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long, narrow, Angle leaves at each joint. The foot- 
(talks of the flowers come out from the joints toward 
the upper part of the (talk ■, they are (lender, about 
three inches long, fame having but one, and others 
have two bright red flowers on their tops.. It flowers 
in May and June, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 
This is rarely kept in gardens. 
The feventeenth fort grows naturally in Syria y this 
is an annual plant with a trailing ftallc, garnifhed 
with leaves compofed of two lobes, whofe midrib is 
terminated by a (ingle tendril. T. he foot-ftalk fup- 
ports one flower of a pale purple colour, and when 
the flowers decay, the gernjen is thruft into the ground, 
where the pods are formed, and the feeds ripen. 
The eighteenth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. 
Houftoun, growing naturally at La, Vera Cruz in 
New Spain * this is annual plant, with a trailing ftalk 
a foot long, garnifhed with a Angle kidney-fhaped 
■leaf at each joint. The flowers grow two together 
upon very (hort foot-ftalks ; they are (mall, and of 
a deep yellow colour •, thefe are fucceeded by fhort 
taper pods, including three or four fmall roundifti 
feeds. 
This fort is tender, fo the feeds fhould be fown up- 
on a hot-bed in the fpring, and when the plants are 
fit to remove, they fhould be each planted into a 
fmall pot filled with light earth, and plunged into 
a tan-bed, where they fhould conftantly remain, 
treating them in the lame manner as otnei tender 
plants from warm countries •, if they are brought ror- 
ward in the fpring, they will flower in July, and their 
feeds will ripen in autumn. 
Several of the other forts are preferred in curious 
gardens for the variety of their flowers, feme. of which 
make a fine appearance, and continue long in flower. 
Thefe may all be propagated by {owing. their feeds, 
either in fpring or autumn *, but thofe which are fowed 
in autumn fhould have a light foil and a warm fttua- 
ation, where the plants will abide the wintei, and 
come to flower early the following fpring, and their 
feeds will ripen m July ■, but thofe which are fown in 
the fpring fhould have an open expofure, and be 
planted upon almoft any foil, if not too wet, for 
they are not tender plants, noi do they leejuire 
much culture : thefe forts fhould all of them be fown 
where they are defigned to remain, for they feldom 
fucceed when they are tranfplanted, unlefs m is done 
while the plants are young ; fo that where they are 
fown for ornament, there fhould be four or five feeds 
fown in a fmall patch, in different parts of the bor- 
ders of the flower-garden ; and when the plants come 
up, they fhould be carefully kept clear from weeds •, 
but when they are grown two or three inches high, 
there fhould be fome flicks put down by them to 
fupport them, otherwife they will trail on the ground, 
or on whatever plants ftand near them, and become 
tmfightly. . . r . , 
The fixth fort, with the two varieties of it, are de- 
ferving room in every good garaen for the beauty 
and odour of their flowers ; and the eighth fort is 
by fome cultivated for the colour of the flowers •, 
but there are few of the other forts worthy of room 
in wardens, except the thirteenth and fourteenth forts, 
which, if they are planted in a proper fituation, and 
are rightly trained, will make a fine appearance. 
PAT lit O LI O U S trees and plants are fuch as nave 
broad leaves. 
LAVATflR-A. Tourn. Aft. Gal. 1700. tab. 3. 
" Dill. Gen. 10. Lin. Gen. Plant. 752. 
The Characters are, 
The flower has a double empalement *, the outer is of 
one leaf, port, cbtufe , and trifid j the inner is of one leaf, 
and quinquefid ; they are both permanent. The flower hath 
five petals, which are joined at their bafie, plain, and 
Spread oDen above. It has many ft amina, which are joined 
in a column below, but above are loofe •, they are infer ted 
in the fietal, and terminated by kidney -jo aped fiurnmts. 
It has an orbicular germen , fiuf porting a fhort cylindrical 
ft fie, crowned by many brjftly ftigmas. The empalement 
“afterward becomes a fruit with fever al capfuls, covered 
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in front by a hollow Jhield , each capfule having one kid- 
ney-fhaped feed. 
This genus of plants is by Dr. Linnaeus ranged in the 
fifth order of his fixteenth dais, mtitltd Mo.nodd.phia 
Polyandria, which includes thofe plants whofe flowers . 
have many ftamina joined in a column. 
The Species are, 
1. Lavatera (Alth<Mefolia) folks infimis cordato-orfcL 
culatis, caulinis trilohis acuminatis glabris, pedun- 
eulis unifloris, caule herbaceo. Lavatera whofe lower 
leaves are orbicularly heart fhaped , thofe on the ftalks fit 
with three acute finooth lobes, and one flower upon a 
foot-ftalk, and an herbaceous ftalk. Lavatera folio & 
facie althaeae. Aft. R. P. 1706. Lavatera with the 
leaves and appear an'ce of Marfhmallow. 
2. Lavatera ( Africana ) folks iniimis cordato-angula- 
tis, fuperne fagittatis, pedunculis unifloris, caule her- 
baceo hirfuto. Lavatera with the lower leaves angularly 
heart- fhaped, the upper ones arrow-pointed , a fingle 
flower upon each foot-ftalk, and a hairy herbaceous ftalk . 
Lavatera Africana, (lore pulcherrimo. Boerh. Ind. 
alt. African Lavatera with a beautiful flower . 
3. Lavatera (ffrimeftris) folks glabris, caule fcabro 
herbaceo, pedunculis unifloris, fruftibus orbiculo 
teftis. Hort. Upfal. 203. Lavatera with fmooth leaves, 
a rough herbaceous ftalk, one flower upon a foot-ftalk, 
and an orbicular clo fed fruit. Malva folio vario. C. B. 
P. Mallow with a variable leaf. 
4. Lavatera {Thuringiaca ) caule herbaceo, fruftibus 
denudatis, calycibus incifis. Hort. Upfal. 203. La- 
vatera with an herbaceous ftalk , naked fruit, and a cut 
empalement. Althaea (lore majore. C. B. P. 316. 
Marfhmallow with a larger flower. 
5. Lavatera ( Hirfuta ) foliis quinquelobatis hirfutis, 
caule erefto fruticofo. Icon. tab. 161. Lavatera with 
hairy leaves having five lobes, and a Jhrubby upright 
ftalk. 
6 . Lavatera (Vend a) caule arboreo, folks fepteman- 
gularibus tomentofis plicatis, pedunculis confertis 
unifloris axillaribus. Hort. Upfal. 202. Lavatera with 
a tree-like ftalk, woolly plaited leaves having /even angles, 
and foot-ftalks with fingle flowers arifing in clufters from 
the wings of the leaves. Malva arborea veneta dicla, 
parvo flore. C. B. P. 215. Tree Mallow with a fmall 
flower. 
7. Lavatera ( Triloba ) caule fruticofo, folks fubcor- 
datis fubtrilobis rotundatis crenatis ftipulis cordatis, 
pedunculis unifloris. Lin. Sp. Plant. 691. Lavatera 
with a Jhrubby ftalk, heart -fhaped leaves having three 
round indented lobes , which are crenated, beart-Jhdtped 
ftipula, and foot-ftalks with fingle flowers. Althaea fru- 
tefeens, folio rotundiore incano. C. B. P. 316. Shrubby 
Marfhmallow with a rounder hoary leaf. 
8. Lavatera (Olbia) caule fruticofo, foliis quinque- 
lobo-haftatis. Hort. Upfal. 202. Lavatera with a 
Jhrubby ftalk, and leaves having five arrow -pointed lobes . 
Althaea frutefcens, folio acuto, parvo flore. C. B. P. 
3 1 6. Shrubby Marfimallow with an acute leaf, and a 
fmall flower. 
9. Lavatera ( Hifpanica ) caule fruticofo, foliis orbi- 
culatis crenatis tomentofis, pedunculis confertis uni- 
floris axillaribus. Lavatera with a Jhrubby ftalk , round, 
crenated, woolly leaves, and foot-ftalks growing in cluf- 
ters at the wings of the ftalk , each fuftaining a fingle 
flower. Althaea frutefcens Hifpanica folio rotundiori. 
Tourn. Lift. R. H. 97. fpanifh Jhrubby Marfhmalhw 
with a rounder, leaf. 
10. Lavatera ( Undulata ) caule fruticofo tomentoib, 
foliis or biculato -cordatis undatis incanis, ferrato-cre- 
natis, pedunculis faepius trifioris. Lavatera with a 
Jhrubby woolly ftalk , round heart-Jhaped hoary leaves , 
which are waved , fharply indented, and foot-ftalks which . 
have frequently three flowers. Althaea frutefcens Lu- 
fitanica/ folio rotundiori undulato. Tourn. Inft. 97. 
Portugal Jhrubby Marfimallow with a rounder waved 
leaf. 
11. Lavatera ( Bryomfolia ) caule fruticofo, foliis 
quinquelobatis acu'tis crenatis tomentofis, racemis ter- 
minalibus. Lavatera with a floridly ftalk, woolly leaves 
having five acute lobes, and long fpikes of flowers termi- 
nating 
