Tas. 4360. 
SIDA (ABUTILON) INTEGERRIMA. 
Entire-leaved Sida. 
Nat. Ord. Matvacrs.—MonoprELpHia POLYANDRIA, 
Gen. Char, (Vide supra, Tas. 4227.) 
Sip integerrina ; subarborea, foliis orbiculari-cordatis breviter acuminatis supra 
glabris subtus stellato-pubescentibus subtomentosis 5—7-nerviis omnino in- 
tegerrimis longe petiolatis, stipulis lineari-subulatis deciduis, pedunculis 
in axillis supremis foliorum solitariis unifloris petiolo longioribus infra 
apicem articulatis, calyce stellato-tomentoso hemispherico 5-lobo subquin- 
quangulato lobis triangulari-acuminatis erectis rigidis, corolle speciose 
petalis oblique obovato-cuneatis retusis flavis basi macula aurantiaca, ovario 
globoso, styli ramis 11. 
Matvacea. Funcke, Herb. Nov. Grenad. n. 153. Landen, ejusd. n. 1508. 
_An old inhabitant of the stove of the Royal Gardens, but of 
whose history nothing has been preserved: by specimens, how- 
ever, in my Herbarium, from Funcke and Linden, I learn that it 
is unquestionably a native of New Grenada. Its nearest affinity 
1s perhaps Sida graveolens (Bot. Mag. t. 4134), from which it~ 
is abundantly distinguished by its larger size, perfectly entire 
leaves, different vestiture, differently formed calyx, much greater 
spread of the flowers, and by the well-defined deep orange spots 
quite confined to the base of the petals. It flowers in May, and 
is really one of the handsomest species of the genus. 
Descr. The plant, in our stove, forms a small tree, fourteen 
to sixteen feet high, much branched above: the young branches 
are stellate-pubescent, almost tomentose. eaves large, on long 
Sootstalks, a little swollen at their base, orbicular-cordate, shortly 
acuminate, five to seven-nerved, quite entire at the margin, firm 
i texture, glabrous above, except in the young foliage, almost 
stellato-tomentose beneath. Sfipudes linear-subulate, soon turning 
brown and deciduous. Peduncles confined to the axils of the 
superior leaves, longer than the petioles, solitary, single-flowered, 
a little dilated upwards and articulated below the apex. Calyx 
hemispherical, tomentose, rather lax, obtuse at the base, five- 
MARCH Isr, 1848, 
