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SIDA grandifolia. 



Large- leaved Sida. 



MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Malvaceae. Jumeu gen. 271. Dm, II. Stamina in tubum 

 corolliferum connata, indefinita. Fructus multicapsularis; capsular verti- 

 cillatse, in orbem disposita? aut in unam compactaj, 



SIDA. _ Cal. 5-hdus simplex. Anthera in apice tubl. Styli plures 

 (5-30) basi approximati (rard stylus verd unicus) ; stigmata totidem. 

 Capsulce totidem 1-Ioculares 1-3-spermae 2-valves, in unam conniventes. 

 Fruiices aut herbce> rard arbor es; Jlores axillares aut terminates, pedicellis 

 sub calyce quasi articulalis, in articulo solubilibus, observante D. Cavanilles. 

 Ex eoaem petala in speciebus 5'10-capsularibus 1-spermis sapius hlncjalcatim 

 et oblique productiora, in cateris non item. Capsules in S. vesicaria ejusdem 

 5-sperma. Juss. loc. cit. 



Div. Foliis cordatis dentatis, pedunculis multvfloris vel racemosis. 



S. grandifolia, foliis subrotundo-cordatis in^qualiter dentatis pubescent!- 

 mollibus, pedunculis bi-triflorisque petiolo orevioribus, capsulis acumi- 

 natis calyce parum majoribus, ramis hirtis. Willd. enum. 2, 724. 

 Arbor viginti-pedalis. Folia in juniors arbore semipedalia, in adultd qua- 



dripollicaria. Capsular circiter decern subtruncatce acuminata calyce parum 



tnajores hirlcB irispermce. Willd. loc. cit. 



A species lately introduced by Mr. Lambert, by whom 

 it was raised at Boyton House, from seed ripened in the 

 Botanic Garden at Berlin. It requires to be kept in the 

 hothouse, where it flowers during the winter season. 

 Willdenow, by whom it has been recorded in the Cata- 

 logue of the Berlin Garden, had not ascertained from whence 

 it came. 



Sida differs from Hibiscus in having a single, instead of 

 a double calyx, and a fruit of many capsules, instead of a 

 five-celled capsule. In the synopsis of Persoon we find 122 

 species, a great proportion of which belong to tropical 

 America and India. 



Mr. Brown, in his excellent treatise on the Botany of 

 Congo, has the following remark concerning the natural tribe 

 to which the present genus belongs. " The Malvacew, Ti- 

 " liacece, Hermannlacece, Butneriacece, and Sterculiacea*, 

 c< constitute one natural class ; of which the orders appear 

 " to me as nearly related as the different sections of Rosacea? 



