PL ex, thai. 70. MALVACEAE. 393. Althcca. 639 



1. Altluea officinalis. Shop marsh-mallow. 

 Leaves torneutose, oblong, ovate, nearly 3-lobecl, toothed. 



Althaea vulgaris, Raii Syn. 252, 1 ; Park. 303. 

 AlthcC.-i, Ibiscus, Ger. em. 933, 1. 

 Althaea officinalis, Lin. S, P, 966. 

 fVymote. 



Salt marshes ; perennial; July to September. 



Root fusiform; herb velvetty, hairs stellate, interwoven ; 

 stem upright, simple ; outer calyx 1 or 1 2-cut ; petals flesh- 

 colour, fringed at bottom.— Plant mucilaginous, mild, used 

 in infusion, and externally in poultices. 



|3. rotundifolia. Leaves blunt. 



Althaea vulgar! similis, folio retuso brevi, Raii Syn. 252. 



2. Althcea hirsiita. Hairy marsh-malloiv. 

 Leaves heartshape, blunt, 5-lobed, bald above ; stem 



hirsute. 



Althaea hlrsuta, Lin. S. P. 966. 



Fields; perennial; August. 



III. 394.. LAVATERA. Tournefort. Lavatera. 



Calyx double ; inner calyx 5-cut ; outer 3-cut ; coques 

 many, 1 -seeded. — Hairs radiating, or in bundles. 



Lavatera arhorea. Tree lavatera. 



Stem herbaceous, upright ; leaves 7-angled, velvetty, 

 plaited; peduncles 2is\\\a,xy, crowded, 1 -flowered. 



Malva arborea marina nostras, Raii Syn. 252, 4 ; Park. 301. 

 Lavatera arborea, Lin. S, P. 972. 

 English sea tree mallow. Velvet leaf. 



Sea-shore; biennial; July to October. 



Stem 6 feet high, naked, leafy at top ; petioles long ; 

 flowers numerous, axillary ; outer calyx very large ; inner 

 woolly ; petals purplish red with dark blotches at the base ; 

 androphme woolly. 



Fam.VI. 71. LINEiE. De Candolle. 



Calyx persisting, 4 or ."j-parted ; petals 5, clawed, alter- 

 nate with the calyx-lobes ; stamens 4 or 5, slightly joined 

 at bottom ; scales 4 or 5, alternating with the filaments ; 

 styles 4 or 5 ; stigmata 4 or 5 ; ovary free, simple ; capsule 

 many-celled, many-valved 5 edge of the valves turned in ; 

 seeds single, pendent; perisperm 0; corculum straight; co- 

 tyledons nearly leaflike ; radicle above. 

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