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diameter, remarkable chiefly for its delightful and penetrating odor, which is said 
to keep away insects. The fruit is also eaten, but the taste is rather insipid. In 
the market at Mayaguez the larger fruits were valued at 10 cents each, but there 
appeared to be no regular demand for them. One specimen of this fruit was 
found in the Washington market. 
Siciliana. See Virabilis jalapa. 
Sida carpinifolia. See Fscoba blanca. 
Sida ciliaris. Escona pEsTaNapa. 
Family Malvaceae; an under-shrub, 30 centimeters high. growing prostrate in 
dry savannas. (Stahl, 2: 63.) 
Sida cordifolia. Escopa acorazoNnaba. 
“An annual woody herb, | meter high, found in dry sandy places, (Stahl, 2: 
68, ) 
Sida jamaicensis. EscoBa DE JAMAICA. 
A diffuse shrub, 40 to 50 centimeters high. with velvety leaves. (Stahl, 2: 62, 
Sida purpurea. Escopa pURPURLNA, 
A reclining woody annual, | meter high, found in many parts of the island. 
(Stahl, 2: 65.) 
Sida rhombifolia. Escona COoLORADA, 
An annual or biennial shrub, 50 centimeters high, found in all parts of the 
island, This is one of the most widely distributed of all tropical plants. (Stahl, 
2; 64.) 
Sida supina. Escona TENDIDA. 
An herbaceous annual found in dry, stony places, 30 to 40 centimeters high; 
known from Guanica. (Stahl, 2: 67,) 
Sida ulmifolia. Escona puLcE. 
A woody annual, 1 neter high, from many parts of the island. Bello gives the 
common name as ** escobita dulce.”? (Stahl, 2: 66.) 
Sida viscosa. See Bastardia bivalvis. 
Sideroxylon foetidissimum. 
Family Sapotaceae; known from the mountains about Utuado.  (Sintenis.) 
Sideroxylon mastichodendron. TorruGo amMariLio. AUSUBO. 
A tree 10 to 15 meters high; wood solid, and used in making furniture; found 
at all altitudes; flowers in June; common to many of the Antilles. (Stahl, 6:53, 
as Siderovylon pallidim,) 
According to Captain Hansard, it is called ** bullet wood” in the British West 
Indies. Much used for building. Specific gravity. 1.09. 
Sideroxylon pallidum. See Siderorylon mastichodendron, 
Sieneguillo. See Eugenia confusa. 
This native name, recorded by Urban on the authority of Sintenis, is doubtless 
an error for “* cienequillo:” also applied to other Myrtaceae. A tree from all parts 
of the island; height, 12 to 15 feet (4 to 5 meters); diameter, 8 to 4 inches (7 to 
10 centimeters); wood ash-colored, hard; specific gravity, 1.089: used in building 
houses. (Exp. 1857.) (Grosourdy, 2: 413.) 
Siete cueros. 
A tree from the beaches of the island; height, 30 to 35 feet (9 to LL meters); 
diameter, 12 to 15 inches (30 to 87 centimeters); wood ash-colored, very hard; spe- 
cific gravity, 0.961; used for cabinetwork (Exp. 1857) and in boat building. 
(Grosourdy, 2: 414.) 
Silk. See note under Morus, 
