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Monadelphia. 
Mai. Moschata, Musk Mallow ; with radical leaves 
kidney-shaped, gashed ; stem-leaves five parted ; leaflets 
much divided ; calyx hairy. On the borders of fields, 
but less frequent. 
Lavatera. Gen. char. — Cal. double ; exterior,, 
three cleft $ caps, numerous ; one-seeded, arranged cir- 
cularly. 
Lav. Arhorea, Sea-tree Mallow 5 with woody stem, 
leaves with seven angles, woolly, and folded. On rocky 
places near the sea, but rare ; on the Bass island in the 
Frith of Forth, and on Portland island in the British 
channel. A biennial plant, grows to the height of six 
feet. 
Lav. Trimestris, Annual Lavatera ; with rough her- 
baceous stem, smooth leaves, and one-flowered foot- 
stalks ; is the well known and shewy annual of the flower 
garden, where it frequently varies with white flowers. 
Hibiscus. Gen. char Calyx double ; exterior, 
many-leaved ; caps, five-celled, many-seeded. 
Hib. Syriacus, better known by the name of AltJuea 
Frutex, is a native Syria, and one of the finest autum- 
nal ornaments of the flower garden. 
Hib. Flatus, Mountain Mahoe ; with heart-shap- 
ed, roundish, entire leaves ; one-flowered, very short 
foot-stalks ; calyx ten-toothed. Frequent in the woods 
of Jamaica, grows to a large tree, sometimes 60 feet 
high, and produces specious yellow flowers from the 
extremities of the branches, from which it has been 
called tulip tree. The wood is suitable for many valu- 
able purposes, and the bark furnishes an excellent ma- 
terial for ropes. It varies sometimes with red flowers. 
