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210 SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF HALVED.
V. LAVATEEA L. Gen. n. 842.—Bracteohe 3-G basi connate.
Fruetus axis carpella sequans vel superans conica vel apice dilatata.
Sect. 1. Antliema Med. Malv. p. 42; DC. Prod. i. 439. — Axis
parvus conicus, vix exsertus. Pedunculi axillares fasciculati raro
solitarii.
1. Lavatera arborea L. ; DC. Prod. i. 439 ; Echb. Ic. Flor.
Germ. v. t. 178 ; Fl. Grtec. t. 665 ; Eng. Bot. 3, t. 279. Anthema
arborea Presl. Fl. Sicul. i. p. 180. Malva arborea Webb. Pbyt.
Canar. i. p. 30. Lavatera eriocalyx Steud. in Flora, 1856, p. 438.
L. arborea C. Gay, Fl. Cbile, i. p. 288.—Frufcicosa saepe arborescens,
foliis longe petiolatis molliter pubescentibus inferioribus cordatoorbicularibus
lobatis superioribus 3-5-lobatis lobis acutis omnibus
crenatis, bracteolis ovato-rotundatis post antliesin auctis, sepalis
triangularibus acutis, corollis purpureis, carpellis 7-8 glabris vel
pubescentibus dorso et faciebus transverse rugosis.
Hab. Great Britain ! Western and Southern France ! Portugal
! Spain to Greece ! North Africa ! Canaries !
Stem 6-10 ft. high ; lower leaves 3-4 in. long ; peduncle
4-6 in. ; bracts (flowering) \ in. ; sepals |- in. ; petals f in.
2. L. cRETicA L. ; DC. Prod. i. 439 ; Jacq. Hort. Vindob. t. 41.
Malva mamillosa Lloyd, Fl. W. France, ed. i. p. 90. M. Wilkommiana
Scheele in Linnsea, xi. p. 570. M. Pseudulavatera Webb,
Pliyt. Canar. i. p. 29. M. hedercefolia Vis. Fl. Dalm. iii. p. 205.
Lavatera Empedoclis Ucria in Koem. Arch. i. 69. L. sylvestris Brot.
Fl. Lusit. i. p. 277. L. neapolitana Ten, Fl. Nap. 2. p. 113. L.
triloba Seb. et Maur. Fl. Roman, p. 227, non L. L. sienla Tin. Sic.
Pug. i. p. 14. — Caule herbaceo magis miuusve hispido-scabro,
foliis inferioribus longe petiolatis cordato-ovatis lobatis vel sub-
orbicularibus membranaceis serratis, bracteolis oblongis obtusis
parura accrescentibus, sepalis ovatis acuminatis, corollis violaceis,
carpellis 10-12 glabris vel pubescentibus dorso rotundatis faciebus
transverse rugosis.
Hab. Western France ! Portugal and Spain ! to Palestine and
Syria ! Canaries ! North Africa !
Stem 1-5 ft. ; leaves 2-3 in. long ; petioles 3-6 in. ; bracts
\ in. ; sepals ^ in. ; petals ^ in.
Var. AcuTiLOBABall in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. p. 377.—Totaplanta
glabriuscula et statura paululum miuore, foliis acute lobatis
superioribus interdum subhastatis.
Hab. Marocco
3. L.
I'Algeric,
MAURiTANicA Duricu, Rev. Duch. ii. p. 436 ; Expl. de
t. 69 non Desf. — Caule herbaceo, foliis inferioribus
longe petiolatis cordato-orbicularibus lobatis inolliter tomentosis
serratis, bracteolis oblongis obtusis, sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis
infra roseis, carpellis 9-10 dorso piano rugosis hirtis margine acute
faciebus striatis.
Hab. Algeria
Stem 2-4 ft. ; leaves li-2| in. long; petiole 3-4 in.; bracts
(flowering) ^ in. ; sepals \ in. ; petals ^ in.