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Sidas]t. Miuizidiillo, TVi^oinljer 1 ((>:V,, ISiHI. \n. lOOli, 



" 1 am ratlidi' puz/lcd with thi.s |il;in1. It is, dtrourse, a Sida jiiul comi's near 

 Sida tujiirciidttt Piesl, Ii't'liq. Iliciik, Wf h;ivr not tlio tyitci of this, so I luive 

 only the dcLscriptioii tofjo by. It ulso conies ratluT nc.ir a ]i];uit I (U'Kcril)e<l as A\ 

 harr}(t\ji, liut has totallx (lifi'tTcnt loaxcs. It may lie new." K. (J. ISakcr. 



Wissadiila rostrata I'lanch. in Hook. V\. W\^^. 2L'!) (1«19). Carpels \^ or 4. Found 

 alonj;' fences ioTi\er Ixtttoms. Colinia, .lannaryOto Febrnary (>, ISlll. >i'o. 1137- 



Wissadula liirsutifloia (Presl); Ilaatardia hirstii [flora Presl, Keliii. Ibenk. ii, 112 

 {IKW}. t'olinni, Kebrnary 27 and 28, 1Sf)1. \o. i;!07. 



When I first studied this plant, more tlian two years ago, 1 eonsidel'ed it u 

 new species of IViH.sadiiln, and so sent it to Mi. l\. (i. ISaker, who was then pre- 

 paring bis Synopsis of Malvea'. He rejunlcd it as the Bastardia hirsutijlorn of 

 Presl. While n!\- phmt does not answer to Presi's description in all res]>eetH, 

 Mr. Bakc^r is <li>ubilcss right in considering tlieni tlie same. One Ihing, however, 

 seems certain, and that is that Presi's plant belongs with Jt'iHHadida rather than 

 with littstardia, although .Mr, Iia!c<r (see .Journ. Pot. xxxi. (JS) still retains it in 

 the latter genus. 



It (litters from Uastardia in having three styles ;ind carpels instead of live, 

 three o\ iiles instead ol' one in each cell, and the carpels constricted with an 

 internal jirujeidion. It is like WitiUddiila, inlnning the jtecnliar carpel strll(^tur(^ 

 of Hiat genus, but the carpels are round ed at tlie apex and only three in number. 

 Tlu! llowers a.r(>, violet instead of y(dlow. While tliese diflcrfinces may not bo 

 sutticient to estaldisli a generic separation from It issadtila, yet in the light of 

 other m,-iteri;il which I ha\'e studied they seem to suggest a good subgenus. 



Either there are several valid species belonging to this group, or W. liiixiit'i- 

 Jlora is an extremely variable species. One of these forms is AhutUon ( li'is.vidNhi) 

 ciuchnn Hrandegec, Zoe, iii. 348 (1893), collected at I.as Durasnillas, Sonora. and 

 witii it should ]u<)liab]y be referred Palmer's \o. 38 (1890) from .\hnnns. 44u'so 

 specinu'iis have small roundt^d leaves, merely acute, with short jictiohs, and the 

 ])ubeseenee is short and dense thronghont except some pilose hairs on the calyx. 

 An(dher form, and it certainly seems speeilically distinct irom that abo^•e, is 

 Mr. Pringle's \o. 4610 (18il3) Irom the state of .lalist'o, 'which he lias re<'ei)tly dis- 

 trilmted as anew species ()f ff'/.tsdiinln. 'IMiesUiuis are covered with jiilose iia.irs, 

 an<l the lea\es, wiiiidi :irc nimdi l.irgiT, gradually taper from ne.'ir the base into 

 a long aciiminatiou. In tlu' same distribution (\o. ir)78) is another form, m^ar the 

 last, but with slightly ditferentpnbesecn<'e. Palmer's Colima ])lant has thinner, 

 l)roa<lcr leaves, with a broad, ojien sinus, iiml an al)rn])t acniiiinalion. Still 

 another form is Palmer's No. 1720 from Yinala, wliicli has not yet Ikhmi distributed. 



Abiitilon bastardioides Paker til. ms, ; canh^ vel laiiio ligneo terete, f<dii8 cordato- 

 o vat is acutis vel aeumimitisserratis 7-9-iialmati-n<^rvatismembramiceisutrimpio 

 tenniter stellato-pubescentibns jietiolis (|u;un lamiuis longioribus vel suba'<pii- 

 longis, tloribue panicnlatis, panicalis foliosis laxis, ]M'diincnlis graeilibua tere- 

 tibns cin'a medium articnlatis, alalia.stris calycibus<pic extenie brinineojiiloso- 

 pubescentihns, sc])alis lanccolatis V(d ovatis acutis \ el acmriinatis, carpcllis l-."* 

 incapsutam loculieidemconnatis.ear])ellistriovulatis int as niidis apice niuticis, — 

 llab. Mexico {'olinni. February 27 and 2S, 1891. No. 1314, 



tStem or branches woody, cauesceiit, terete exeojit at the apex : leav<"8 cordate, 

 ovate, a(;ut(^ or acununate, serrate, generally slightly broader than long; l\ to 2 

 inches long, 1 h to 2f inches broad; on both sides finely stellately pubescent, pal- 

 mately 7-ner\ ed, ]>etiolesaslong as or longer tbiiu thelamin;i : panicle, lax, leafy : 

 peduncles r<'rete, articulalcd general iy about at the middle, above the articulation 

 eover<Ml witli lirowu somewhat glandular ]iube8cence, often bent at thearticula- 

 tiou : <'alyx tuhe cami>innilate, sepals lanceolat<M)r ovate, acnte or acuminate, 

 <'xti'inal]y together with the tnlie covered with brown glandular and pilose 

 ])ulM'scence : petals ob<i\ate, longer than tlie sepals ( k incb long) : st.aminal col- 

 umn, espetially ludoAN, covered with stellate Mbite hairs, about 3 lines long: 



