. Pl. 974._ _Hort.
Kew. v. 2. p. 452._

LAVATERA _(althaeaefolia)_ foliis infimis cordato-orbiculatis, caulinis
trilobis acuminatis glabris, pedunculis unifloris, caule herbaceo.
_Miller's Gard. Dict. ed. 6. 4to._

MALVA folio vario. _Bauh. Pin. 315._

MALVA Hispanica flore carneo amplo.

The Spanish blush Mallow. _Park. Parad. p. 366._

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Our plant is undoubtedly the _Spanish blush Mallow_ of
PARKINSON, and the _Lavatera althaeaefolia_ of MILLER
according to the former, it is a native of Spain, according to the
latter, of Syria.

Mr. MILLER considers it as distinct from the _trimestris_; Mr.
AITON has no _althaeaefolia_ in his _Hort. Kew._ we are therefore
to conclude that the _althaeaefolia_ of MILLER, and the _trimestris_
of LINNAEUS are one and the same species.

Of the annuals commonly raised in our gardens, this is one of the most
shewy, as well as the most easily cultivated; its seeds are to be sown
in March, on the borders where they are to remain, the plants, thinned
as they come up, and kept clear of weeds.

It varies with white blossoms, and flowers from July to September.

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MIMOSA VERTICILLATA. WHORL'D-LEAV'D MIMOSA.

_Class and Order._

POLYGAMIA MONOECIA.

_Generic Character._

HERMAPHROD. _Cal._ 5-dentatus. _Cor._ 5-fida. _Stam._ 5. f. plura.
_Pist._ 1. _Legumen._

MASC. _Cal._ 5-dentatus. _Cor._ 5-fida. _Stam._ 5. 10. plura.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

MIMOSA _verticillata_ intermis, foliis verticillatis linearibus
pungentibus. _L'Herit. fert. angl. t. 41._ _Hort. Kew. p. 438._

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The radical leaves of plants usually differ in shape from those of the
stalk, in some plants remarkably so; the _Lepidium perfoliatum_ figured
in the _Flora Austriaca_ of Professor JACQUIN is a striking
instance of this dissimilarity: the _Lathyrus Aphaca_, a British plant,
figured in the _Flora Lond._ is still more such, as large entire
leaf-like stipulae grow in pairs on the stalk, instead of leaves, while
the true leaves next the root, visible when the plant first comes up
from seed, are few in number, and those pinnated. The present plant no
less admirably illustrates the above remark, the leaves which first
appear on the seedling plants being pinnated, as is represented in the
small figure on the plate, while those which afterwards come forth grow
in whorls. We have observed the same disposition to pro