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SipA PICTA. PAINTED-FLOWERED SIDA. 
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Class and Order. 
MonapeELPHiA PoLyANDRIA. 
Generic Character. 
Calyx wudus, 5-fidus, sepé angulatus. Stylus apice mul- 
tifidus. Carpella capsularia 5—30 circa axim verticillata, 
plus mindsve interse coalita, l-locularia, mono aut oligo- 
sperma, apice mutica aut aristata.—Genus polymorphum, in 
posterum jam docente cl. Kunth, dividendum ex fructii semi- 
nisque structuré valde diversd, sed adhuc intactum huc reti- 
nut ob innumeris species non satis cognitas ut in ordine car- 
pologico locum obtineant. De Cand. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Siva (Sect. Anutiton) picta ; fruticosa ramis herbaceis gla- 
bris, foliis longé petiolatis cordatis 3—5-lobatis glabris 
grosse serratis, lobis acuminatis, pedunculo axillari 
longo gracillimo unifloro, calyce late, campanulato 
basi obtuso, petalis erectis calyce triplo longioribus 
venis ramosis pictis. 
Sipa picta. Gill. in Hook. et Arn. Bot. Misc. v. 3. p. 155. 
(1832.) 
Asutiton striatum. ‘“ Dichs. in Botanist ined.” Lindl. 
Miscell. Not. 1830, p. 39. 
A native of the banks of the Uraguay and of Buenos 
Ayres, whence specimens have been transmitted to us by 
Dr. Ginus and Mr. Tweepir. The latter, many years 
ago, sent home seeds, and plants have been raised of which 
flowering branches were communicated to us by Mr. 
Mackay, of the College Botanic Garden, Dublin, Mr. 
Moors, of the Glasnevin Garden, and from the Botanical 
Gardens of Glasgow and Edinburgh. Hitherto it has been” 
treated as a greenhouse plant; in all probability it will 
succeed 
