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1)0. Prodr. i. 473. 



Gen, Si/St i. 500 ; TF. A A. Prodr. i. 55 ; Thivaites Emm. 27 ; Dalz d: Gibs.' 

 Snmb. Fl. 17 ; Miq. FL Ind. EaL i. pt. % 144. Sida oxyphylla, Wall tai 



S. polyandra, Rtxb. HorL Beng. 50, FL Ind, iii. 173; WalL taL 



S. persica, Burm, FL Ind. t. 47, f. 1 ; Cav. Diss, L t. 4, f . 1 ; 



S. macrophylla, WalL Cat. 1851, D- 



Nokth-\Ve3t provinces, Tropical Himalaya, Western Peninsula, Bibma, 

 Ceylon. — Distrib. Java, South Trop. Africa, Persia ? • i ^ ' ' 



Annual or perennial. Leaves 4-5 in., downy, especially beneath ; petiole 4 m. 

 Peduncles clustered in small terminal lacemes, jointed near the top. Sepals lanceolate- 

 forming a bell-shapeJ tube below. Corolla I4 in. diam. Carpels hispid ex 

 the calyx, awns erect. 



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2. A. aslaticum, G. Dm Gen. Syst I 503; leaves rugose above 

 velvety beneath acute or acuminate, toothed, cordate at the base, sepals 



ovate acute or acuminate, petals overlapping, ripe carpels about 20 

 hispid scarcely longer than the calyx, awns erect. Thwaites Emm, 27; 

 W. d: A, Prod. i. 56 ; Mast, in Oliv. FL Tr(yp. Afr. i. 184. ^ _ ^ 



a;... o„ n^. . n^., T^:.. : ^ ^ ^ 2, and V. t. 128, f. 1; Miq. FL Ind. Bat 



Sida asiatica,. 



Linn. Sp. 964 ; Cav. Diss. i. t. 7, f. 

 i. pt. 2, 145 ; rHer. ^Stirp. 130. 



Western Peninsula ; Ceylon. — Distrib. Tropics of both hemispheres. • 



Herlaceoua or suffrutescent. Leaves 3-4 in. and more, subscabrid above, velvety 

 beneath; stipules linear, deflexed. Peduncles stout, jointed near the flower, longer 

 than the petiole. Flowers yellow, 2 in. diam. Cahjx campanulate Carpels rareiy^ 

 mnticous. * ..^ 



The synonymy of this and the two following species is much confused. ^^® , * 

 asiatimm of Wight^s herbarium is indistinguishable from A. indicam of Don. loe 

 rugose upper surface of the leaf mentioned by L'Hevitier is oive of the best "'^^'"^^ ^^ 

 this species, the shape of the calyx-lobes, and the relative size and amount ot puDes-^ 

 cence of the carpels is more variable. . .,.'■•' ' ' ' ' 



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■.i. A. indlcum, G. Don Gen. Syst I 504 ; leaves cordate nearly entire 

 or irregularly toothed covered on both surfaces with closely-ielted wliiie 

 down with few or no hairs intermingled, sepals ovate acute, ripe carpe» 

 15-20 longer than the calyx glabresceut truncate or shortly awned, awn 

 spreading. A. asiaticum, W. & A. Prodr. i. 56, not Sida asiatica, //t«»!-' 

 W. db A Prodr. i. 56 ; Wight. Ic. t. 12 : Dak. <k Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 18 ; Thmit^^ 

 Luum. 27 ; iMasf. in Oliv. Fl. Trap. Afr. i. 186 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. P«- J- 

 1 4f). Sida indica, L . ; DC. Prodr. i. 471 ; Cav. Diss. i. p. 33, t. 7, t 10 ; A(>:<». 

 //. Tnd. iii. J 79; Wall. Cat. 1859, 1, 2, D, F. ^^ 



Generally distributed throughout tropical India (wanting in Malacca). Ceyi- -, 

 i/'(yai<e».— Distrib. Tropics. . : .gj 



Annual or perennial, dtipules deflexed. Peduncles longer than the petioles, jom 

 near the top. Flowers yellow, 1 in. diam., opening in the evening. . jg 



\ Aij. 1. popvlijolium, W. & A. Prodr. i. 56, var. §■ leaves more or less acuniin* • 

 Abutilou popullfulium, G. Don Gen. Syst. i. 603; «ida ponulifolia, ^«'«-'.^?a sida 

 It 7, \:y DQ. Prodr. i. 470; lloxb. FL Ind. iii. 179; Wall Cat. 1858, i^^^ 

 l.el.>ere, L Iler. Stirp. i. 130. S. Eteromischos, Cav. Diss. ii. 55, andv- p. 275, i- 

 -Humph. Amh. iv. t. xi. ; Ithecde Hurt. Mul. vi. t. 65. , . ^,;„„Ies 



Lamarck s plant is open to doubt, as the stem is described as purplish, and tne B^i" , 

 as spirally twisted. 



4. A. bidentatum, Hochst. in A. Rich. FL Abyss, i. 68; leaves 

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