MAL'VA LATERI'TIA. 
TALE RED-FLOWERED MALLOW. 
Class. 
MONADELPHIA. 
Order. 
POI.YAN DHI A . 
Natural Order. 
1UALVACE/L. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
BuenosAyres 
9 inches. 
September. 
Perennial. 
in 1839. 
No. 787. 
The softening and emollient qualities of the 
Mallow, obtained for it, amongst the Greeks, a 
name indicative of such properties. Malva of the 
Latins was founded on malache of the Greeks, 
signifying soft. Lateritia, from the Latin later, a 
brick, is a name adopted in allusion to its brick- 
like colour. 
This species of Malva is a late addition to British 
gardens, and promises to be a desirable one, being 
very distinct both in appearance and habit from 
any previously in cultivation. Dried specimens, 
and seeds also, were first sent to this country by 
Mr. Tweedie, from Buenos Ayres, and Entro Rios, 
botanical stations which have proved to English 
collectors, exceedingly productive of valuable 
plants. 
The Mallow now under consideration, displays 
a peculiarity of habit, for an explanation of which 
we are indebted to Mr. Cameron, the Curator of 
the Birmingham Botanic Garden, whose long ex- 
perience, coupled with acuteness of observation 
of the habits and culture of exotics, has furnished 
much valuable information to the English cultivator. 
