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Sida Stauntoniana, DC. Prodr. i. p. 460, ex Mast. he. cit. 



Sida stipulata, Cav. Diss. i. p. 22, t. 3. fig. 10. 



Malvastrum carpinifolium, A. Gr. PL Fendl. p. 22 (quoad syn. Sida 

 carpinifolia, Linn.). 



China, without locality (Macartney Sf Staunton !) ; Formosa 

 Tamsui (Oldham, 39 and 40 !) ; Fokien : Amoy (Hance, 1471 !) 

 Hongkong (Wilfordl Lamontl) • Hainan (Swinhoel). Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Widely dispersed in the tropics, though hitherto not recorded 

 from Australia. 



2. Sida cordifolia, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 684 ; DC. Prodr. i. 

 p. 464 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 33 ; Mast, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. i. p. 324. 



China, without locality (Macartney Sf Staunton ! Millett ! 

 Fortune !); Fobmosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 43!); Kwangtung: 

 Lappas Island ( Vachell !) ; Pakhoi (Play fair !); Hongkong (Cham- 

 pion] Wright I Wilfordl). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 



Widely diffused in tropical and subtropical countries. 



3. Sida fallax, Walp. Beliq. Meyen. p. 306 ; A. Or. Bot. U.S. 

 Expl. Exped. i. p. 161 ; Walp. Ann. iv. p. 312 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Hongk. p. 33. 



Sida rotundifolia, Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 79, non Cav. 



Hongkong (Wright I); Kwangtung: Pakhoi (Play/air I). 

 Herb. Kew. 



Cochinchina and northern Polynesia to the Sandwich 

 Islands. 



4. Sida flumilis, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. p. 744; DC. Prodr. i. 

 p. 463 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 32 ; Mast, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. i. p. 322. 



China, without locality (Millettl); Fobmosa (Swinhoel); 

 Hongkong (Hinds I Wright I Tate I). Mus. Brit.; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Tropical Asia, Africa, and America. 



5. Sida rhombifolia, Linn. Sp. PI ed. 1, p. 684; DC. Prodr. 

 i. p. 462 ; Mast, in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 32. 



Sida chinensis, Retz. Obs. iv. p. 29 ; Walp. Rep. i. p. 314. 



Sida philippica, DC. Prodr. i. p. 462. 



South China, common. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Tropical and subtropical regions of both hemispheres ; common. 



