230 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
tinct. It has been called JF. Zeylanica by Medik, the founder 
of the genus Wissadula, but ought perhaps to retain the Lin- 
nzan specific name. 
l. Abutilon Asiaticum, G. Don, (Sida, Linn.) Accra, Vogel.; 
Senegal. 
Common to both the East and West Indies. 
2. Abutilon Indicum, G. Don, (Sida, Linn.)—an S. glauca, 
Cav. Ic. 1. t. 11 ?—8. grandiflora, G. Don, Gard, Dict. 1. 
p. 901.—8t. Thomas, Don. 
Equally common in the Eastern and Western hemispheres. 
Five other species are recorded by Guill. et Perr. as natives of 
Senegal, viz. : A. ramosum, tortuosum, macropodum, sparmun- 
nioides, and fruticosum, and the Sida Guineensis, Schum. et 
Thonn., is probably also an Abutilon. 
l. Sida rhombifolia, Linn.—S. retusa, G. Don, Gard. Dict. E 
p-492.—S. rugosa, Schum. Thonn. Beskr., p. 304 ?—Senegal ; 
Nun River, and Ebu, Vogel; St. Thomas, Don. 
The majority of the specimens of this plant which I have 
examined, have shortly bicuspidate carpells. It is a native of 
both the E. and W. Indies. 
2. Sida linifolia, Cav.—S. linearifolia, Schum. et Thonn. Beskr. 
p. 303, —Senegal; Sierra Leone, Cape Coast, Accra, and 
Quorra River, Vogel, Don, &c. 
A West Indian plant, varying much in stature and the breadth 
of the leaves. 
3. Sida cordifolia, Linn.—S. althzifolia, Sw.—S. Africana, Pal. 
Beauv. 2. p. 87. t. 116.—8. decagyna, Schum. et Thonn. Beskr- 
p. 307 ?—Senegal to Benin, Vogel, and others. 
Var. foliis minoribus. S. cordifolia, L. ?—8t. Thomas and Ac- 
era, Don. : 
A very common species in the warmer regions of both bemi- 
spheres. 
4. Sida urens, Linn.—S. sessiliflora, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 1- 
p. 491, et S. debilis, G. Don, 1. c. ?—Senegal, St. Thomas, 
Don. 
Also both an East and West Indian plant. The West African 
specimens are very slender, and the earpels shortly 2-cus- 
pidate. 
