SIDA SESSILIFLORA. SEssILE-FLOWERED 
: Pe k t ; 
Class and Order. 
Mowabenrara Poryanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Maxvacex. ) 
Generic Character. 
_ Calyx nudus, 5-fidus, sepe angulatus. Stylus apice mul- 
tifidus. Carpella capsularia 5—30 circa axim verticillata, 
plus minusve inter se coalita, 1-locularia, mono- aut oligo- 
sperma, apice mutica aut aristata. D C. 2 
Specific Character. 
Siva * sessiliflora ; mollissima pubescens, subherbacea (?), 
foliis cordatis acutis serratis, floribus subglomeratis 
sessilibus axillaribus terminalibusque, capsulis 10 pu- 
bescentibus muticis, corolla calyce vix duplo longiore. 
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‘Descr. Plant, in our stove, from two to three feet high, 
having the stem rounded, branched, soft with very nume- 
rous short hairs, and apparently more herbaceous than 
woody. Leaves rather distantly placed, beautifully soft 
with short hairs or down (as is every part of the plant), ex- 
actly cordate, rather acute, veined, distinctly serrated, 
darkish green, paler beneath. Petiole about as long as the 
leaf, swollen just beneath its insertion on the leaf, and, at 
the base, having on each side a subulate stipule. The 
flowers are small, generally produced two together, in 4 
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* From oidy, an ancient Greek name, supposed to have been applied to some 
plant allied to the Marsh-Mallow. 
