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2 Lavatera (Tree-Mallow). — Tall haiiy plants, with more 

 or less lobed /c'(?rw ; axillary ^6'?(/f7-j-.- an c/'/ftr/v.r of 3 united bracts ; 

 and other characters mainly as in Altluea. (Named in honour of 

 the two, Lavaters, Swiss physicians, friends of Tournefort.) 



T. L. arhiuwi (Sea Tree-Mallow). — A tall and handsome plant, 

 3 — 12 feet high, with a thick woody stem ; soft, downy, 7-angled 



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T.A^■.^T^Lf7A .M.'n'jRRA (Srn /^•■,-r-.i/ti//o:t']. 



leaves; and abundance of ro?c-coloured//('a'.7-,i, with darker veins, 

 I J- in. across, resembling those of thi Common iMallow {Mdlva 

 sylvestns), but of a deeper colour towards the centre. —On sea- 

 cliffs and Stacks ; rare. — ]'l. J uly — October, liiennial. 



2* L. sylvcstus, a smaller, herbnceous si;>ecies, closely re- 

 senibling M,Uva syh'eslris, but differing in being hispid with 

 Stellate bans, giving it a gre)'-green colour, and in having the 



