



260 ' MALVACE/E- 



AMHER^rcniformes, unilocularcs, bivalvcs, transvcrsc dehiscentes, glabra. Ovarilm supcrum , sessile, 

 subgloboso-ovatum, canesceriti-pubcsccns, quinqueloculare; loculis monospcrmis. Styli 5, interdum sex, 

 capillacci, stamina superantcs, glabri, infernc connati. Stigmata capitcllata. Cafscla subdcprcsso- globosa, 

 hirtclla, pentacocca, apice deccmcuspidata, magnitudinc grani piperis, calyce persistentc obtccta. Cocca 

 subsemipollicaria , dorso convexa, lateribus plana, reticulata et scepc fenestrata , apice bicuspidata , intcr 

 cuspidcs pcr rimam dehiscentia , monospcrma, chartacea, axi ccntrali affixa, tardius solubilia ; cuspidibus 

 crectis, brcvibus; axis centralis persistens, angulatus, apicc subulato-mucronatus. Semina prorsus ut in 



Sida floribunda. 

 Differt a pnccedente foliis majoribus (?), paniculis ramosioribus coccisque bicuspidatis. 



A Mutisio cum Bonplandio communicata. 





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2. ) Capsul/c polycocciv ; coccis plus quinque. 



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5. SIDA LINIFOLIA. 



S. caulclignoso, erccto, hispido; foliis linearibus , acuminatis,intcgerrimis, utrintiuchispidis; 



floribus in apice coulis vcl ramorum racemoso-corymbosis; capsulis 5-8-coccis, apice deprcssis. 



Sida linifolia Jtiss. (auct. herb. Juss.) Cav. diss. 1. p. i/j- t. 2./. 1. Sp. pl etl JV. 3. 



p. 734. 



Crescit in comalli Combcinm- , prope Ibague Novo- Granatensium (702 hex.) y et in 



aritlis prope VHla del Pao (Llanos de Venezuela) (5o hex.) ; item in monte ignivomo 

 Jorulio Mexicanorttm (63o hex.). r> Floret Septembri, Octobri. 



Cadlis crectus, simplex vel ramosus, lignosus, teres, viridis, hispidus ; pilis subgcminis, basi incrassato- 

 glandulosis. Folia allcrna, brevitcr petiolata, lincaria, apice acuminata, basi obtusa, integerrima, obsoletc 

 venosa, ncrvo mcdio subtus promincntc , membranacea , plana, utrinque hispida, subtus pallidiora , 

 2 4-3-ipollices longa, sesquilineam lata. Petioli 2-2-l-lineas longi , hispiduli- Stipll,*: pctiolarcs gcmina-. 

 Iincari-subulaHe, hispidultf, crecta:, pctiolo parum longiores, persistcntes. Flores 7~i5 in apice caulis vel 

 ramorum corymbosivel raccmosi, pcdunculati, erecti , magnitudinc floris Malvac rotundifolia: ; pedunculia 

 / r 6Iincaslongis, teretibus, piloso-hirtis. Calyx hemisphasricus, quinquefidus, mcmbranaceus, viridis, externc 

 hispidus, persistcns; laciniis ovatis, acutis, sequalibus. Petala quinquc, hypogyna, inaquilatcra, obovato- 

 cuneata, apice rotundata, flabcllato-nervosa, subciliata, glabra, x-qualia, calyce duplo longiora. Stamina 

 crebra (circiter 52). Filamenta capillacea, glabra, infcrne in tubum membranaccum connata; tubo ad basim 

 uuguibus adnato. Antherx rcniformes, uniloculares, bivalves, glabra;, flavcn. Ovarium superum, subgloboso- 

 penta*'onum, sessile , glabrum , quinquclocularc ; loculis monospcnnis. Styli quinquc vel sex ? (octo ex 

 Bonpl.) , capillacci , stamina superantcs , glabri, basim vcrsus connati. Stigmata capitcllata, rubra. Capsula 

 subglobosa, imo apice depressa, scxsulcata, calycc pcrsistcnlcinclusa ipsoquc brevior, glabra , nigro-fusca, 

 magnitudine grani piperis , hexacocca vcl pcntacocca (?) (octococca ex Uonpl.). Cocca axi ccntrali affixa , 

 turdius solubilia,scmicircularia, cuneiformi-compressa, latcribus plana, dorso convexa, vcutrc angulata, basi 

 obtusa,apice emarginato-bidcntata, coriaceo-membranacca, indchiscentia (?), monospcrma. Axis centralis 

 tardius liber, angulatus. Semina fusca, glabra; suppetcntia immatura. (Dcscript. juxta spec. Ibagucnsia ct 



Jorullensia.) 



Specimina prope Villa dcl Pao lccta a mox dcscriptis diffcrunt : caulc robustiore, altiorc, apice multi- 

 (sub2o-)floro foliisque pilosis, nec hispidis, majoribus (subquadripollicaribus, trcs lincas latis) , calycibus 

 adprcsso-hirsutis. 



