248 MONADELPHIA— POLYANDRIA. Lavateva. 



leaves; somewhat starry, depressed pubescence, which is very 

 dense and matted upon the calyx ; but most essentially by the 

 outer leaves of this part being ovate. The stems too are taller, 

 and the plant has no smell of musk. 



349. LAVATERA. Tree-mallow. 



Linn. Gen. 354. Juss. 272. Fl. Br. 742. DeCand. Prodr. v. 1. 438. 

 Dill. Gen. 155. t. 10. Lam. i. 582. Gcertn. 1. 136. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 3 4 7. 



Cal. double, permanent ; outer largest, of 1 leaf, in 3 broad, 

 deep, spreading segments ; huier of 1 leaf, divided half 

 way down into 5 more upright and acute lobes. Pet. 5, 

 inversely heart-shaped, abrupt, flat, spreading, attached 

 by their contracted claws to the tube of the stamens. 

 Filam. numerous, capillary, united below into a cylin- 

 drical tube ; sepai-ate in the upper part, both at the sum- 

 mit and sides. Anth. kidney-shaped. Germ, orbicular, 

 depressed. Style cylindrical, with a conical permanent 

 base. Stigmas rather numerous, 7 — 14, bristle-shaped, 

 as long as the style. Caps, as many as the stigmas, com- 

 pressed, either tumid, or concave and wrinkled, at the 

 back, ranged in a circle round the columnar receptacle, 

 which in some species is greatly dilated ; each of 2 valves 

 and 1 cell, finally deciduous. Seeds solitary, kidney- 

 shaped. 



Mostly arborescent, soft and densely downy ; the pubes- 

 cence in some instances stai-ry. Leaves lobed, serrated, 

 stalked. Fl. axillary, stalked, red or whftish. 



1 . L. arborea. Sea Tree-mallow. 



Stem arboreous. Leaves downy, plaited, with seven an- 

 gles. Stalks axillary, aggregate, single-flowered. 



L. arborea. Linn. Sp. Fl. 972, Willd. v. 3. 793. Fl. Br. 742. 



Engl. Bot.v. 26. 1. 1841. Hook. Scot. 209. DeCand. Prodr. v. 1. 



439. Cavan. Diss.86 and 282. t. 139./. 2. 

 Malva arborea marina nostras. Merr. Pin. 75. 

 M. maritima arborea nostras. Moris, v. 2. 523. Sibb. Scot, part 2. 



37. ^ 



On maritime rocks, but rare. 



At Hurst castle, over against the isle of Wight j in Portland island ; 

 on Caldy island, in Carmarthen bay ; and on the Basse island, 

 Scotland. Ray. On Inch-Garvy, and Mykrie-Inch, in the Frith 

 of P'orth. Sibbald. In Cornwall and Devonshire, Hudson. Pem- 

 brokeshire. Mr. Adams. 



