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SIDA INAQUALIS. OBLIQUE-LEAVED SIDA. 
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Class and Order. 
MonapetpHiA PoLyAanpRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Matvacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. nudus, 5-fidus, sepe angulatus. Stylus apice mullti- 
fidus. Carpella capsularia, 5—30 circa axim verticillata, 
plus minusve inter se coalita, 1-locularia, mono- aut oligo- 
sperma, apice mutica aut aristata. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Siva inequalis ; fruticosa, foliis cordato-ovatis acuminatis, 
basi ineequalibus crenulatis utrinque hirtis, pedunculis 
petiolos longe superantibus apice geniculatis, calyci- 
bus basi productis, corollis campanulatis, capsulis 
subinflatis, 
Sipa inequalis. Link et Otto, Berl. t. 34. Spreng. Syst. 
Veget.'v. 3. p. 117. 
We received this plant from the Berlin Botanic Garden 
in 1829, under the name of Stipa inequalifolia. It flowered 
freely for the first time in the stove in the Royal Botanic 
Garden, Edinburgh, in May, 1835. It is said to be a 
native of Brazil. 
Descr. Shrub erect (in the specimen described slender, 
and nearly seven feet high). Bark light gray, on the young 
shoots green, and covered with short, harsh, glandular 
pubescence. Petioles (one to two inches long) alternate, 
spreading, round, having similar pubescence to the twigs, 
swollen at the apex. Leaves (four to seven inches long, 
two to three inches broad) slightly undulate, having on 
both sides a short, harsh pubescence, bright green and 
shining above, paler and without lustre below; where in 
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