Monadelphia. Polyandria. 



1. A. officinalis. Linn; Common Marsh-mallow. Leaves soft and 

 downy on both sides, cordate or ovate, toothed, entire or 3- 

 lobed ; peduncles axillary, many-flowered, much shorter than 

 the leaves. Br. Fl. 1. p. 315. E. FL v. iii. p. 244. E. Bot. t. 

 147. 



Marshes, but mostly near the sea. Marshy grounds north of the 

 Shannon a little above Limerick. Cable Island, near Youghal, and 

 Cape Clear Island ; Mr. J. Drummond. Road-side between Lahinch 

 and Miltown, County of Clare ; Mr. W. Andrews. Fl. Aug., Sept. 

 T . Two to three feet high, remarkable for the dense, exquisitely soft 

 and starry pubescence of the leaves and stems. Flowers three to four 

 together, on axillary stalks, large, pale rose-colour. Affords an abun- 

 dant mucilage, and a decoction of it is of general use in England and 

 Ireland. The common road-side mallow (M. sylvestris) is often 

 sold as Marsh mallow, and has pretty much the same properties. 



3. LAVATERA. Linn. Tree-mallow. 



Styles numerous. Calyx double; exterior 3-lobed. Capsules 

 numerous, circularly arranged, 1 -seeded. Named in honour 

 of two Lavaters, friends of Tournefort. 



Monadelphia. Polyandria. 



1. L. arborea, Linn. -Sea Tree-mallow. Stem arborescent ; 

 leaves with about seven angles, downy, plaited ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, clustered, single-flowered. Br. Fl. 1. p. 314. E.FLv. 

 iii. p. 248. E. Bot. t. 1841. 



Maritime rocks. On old walls near the harbour of Galway ; on 



