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MALVACEiE. 



Malvastrum scabrum (Cav.) Gray in Bot. A^'ilkos KxDfrt. i. 147 (1854); .}faha 

 !<<(ibr(! Cav. J)iss. V. 281, t. 138, f. 1 (178X). Only fruiting' Hpecinicns collected. 

 Grows in rich bottoms. Agiiibanipo, October 3 to lij, 1890. No. 790. 



Malvastrum spicatum (!..) (iray, PL Fendl. 22 (1849); Malva spical(( L. Aino'n. 

 Aiiid. V. 1(11 (17(i()). Very conimon alioni Hie Inj^oon at Manzanillo. December 

 1 to :U. 18!I0. No. 1040. 



Malvastrum tricuspidatum (Ait.) Gray, Tl. AVri.nht. i. 16 (1852); Mulva hicmpi- 

 data Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. iv.210 (1812). Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. 

 No. 1011. 



Aiioda hastata V'ay. Dies. i. ;38, 1. 11, f . 2 (1785), /?rfc Jiaker. A common plant in low 

 ])lace8 about Manzanillo. December 1 to 31, 1890. No. 909. 



Anoda pentaschista (Jray, PI. Wri<,dit. ii. 22 (1853). Agiabampo, October 3 to 5, 

 1890. No. 780. 



Gaya minutiflora I»ose, sp. nov. Stems erect with many ascending branches : leaves 6 

 to 12 lines lon^ (on petioles mostly to 15 lines long), ovate, acute, cordate or 

 truncate at base, dentate : ilowers axillary, solitary, on peduncles (0 to 45 lines 

 long) mostly longer than the potioh^ of the subtending leaf: calyx 4 lines broad 

 with 5 ovate-acute to acuminate loltes: i)etals ''<'ream-colored," 3 lines long, 

 broadly wedge-shaped: styles 10: (•a])sule broadly ovate, acute: carpels 9 to 10, 

 4 lines long, 1-seeded: seed ])uberulcnt. — Not common. Fcmnd along a creek 

 near Colima, January 9 to Febinary (!, 18!)1. No. 1167. 



This is also No. 193!) of Capt. John Donnell Smitli's distribution, under ('.. 

 hcrmanmoideH, PI. Gnat. pt. 2. 6. Tiiis species resembles in habit G. hcrmaii- 

 nio'uh'x, but Las smaller llowers, longer jtetioles, fewer carpels, ditferent-shaped 

 capsules, etc. 



" I think itis perfectly distijut from <• . liertnaHnioiden J I. li. K. ; in fact, it comes 

 nearer to snbtnloha If. 1?. K. AVe have a specimen of this latter species which 

 Avas named by Mr. Triana, and which comes from New Granada, and although 

 n()t very like the figure 1 think it must be correct. Your miniUiJIara ditfers from 

 this spcciuHui of aithtrihlxf in i(s smaller leaves, which are acute and not acumi- 

 nate, rather smaller flowers, and fewer carpels. Of course, coni])ared with the 

 figure in 11. 15. K. it seems totally <lifferent, but in our s]iecimen the dowers are 

 not always axillary on themaiu stem, but souietimeson lateral branches." E.G. 

 Baker hi Hi. 



Sida acuta carpinifolia (Ij.) K. Sebnm. Fl. Bras, xii, pt. 3, 326. (1891); S. caipiti- 

 ifoiUi \j. i'. iSupp. Hyst, Veg. 307 (1781). Hteuis abont 4 feet high. Very conmion. 

 Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. Nos. 908, 1130. The branches are cut and 

 tied in bunches and used for brooms by the Mexicans. 



"This apjiroacbes S. acuta Burm. by its narrower leav<'s, but is not exactly 

 the typical form of this species." E.G.Baker. This was reported to me by 

 Mr. Haker under the name l^. carpinifolia, bnt in his recent "Synopsis of 

 Malveie " ho has followed K. Sclmmann as giveji ab<)^ e. 



Sida diffusa ll.B. K. Nov. (Jen. ct Spec. v. 257 (1821). Colima, January 9 to 

 February 6,1891. No. 1130. 



Sida dumosa Swartz, Prod. A'^eg. Ind. Occ. 101 (1788). Armeria. February b5, 1891. 

 \(). 1219. 



Sida rhcmbifolia L. Sp. PI. ii. 6f<l (1753). Gonnuou about the lagoon at Manza- 

 nillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. \o. 1004. 



Sida urens T. Anueu. Aca<l. v. 402 (17(>0),/f?*' F. G. Baker. Manzanillo, December 

 1 1o 31, 1890. No. 1004a. 



Sida ulniifolia Cav. Diss. i. 15, t.2, f. 1 (1785). Ji(l< Haker. Manzanillo, Dt'cemoer 

 1 to 31, 1890. N<.. 936. 



Sida glutinota Cav. Diss. i. 1(1, t. 2, f. 8 (1785), i'oimu, Jide Baker. Colima, January 

 9 to February 6, 1891. No. 1109. 



