2^2 MALVACE.T;. 



pctiolares geminai, capillaceae, tcnuissime tomentosas, crcctiuscula:, longitudinc petioli. Pedcnccli axillares, 

 solitarii, uniflori , filiformes, tcrctiusculi , pilis minutissimis stellulatis obsiti, i5-a4 lincas longi. Flores 

 erecti, magnitudiuc floris ftfafrflB rotundifolias. Calyx turbinato-hemisphairicus , quinqucfidus, basim 

 vcrsus ncrvis deccm promincntibus notatus, mcmbranaccus, tenuissimc canesccnti-tomcntosus, persistens ; 

 lobisabbreviato-ovatis, acuto- mucrouatis, rcqualibus. Petala quinquc, hypogyna, calycc duplo longiora, 

 inxquilatcra, subobovata , apicc rotuudata , basi cuncata, flabellato- nervosa. glabra , flava (?) , asqualia. 

 Stamina crebra (circirer 25), corolla brcviora. Filamenta capillacea, infcrne in tubum membranaceum 

 connata, glabra; tubus basi ampliatus, unguibus pctalorum adnatus. Antuerx reniformes , glabra, unilo- 

 nilares, bivalvcs. Ovaricm subrotundum, longitudinalitcr sulcatum, apice acuminato-12-cuspidatum , 

 glabrum, 12-IocuIarc; cuspidibus crectis, brcvibus, stylis adpressis ; ovulum 1 in quolibet loculo. Styli 12, 

 caplllacci , glabri, stamina supcrantcs, infcrne connati. Stigmata capitcliata. Capscla dcprcsso-globosa, 

 apice conica ct 12-cuspidata, cuspidibus connivcntibus, margine 12-Iobata, 12-cocca, glabra, fuscesccns, 

 magnitudinc fructus Malvat rotundifoli;e , calycc pcrsistente cincta cumquc suba.-quaus; coccis axi centrali 

 afljxis, tardius solubilibus, subscmicircularibus, dorso convcxis , lateribus planis, apice in rostrum subulatum 

 rcctum , cocco brcvius desincntibus, chartaceis, hcviusculis, mouospermis , indchiscentibus. Semina axi 

 ccutrali affixa, pcndula, subrotunda, dorso convexa, lateribus plana, infra apiccm mucronato-rostrata. 

 lasvia, fusca, glabra, magnitudine grani siuapis. Integcmentcm duplex; exterius coriaccum, fuscum; interius 

 inembranaceum, cmbryonem arctc obtcgens. Emrryo curvatus, fuscescens. Cotyledones suborbiculata;, 

 planas, plicata:. Radicula rcflcxa, supernc spcctans, tcres. 



8. SIDA ALTJI/EIFOUA. 



S. suflruticosa; ramis mollilcr villoso-tomcntosis; foliis longc petiolatis, ovalis, acutis, sub- 

 cordatis, grosse serratis, supra pubesccntibus, subtus molliter canescenti-tomentosis; iloribus 

 axillaribus, in apice ramulorum corymboso-congestis; capsulis subiicoccis, snbas-aristatis. 



Sida altha?ifolia Swartz. I'l. Ind. occ. 2. p. 1207. (tiuct. herb. Mus. Parls.) UHerit. stirp. 1 . 

 p. 112. Sp. pl. ed. IV. 3. p. 753. 



Crescit in ripa Jluminis Afagdalentr , prope 'Guarumo, alt. 80 hex. (Nova Granata) \) 

 Floret Junio. 



Planta suflruticosa, 2-5-pedaIis, ramosissima; ramis alternis, tclragonis, molliter villoso-tomcntosis, in- 

 canis. Folia altcrna, longe petiolata, ovata, intcrdum obsolcte triloba, acuta, obsolcte cordata, grosse scrrata. 

 reticulato-subquinqucnervia, ncrvis venisque primariis subtus prominentibus. membranacca, supra pubes- 

 centia et viridia, subtus molliter cancscenti-tomcntosa, pilis stellulatis, tripollicaria, vix duos pollices lata. 

 Petioli 1 7-2-poIIicares, semiterctcs, canaliculati, cano- tomcntosi. Stipcl* petiolarcs gcmina>, lincari- 

 capillaccce, tomcntosa:,circiter 5 lineas longa, crectas deciduaj. FLORESpcdunculati,axillares,solitarii, in apicc 

 ramulorum corymboso-congesti, crecti, magnitudine pra:ccdcntis ; pcdunculis 6-8 lincas longis, teretibus, 

 cano-tomentosis. Calyx hemisphasricus, quinquefidus, mcmbranaccus, molliter incano-tomentosus, pcrsis- 

 tens ; lobis abbreviato-ovatis, acutis, aiqualibus. Petala quiuquc, hypogyna, inajquilatcra, deltoidca, basi 

 cuncata, apice obsoletc biloba, flabcllato-ncrvosa, glabra, flava, ciliata, a:qualia, calycem superautia. Sta- 

 MiNAcrcbra(circiter5o). FiLAMENTAin tubumconnata, glabra, apice libera et capillacea; tubo mcmbranaceo, 

 infcrne ampliato, unguibus petalorum adnato. Antfierj: reniformes, uniloculares, bivalvcs, glabrai. Ovarum 

 superum, dcpresso-gIobosum,gIabriusculum,apicemultiaristatum. aristis brevibus, stylorumbasi adprcssis. 

 Styli u (vel 12 cx Bonpl.), capillacei, glabri, stamiua supcrantes, basim versus connati. Stigmata capitcl- 



