212 Plants from Stnaloa, Mextco. [ZOE 
Growing on the banks of the Cofradia River. It is known by 
the name “Media Noche.’’ Most species of Malvaviscus have 
cordate leaves and this one differs also from the characters of the 
genus in having five stigmas instead of ten. J/. Sefium in my 
collection of Pringle, No. 8201 has only five stigmas. This new 
species is nearest AZ. lanceolata Rose. 
Malachra capitata I, Culiacan, growing about dwellings. 
Periptera punicea DC. The specimens are young and lack 
mature fruit. They seem to agree with the figure of this species 
in Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herb. V. 173. Collected on the Cerro 
Colorado. 
Abutilon incanum Sweet. Culiacan. 
Abutilon crispum Don. Yervacito. 
Several species of A dutilon have not been identified. 
Sida longifolia. Stems erect from a ligneous root, 4 dm. 
high, sparingly hirsute and more or less scabrous with small, 
pointed tubercles; leaves linear-lanceolate, slightly rounded at 
base, 12 cm. long, 8-9 mm. wide, sparingly hirsute upon both © 
faces, entire, ciliate; petiole 8 mm. long, rarely with a spinose 
tubercle at the base; stipules as long as the petiole; inflorescence 
terminal or crowded at the ends of axillary branches that are 4 
cm. long and less, shorter than the subtending leaf and bearing 
1-3 linear leaves; calyx lobes triangular, hirsute, as long as the 
tube: corolla yellow, 1 cm. in diameter; pedicels hirsute, 5 mm. 
long; carpels 5, with two short cusps, indehiscent; seeds smooth. 
Collected on the Cerro Colorado. 
Sida Lodiegensis Baker f. The plant is common between 
Imala and Cofradia. The flowers of my specimens are yellow 
when dried. It grows in clumps of many stems about a foot and 
a half high and blossoms in November. 
Sida aggregata Pres]. Carpels more than five. The Cofradia 
form has three-lobed lower leaves. Culiacan and Cofradia. 
Sida anomala St. Hill. Culiacan. 
Sida salvizfolia Presl. Culiacan. 
Sida Alamosana Watson. ‘The specimens referred to this 
species are always annual and variable in their characters. They 
are not typical except in the structure of the carpels and are 
