Si aaclsae 
( 3150 ) 
Sipa rosea. Reppisu GLOBE-FLOWERED 
SIDA. 
Class and Order. 
Monaperputa PotyAnpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Matvacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx nudus, 5-fidus, sepe angulatus. Stylus apice 
multifidus. Carpella capsularia, 5—30, circa axim verti- 
cillata, plus minusve inter se coalita, 1-locularia, mono- aut 
oligosperma, apice mutica aut aristata. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Sia * rosea ; caule fruticoso, follis longe petiolatis cor- 
datis acuminatis serratis molliter pubescentibus, pe- 
dunculis axillaribus unifloris, calyce inflato basi trun- 
, ato, corollis subglobosis. ‘ 
Sia rosea, Link et Otto in Ic. Pl. Select. Hort. Berol. 
era B 
Rosa Nee Willd. Herb. ex Spreng. Syst. Veget. 2. 3. 
p. 119, 
(tees 
Descr. This forms.a shrub of some feet in height ; ils 
ranches rounded, pubescent. Leaves on long petioles, 
cordate, very acuminate, serrated for their d#iole length, 
With three principal and several lateral nerves, and reticu- 
ated with connecting veins, soft, with a copious down of 
Stellated hairs when seen under a microscope. Stipules 
obsolete. Peduncles two to three inches long, from the 
AxXils of the upper petioles, and longer than they are, some- 
What drooping, Calyx broad and truncated at ie 
so 
* Derivation at tab. 2857. 
