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this variety a form in which the carpid-teeth are completely abortive. A synonym of this is 

 S. philippica, DC. ap. W. Am. !, not yet observed in America. 



y. relusa,L. Carpids biaristate : awns long, hairy. — S. retusa, W. Am.! S. hondensis, 

 Kth. el Or. {in PL Carib.). S. ruderata, Mac/.— This is the common form in the "West 

 Indies and other parts of America, while /3 has only been sent from Trinidad. 



Hab. Jamaica!, Pd.,Al., March; S. Kitts !, Dominica!, Trinidad! (0 and y), Lockh., 

 Schach, common ; [7 : South Carolina !, Florida !, Mexico ! to Brazil !, Peru !, and Buenos 

 Ayres!, Niger!, Senegambia!, Canary and Azoric Islands!, East Indies!]. 



ft Leaves cordate at the lose. 

 * Calyx-tube ^-angular-, lobes subulate. 



12. S. urens, L. Suffrutescent, hirsute ; hairs simple and stellate (the latter chiefly on 

 the under side of the leaves) ; leaves cordate, pointed or acuminate, serrate, long-petioled*; 

 flowers axillary and terminal, shortly stalked, fascicled (sometimes subsolitary, and with an 

 accessory, exserted branch); calyx 5-fid, hirsute: lobes subulate, exceeded by or equalling 

 the yellow petals, which are batched with red at the base; carpids 5, awnless, edentate or 

 bidentate, glabrous.— Cav. Diss. t. 2./. 7, t. 1./. 12.— S. verticillata, Cav.— Stem l'-B' 

 high, trailing ; calyx 3"'-4'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, all collectors, common among shrubs ; 

 Antigua!, Nichols.; Trinidad!, Lockh., Cr.; [Cuba! to Peru!, and Brazil, as far south as 

 Porto Alegre !, Niger !, Madagascar !]. 



13. S. supina, IS Her. Procumbent, diffuse, pilose or glabrescent : hairs mostly simple ; 

 leaves cordate-triangular or cordate-ovate, crenate-serrate : petiole nearly equalling the 

 limb ; flowers axillary : pedicels filiform, usually solitary, jointed, equalling or exceeding 

 the elongated petiole; calyx 5-fid: lobes subulate, exceeded by or equalling the yellow petals; 

 carpids 5, birostrate : beaks hairy, as long as the carpid. — L'Her. Stirp. t. 52 (a. 1785); 

 Cav. Diss. t. \.f. 8, t. 196./. 2;* Bot. Miscel. 2. t. 89.— S. pilosa, Cav. (published in the 

 same year, but restricted afterwards to the hairy form). S. ovata, Cav.: the glabrescent 

 form. S. procumbens, Sw.! S. Dombeyana, DC. {ex Bot. Misc.): petals blotched with red 

 at the base. — Stem herbaceous ; leaves acute or bluntish, not acuminate, sometimes quite 

 glabrous ; calyx 2'" long. — Hab. Caribbean Islands ; [Haiti and Mexico ! to Venezuela ! 

 and Lima !, Galapagos Islands !]. 



14. S. ulmifolia, Cav. Suffrutescent, glabrescent : hairs simple ; leaves cordate, acu- 

 minate, crenate-serrate, long-petioled ; flowers axillary and terminal, subgeminate with acces- 

 sory branches -. the interior pedicel short, or (if this is abortive) the second elongated and 

 jointed above the middle, the accessory branch nearly equalling the leaf; calyx 5-fid, mi- 

 nutely pubescent: .lobes subulate, nearly equalling the orange-yellow petals; carpids 5, bi- 

 aristate, glabrous : the awns minutely hairy. — Cav. Diss. t. 2./. 4 ; L'Her. Stirp. t. 51 : a 

 form with the leaves emarginate at the tapering point. — S. arguta, Sw. ! S. truncata, L'Her. 

 S. emarginata, W. — Stem erect, trailing ; leaves more hairy than the stem, with a long 

 tapering point ; calyx 3'" long. — The down of the leaves is nowhere stellate ; but I possess 

 a pilose form from Bogota, in which there are minute stellate hairs on the stem, much ex- 

 ceeded by long, simple hairs. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al., March ; [Haiti, S. Eustache !, New 

 Granada!, Guayaquil!]. 



15. S. nervosa, DC. Suffrutescent, glandular and velvety: down stellate; leaves cor- 

 date, pointed, crenate-serrate, velvety, chiefly beneath, long-petioled : petiole nearly equalling 

 the limb ; flowers axillary and terminal, several in the axil, with an accessory, exserted 

 branch: pedicels elongated, jointed above the middle; calyx broadly 5 -toothed, exceeded 

 by the yellow petals : teeth 3-angular-subulate, half the length of the tube ; carpids 5, 

 shortly bidentate. — S. glutinosa, Rich. Cub. — Stem erect ; upper leaves reduced, and flowers 

 therefore arranged in a racemiform panicle ; calyx slightly pubescent, spreading, 2'" long. — 

 Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., Dist., Al., March, common ; [Cuba !, Brazil !]. 



** Calyx-tube terete. 



16. S. pyramidata, Cav. Suffrutescent, glabrescent : down minute, stellate ; leaves cor- 

 date, pointleted, crenate-serrate, glabrous, large : petiole nearly equalling the limb ; flowers 

 paniculate : primary branches racemose, partly axillary, secondary corymbose, 3-7-flowered : 



