Accordingly in the Species Plantarum, it occurs under the 

 name of Nap^a hermaphrodita, changed afterwards to 

 NAPiEA tcevis Cavanilies reunited Nap^a with the genus 

 Sida, in w ich he has been followed by most botanists since, 

 but Jussieu has retained the genus NapjEa distinguishing it 

 from Sida by the want of obliquity in the petals and of any 

 articulation in the peduncle; the latter character, however, 

 certainly fails, as the peduncles are as evidently jointed just 

 below the calyx, as in most species of Sida, 



A hardy herbaceous perennial, from four to eight feet high, 

 native of Virginia in North America. Cultivated by Mr. 

 Peter Collinson before the year 1748. Flowers in August 

 and September. Communicated by our friend Ayljier 

 Burke Lambert, Esq. from his collection at Boyton. 



