116 THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN 
1.— LAVATERA THURINGIACA, Lin. THE THURINGIAN LAVATERA. 
lobe longest. Pedicels solitary, 1-flowered, longer than the petioles. 
Petals 2-lobcd. (G. D(m.) 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. S17 ; and our fig. 3 in Plate 29. 
Specific Character. — Stem herbaceous, downy. Leaves rather 
downy, lower ones angular, upper ones 3 — 5-lobed, with the middle 
Description, &c. — This plant is remarkable for a curious puckering of the petals at their margin in the 
centre, and for the large size of its flowers. It is quite hardy, as it is a native of Thuringia, in the north of 
Europe, from which place it was introduced in 1731, above a hundred years ago. It grows above five feet high, 
and keeps opening a succession of flowers from July to September. It will grow in any common garden soil, 
and it may be propagated either by dividing the root, or by seeds which it ripens in great abundance. 
2.— LAVATERA TRILOBA, Lin. THE THREE-LOBED LAVATERA. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 2226 ; and om fig. 2 in Plate 29. 
Specific Character. — Stem suffruticose, downy. Leaves cordate, three-lobed, downy, somewhat crenate. 
Description, &c. — This species, which is somewhat shrubby at the base of the stem, grows about three feet 
high, and flowers abundantly, though the flowers are much smaller than those of the preceding species. It may 
be planted in any common garden soil, but it requires a little protection during winter. It is a native of Spain, 
whence it was introduced before 1759. The flowers, which appear in June, July, and August, have a strong 
smell of musk. 
OTHER SPECIES OF LAVATERA. 
L. PLEBEIA, Sim Bot. Mag. t. 2269. 
A mean-looking little plant, with small weak flowers ; a native of New Holland, introduced in 1820. 
L. BIENNIS, Bieb. 
This species is nearly allied to L. Thuringiaca, but it is only a biennial. It is a native of Eastern Caucasus, 
and was introduced in 1819. It is quite hardy. 
L. ARBOREA, Lin. 
This is a British species, and though called the Tree Mallow, it is in fact only a biennial, and quite herbaceous. 
It is very handsome, and well deserving of cultivation in gardens, though it is very seldom seen in them. 
L. NEAPOLITANA, Ten. 
A native of Naples, by the sea-side, with purple flowers. Introduced in 1818. 
GENUS V. 
HIBISCUS, Lin. THE HIBISCUS. 
Lin. Syat. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
valved, capsule, with a dissepiment in the middle of each valve on the 
inside. Cells many-seeded, rarely one-seeded. (G. Don.) 
Generic Chulacter. — Calyx encompassed by a many-leaved, rarely 
by a few-leaved, involucre, sometimes connected at the base. Petals 
not auricled. Stigmas five. Carpels joined into a five-celled, five- 
Description, &c. The flowers of the different species of this genus are all splendid ; and tlie bark of all the 
shrubby kinds, and the outer covering of the perennials, b so tough, as to be made into ropes or spun into thread. 
