850 MALVACEAE 
dee with petioles less than 1 cm. 
6. S. ee 
ste caves with petioles over 1 cm. long. T. S.S 
Leaf-blades linear or linear-elliptic. 
-blades and calyx with red margins. 
eon f-blades of a ici linear type: ma- 
.ture earpels 4-5 m high. 8. S. Elliott, 
Leaf-blades broader: Pane carpels 3—4 mm. 
high. 9. S. rubromarginata. 
Leaf-blades and calyx with green margins, not 
discolored. 10. S. leptophylla. 
S. hermaphrodita (L.) Rusby. Plant erect, 9-40 dm. tall: leaf-blades 
anc ald 3—7-lobed : calyx-lobes triangular: pet tals white: mature carpels 6—7 
ong. [ IRGINIA- 
ve w.)—River-banks and rocky slopes, i 
ward provinces N e Coastal Plain, Tenn. 
to Ohio, Pa., and Va.— Sum. 
arisL. Plant with diffuse branches 
1—4 em. long, serrate: calyx-lobes trian 
E pent dre ie: ple: mature carpels 
, 2-2.5 mm. long.— —Hammod : and open 
places, Florida Keys and —(W. I. 
Mez., C. A., 8. A.)—AIl yea 
3. S. procumbens Sw. Plant with tomen- 
tose Miner a dm. long: tare d 
orbieular to ova e, 1-2.5 em. long, e 
calyx- obe Pid fae met nares ie a 4-6 mm. long: mature carpels 
often 5, about 2 mm. long, puberulent. [S. supina L’Her. i nonse and 
waste-places, Florida Keys.—(W. I., Mex., C. A., S. 4.) —AM yea 
4. S. cordifolia L. Plant 6—15 dm. tall, the stem and branches velvety- 
tomentose: leaf-blades ovate or suborbieular, 4—10 em. long, irregularly ere- 
nate: calyx-lobes triangular: petals tawny-yellow, 57 mm. ong | mature car- 
pels often 10-12, about 3 mm. long, retrorse- DH ia —Pinelands, hammocks, 
waste-places, and roadsides, pen. Fla. and the Keys; Lan Gulf seaports.— 
Nat. of trop. Am. (W. I., Mex., C. A., S. A.)—A1l yea 
S. rhombifolia L. Plant 5—12 dm. tall, the branches pen or gla- 
brate: leaf-blades rhombic, elliptic-o obovate, or oblanceolate, 1.5-8 long, 
serrate: calyx-lobes triangular: petals ge Seid Or sometim mes ier Dd 
at the e: mature carpels 10—12, abou ong.—Roadsides and waste- 
places Coastal Plain, Fla. to Tex. ‘and N. C Spr. -fall or all year S. 
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S. carpinifolia L. f. Plant 3-9 dm. tall the branches dai d or 
Redes leaf-blades laneeolate, oblong-ovate, or ovate, 2—10 em. long, irregu- 
larly eed e -lobes triangular: petals yellow to white: B carpels 
8—10, abou long.—Pinelands, hammocks, and cult. grounds, Coastal 
Plain, Fla Spr fall or all year S. 
7. S. spinosa L. Plant 1-6 dm. tall, ee cl Rouen pios to ovate 
or ovate-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, ong, serrate n. a. tri- 
angular: corolla pale-yellow or orange i i bon t 5, pr^ ong.— 
(XNDIAN-MALLOW. FALSE-MALLOW.  PRICKLY-SIDA.)— —Roadsides, eult. grounds, 
