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SipA MOLLIs. SOFT-LEAVED SIDA. | 
KR EKEKEEKR EERE EEEKERER 
Class and Order. 
MonapetpuiA POLYANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Matvacea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. nudus quinquefidus sepe angulatus, Stylus apice 
multifidus. Carpella capsularia, 5—30 circa axim verticil- 
lata, plus minusve inter se coalita, 1-locularia, mono aut 
oligosperma, apice mutica aut aristata. D. C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Siva mollis ; foliis orbiculari-cordatis acuminatis inaequa- 
liter dentato-serratis pubescenti-mollibus, pedunculis 
solitariis subbifloris petiolo brevioribus, capsulis 9 
mucronato-acuminatis hirtis calyce parum longioribus, 
ramis hirsutissimis. ; 
Sipa mollis. “ Ort. Dec. p. 65.” De Cand. Prodr. v.1. p. 
A470. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 3. p. 121. 
Sipa grandifolia. “ Willd. Enum. v. 2. p. 274.” Bot. 
Reg. t. 360. 
Descr. A shrub or small tree, attaining a height, even 
when cultivated in the stove, of from ten to twenty feet, 
bearing numerous, rounded branches, of which the younger 
ones are green, and, as well as the petioles and peduncles, 
clothed with long, soft hairs. Leaves alternate, rather re- 
mote, large, orbiculari-cordate, acuminate, the lobes at the 
base rounded, and meeting together, the margin unequally 
dentato-serrated, the surface clothed on both sides with ex- 
ceedingly soft pubescence; the nerves diverge mostly from 
the base of the midrib, and all are connected by transverse 
nervelets or veins, prominent beneath. Petiole about as 
long as the leaf, having a linear-setaceous bractea on each 
side at the base. Peduncle axillary, solitary, somewhat 
shorter than the petiole, bearing, in our plant, two ape 
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