76 MALVACEJ3. 



pedicels jointed ; calyx 5 -fid, puberulous, half the length of the yellow petals : lobes shortly 

 subulate ; carpids 6-5, shortly bidentate, pubescent. — Cav. Diss. t. 1./. 12, t. 194./". 1. — 

 S. dumosa, Sw. ! Stem erect, high, slender ; leaves much larger than, in all the preceding 

 species (3"-4" long, 3" broad) j branches of the panicle spreading ; calyx 2"' long, at length 

 spreading : tube at length not angular. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wright, Mac/., M Nab, Wils., 

 Al., March; [Cuba!, Haiti, Portorico]. 



17. S. paniculata, L. Suffrutescent, velvety; down stellate ; leaves subcordate-ovate, 

 pointed, irregularly crenate-serrate : petiole shorter than the limb ; flowers paniculate or 

 axillary, racemose : primary branches racemose, secondary corymbose : pedicels usually capil- 

 lary, elongated, glabrous •, calyx 5-fid, exceeded by the crimson petals -. lobes rounded, 

 bluntish, puberulous ; carpids 5, shortly bidentate, glabresceut. — Cav. Diss. t. l.f. 7. t. 12. 

 f. 5 ; Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 136 ; Kth. Nov. Qen. t. 473. — S. capillaris, Cav . S, atrosanguinea, 

 Jacq. S. floribunda, Kth. — Stem erect, with a spreading panicle ; leaves 2" long, superior 

 decrescent ; calyx 1'" long, at length connivent, somewhat exceeded by the carpid-teeth : 

 tube terete. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., on calcareous rocks ; [Cuba, Mexico !, Venezuela !, New 

 Granada!, Guayaquil!, Peru!, Brazil!]. 



*** Calyx-tube 5-10-angular : lobes large, deltoid. 



18. S. cordifolia, L. Suffrutescent, velvety-tomentose : down stellate; leaves subcor- 

 date or cordate, pointed or blunt, crenate-serrate, long-petioled ; flowers mostly axillary : 

 solitary pedicels nearly equalling the petiole, usually with an accessory glomerule or branch 

 (or all flowers glomerate); calyx \0-angled at the tube, tomentose, 5-fid: lobes deltoid, at 

 length connivent ; petals exserted, tawny -y ellow ; carpids 10-12, truncate and hairy at the 

 top, either biaristate or bidentate.— Dill. Elth. t. 171; St. t. 136./. 2; Cav. Diss. t. 3./ 

 2, 3, 6, 7, t. 13./. 1, t. 194./. 2.— S. althadfolia, Sw.!: the form with short carpid-awns. 

 S. multiflora, Cav. S. micans, Cav. S. rotundifolia, Cav. S. herbacea, Cav. — A widely 

 diffused and very variable species, easily distinguished by the 10 obtuse keels of the calyx- 

 tube, its size (4'" broad), and the velvety whitish tomentum of the whole plant. The varia- 

 bility affects chiefly the shape of the leaves (which however are not. often deeply cordate), 

 the wool more or less tomentose, the accessory branches or flowers in the axils, and the deve- 

 lopment of the hairy carpid-awns. 



[o. Carpid-awns elongated, exserted, with downward-pointing hairs. — This form is the 

 common East Indian one, but the same occurs in South America : Guiana !, Brazil ! : S. ha- 

 mnlosa, Salzm.l, Peru!, and was found by Sieber in Martinique !, Hb. Martin. 170.1 



/8. althaifolia, Sw. ! Carpid-awns shorter than the carpid, or reduced so much as to 

 form small teeth on the angle of its truncate top. — S. truncata, Cav. S. mollis, Hi. Bis. 

 — From the latter, bidentate form, which> according to my materials is the commonest in the 

 West Indies, there is a gradual transition to S. althaifolia, Sw. 



y. conferta, Lk. Flowers (by abortion of the longer pedicel) all glomerate ; carpids gla- 

 brous, shortly bidentate. — This is a Jamaica form : it has besides deeply cordate, pointleted, 

 less whitish leaves, and was considered by Dr. Alexander as a peculiar species, which however 

 among so many variations I do not venture to acknowledge as such. It may prove to be 

 identical with S. pellita, Kth. 



Hab. Jamaica! (£ and y), all collectors, common in dry pastures; Dominica, Imr. ; S. 

 Lucia!, Anders.; [Cuba! and Mexico to Brazil! and Peru!, Cape Verde Islands!, Niger!, 

 Nubia! (o), Port Natal!, Cape: S. velutina, E. Mey.l; East Indies!, Cauton!]. 



Sect. 2. Steninda. — Calyx h-fid: tube subterete. Carpids bluntish, indehiscent. 

 — Flowers in terminal corymbs. Leaves quite entire. 



19. S. lmifolia, Juss. Suffrutescent, hirsute (or glabrescent) : hairs chiefly simple ; 

 leaves linear, elongated, quite entire ; stipules setaceous, equalling the petiole ; corymbs few- 

 flowered, terminal ; calyx-lobes deltoid, exceeded by the white petals ; carpids 5-8, edentate, 

 indehiscent. — Cav. Diss. t. 2./. 1.— Stem erect, virgate, usually branched above; leaves 

 2"-3" long, 2"'-3'» broad ; calyx 2"'-3"' long, cupulate, at length connivent, including the 

 glabrous carpids.— Hab. Trinidad!, Cr.; [Haiti!, Panama!, New Granada!, Guiana!, 

 Brazil!, Peru!, Niger!, Feejee Islands!]. 



