. MALVACEZ. 
ated; carpels 5, awnless. Flowers 
yellow. . 
Elongated-racemed Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 
85 S. HoLoserTceEA (Willd. herb. ex Spreng.) leaves cordate, 
ovate-elliptical, bluntish, serrate-crenated, clothed with close- 
pressed hairs above, beneath as well as the branches with soft 
villous tomentum ; carpels 10-11, 2-beaked. h. S. Native on 
the banks of the Orinoco near Angustura. S. pellita, H. B. et 
Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 263. Flowers yellow, conglomerate. 
Whole-silky Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 
86 S. MULTIFLÒRA (Cav. diss. 1. p. 18. t. 3. f. 3.) leaves 
ovate-cordate, bluntish, toothed, tomentose; pedicels solitary, 
1-flowered, longer than the petioles ; carpels 9, each ending in 
two long beaks. h.S. Native of Brazil. Flowers yellow. 
Many-flowered Sida. Fl. July, Aug. Cit. 1818. Sh. 2 ft. 
87 S. sessıLIFLòRA (Hook. bot. mag. 2857.) plant very soft, 
pubescent; leaves cordate, acute, serrated ; flowers somewhat 
glomerate, sessile, axillary and terminal ; carpels 10, pubescent, 
awnless ; corolla hardly twice the length of the calyx. h.S. 
Native of South America about Mendoza. Flowers small, 
yellow. 
Sessile-flowered Sida. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1827. Sh. 3ft. 
88 S. emarcina TA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 757.) leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, cordate, toothed, truncate and retuse at the apex; 
pedicels solitary, 1-flowered, one-half shorter than the petioles ; 
carpels 5, 2-beaked. h. S. Native of Hispaniola. S. trun- 
cata, Lher. stirp. 1. t. 51. but not of Cav. Flowers yellow. 
Emarginate-leaved Sida. . Shrub 2 feet. 
89 S. arcu'ra (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1205.) leaves cordate, 
serrated, tapering to the apex, hairy on the petioles, margins 
and nerves beneath, the rest smooth; pedicels solitary, 1- 
flowered, longer than the petioles ; carpels 5, 2-awned. h. S. 
Native of Jamaica and Guadaloupe, in hedges. S. glàbra, Mill. 
dict. no. 14. Flowers small, of a whitish-yellow colour. 
Slender-leaved Sida. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1732. Sh. 3 feet. 
90 S. utmironia (Cav. diss. 1. p. 15. t. 2. f. 4. but not of 
Retz.) leaves ovate, cordate, acuminated, crenate, pubescent ; 
pedicels solitary, 1-flowered, almost equal in length with the 
petioles; carpels 5, each ending in two long beaks. h. S. 
Native of St. Domingo. Flowers yellow. Beaks of capsule 
scabrous from retrograde hairs. 
Elm-leaved Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 
91 S. rascicuna'ra (Willd. herb. ex Spreng. syst. 3. p. 113.) 
branches beset with glandular hairs; leaves cordate, oblong, 
acuminated, toothed, rather pilose; peduncles 1-flowered, 
longer than the petioles; petals longer than the calyx. k? S. 
Native of Cumana. Flowers yellow. 
Fascicled Sida. Shrub 2 feet? 
92 S. Borso'ntca (Cav. diss. 1. p. 9. t. 10. f. 2.) leaves 
roundish, cordate, acute, toothed ; pedicels solitary, 1-flowered, 
a little longer than the petioles; carpels 5, each ending in 2 
long awns. h. S.. Native of the Island of Bourbon. Stems 
hairy. Flowers yellow. 
Bourbon Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 
93 S. rra‘crans (Lher. stirp. 2. p. 111. t. 53.) leaves round- 
ish-cordate, acuminated, crenate, clammy, hairy; pedicels soli- 
tary, 1-flowered, shorter than the petioles ; carpels 5, somewhat 
awned. h.S, Native of Hispaniola. Flowers yellow. 
Fragrant Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 
94 S. viscrputa (Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnea. 1. p. 
651.) leaves roundish-cordate, acuminated, mucronately-crenate, 
clothed with stellate down beneath; petioles and stems clammy, 
pubescent; pedicels usually solitary, 1-flowered, shorter than 
the petioles, crowded at the tops of the branches ; petals obcor- 
date; carpels 5, beaked. .S. Native of Java. Flowers 
yellow. 
h. S. Native of Java. 
XXVII. Sima. 495 
Viscid Sida. Shrub I to 2 feet. 
95 S. erutinosa (Cav. diss. 1. p. 16. t. 2. f. 8.) stem clammy, 
tomentose ; leaves roundjsh, cordate, acuminated, toothed, to- 
mentose beneath; pedicels twin or tern, usually 2-flowered, 
longer than the petioles; carpels 5, each ending in 2 long awns. 
h. S. Native of the Mauritius. S. racemdsa, Burm. Flowers 
yellow ? 
Clammy Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 
96 S. Portoricr’nsis (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 114.) herbaceous ; 
leaves cordate, oblong, smooth above, but hoary and villous 
beneath, as well as the branches ; peduncles short, many-flowered, 
upper ones crowded; carpels 2-beaked. ©. S. Native of 
Porto-Rico. Flowers probably yellow. 
Porto-Rico Sida. PI. 1 foot. 
97. S. INTERRU'Pra (Balb. in litt.) leaves heart-shaped, acu- 
minated, toothed, adult ones Smooth, younger ones and calyxes 
hoary-velvety ; stipulas setaceous, deciduous ; flowers disposed 
in bundles, in a terminal interrupted spike, which is leafless at 
the top; carpels 8-10, l-beaked. h.S. Native of the Island 
of St. Martha. Fiower yellow. 
Interrupted-spiked Sida. Shrub 14 foot. 
98 S. ALTHÆIFÒLIA (Swartz, prod. 101. fl. 2. p. 1207.) leaves 
cordate, somewhat angular, obtuse. serrate-crenate, tomentose ; 
pedicels 3-4, 1-flowered, shorter than the petioles; carpels 10- 
12, each ending in 2 short beaks. h.S. Native of the south 
of Jamaica, New Granada and Brazil. Lher. stirp. 1. p. 
112.—Sloan. hist. 1. t. 136. f. 2. Flowers orange-yellow, 
rather large. 
Var. (3, aristosa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 465.) awns longer than 
the carpels, scabrous from retrograde hairs. h.S. Native of 
French Guiana. There is a plant from Guadaloupe intermediate 
between the species and variety. 
Hollyhock-leaved Sida. Fl. June, Sep. Clt. 1820. Shrub 2 ft. 
99 S. u'rens (Lin. spec. 963.) leaves ovate, cordate, acumi- 
nated, toothed ; peduncles axillary and terminal, 3-4-flowered, 
very short; carpels 5, awned; stem and petioles hispid. h. S. 
Native of Jamaica, and Guadaloupe, in arid bushy places. Cav. 
diss. 1. p. 15. t. 2. f. 7. There is a plant cited from Senegal, 
which is probably different. Flowers yellow ? 
Stinging Sida. FI. July, Sep. Clt. 1781. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
100 S. LEIoPHY'LLA (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 121.) shrubby ; leaves 
cordate, ovate, acute, crenulated, smooth on both surfaces ; pe- 
duncles sub-corymbose, short, axillary and terminal; carpels 
mutic, rather hispid, hoary. kh. S. Native of Hispaniola. 
Perhaps a species of Abutilon. 
Smooth-leaved Sida. Shrub. 
101 S. verticitya‘ra (Cav. diss. 1. p. 13. t. 1. f. 12.) leaves 
ovate, cordate, acuminated, toothed, and are as well as branches 
rather pilose; flowers axillary, many, almost sessile, and as if 
they were in whorls; carpels 5, almost awnless. ©? S. Na- 
tive of Brazil at Rio Janeiro. Flowers yellow. 
Whorled-flowered Sida. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl. 1 ft. 
102 S. pyramipa'ra (Cav. diss. 2. p. 11. t. 1. f. 10. and 6. 
t. 194. f. 1.) leaves large, roundish, cordate, acuminated, serrate, 
smooth; peduncles many-flowered, forming a panicle; carpels 
5, velvety, each ending in 2 short points. kh.S. Native of 
St. Domingo and Porto-Rico in bushy places by the sea-side. 
Flowers small, yellow. 
Pyramidal-flowered Sida. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1830. Sh. 2 ft. 
103 S. micra’ntHa (Cambess. pl. us. bras. no. 49. St. Hil. fl. 
bras. 1. p. 190.) upper leaves subcordate, acute, unequally 
toothed, tomentose on both surfaces ; flowers small, disposed in 
compound glomerate racemes ; carpels 5, 2-beaked, pubescent 
on the back. h.S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas 
Geraes. The shoots of this plant being very pliable are 
used by the inhabitants of Brazil for rocket-sticks. Flowers red? 
