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SIDA PULCHELLA. DELICATE WHITE- 
FLOWERED Sia, | 
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Class and Order. : 
MonapeLpHia Ponvanoara. 
( Nat. Ord—Manvacea. D. C. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx nudus, 5-fidus, sepe angulatus. Stylus apice 
multifidus. Tei 5—30 circa axim verticillata, plus 
minusve inter se coalite, 1 laclarees mono aut polysper- 
me, apice mutica aut aristate. D.C 
Specific Chayader and Synonyms. 
Siva pulchella ; toto pubescenti-stellata, i foliis. cone 
ovato-lanceolatis. grosse inaequaliter crenatis subtus 
tomentosis, racemis axillaribus paucifloris petiolo bre- 
as ave (longioribus. D.C.), capsulis 5 (biaristatis. 
C. 
Sipa soa alg « Bonpl. Nav. t.2.” Willd. Enum. p.72A. 
De. Cand. Prodr.v. 1. p. 468. 
Sia ramosa. (Soreme: yet, Vegel. v3. P. 115? 
; — 3 
Dilsosi:  Mhnefiby, Maite Silk foct high, branched - the 
branches rounded, the older ones glabrous, the rest, and, 
indeed, almost the entire plant clothed with densely 
ubescence *. Leaves rather remote, cat ~ ge 
2 date at the base, ovato-lanceolate, doubly 
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and te at th 
coarsely crenate at the mar Seas, copedally 
green above, paler and almost tot 
m the older ea wes @ 15 terete, slender, an eres eer 
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* T have Aebira the stems and leaves to become quite glabrous, when the 
Plant has been cultivated in the open border. 
