LAGUNARIA (a name given on account of its similarity to Lagunaea, a genus now included under Hibiscus, and which is so called in honour of Andres de Laguna, a Spanish botanist, 1499-1560). ORD. Malvaceae. A small genus (two species) of greenhouse evergreen trees, one of which is from Norfolk Island, and the other from Eastern Australia. Flowers large, rising singly from the axils of the leaves. Leaves entire, lanceolate. The undermentioned is probably the only species in cultivation. It thrives best in a compost of peat and loam. Propagated by cuttings of half-ripened shoots, placed under glass, in a gentle heat, during May. LAGUNARIA cuneiformis (wedge-shape-leaved). A synonym of Fugosia cuneiformis. LAGUNARIA Patersonii (Paterson's). fl. pale red, or nearly white, large, solitary, axillary. Summer. l. lanceolate-oblong, quite entire, covered with whitish scales beneath. h. 20ft. Norfolk Island, 1792. (B. M. 769, under name of Lagunaea Patersonia.)