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be other than the same species: at the same time, the leaves, 
in my specimens, are more obtuse, and all of them, even 
the older ones, are slightly downy. In the foliage and 
racemes; our plant agrees with the M. obtusifolia, Humb. and 
Kunth, but that is described as having its leaves and branches 
glabrous. De Candolle well observes of this genus, * species 
plurime non satis note.” 
2. Krameria cistoidea ; caule fruticoso ramoso, foliis oblongis 
mucronatis sericeis, pedicellis folio longioribus bibrac- 
teatis racemum brevem efformantibus, sepalis petalisque 
5, staminibus 4. Hook. et Arn. in Bot. of Beechey's Voy. 
t. l. p. 8. t. 5. 
Has. Mines of Arqueros, near Coquimbo. 
For remarks on this plant, and on the structure of its 
flower, see the work above quoted. 
V. MALVACE.JE. Juss. 
l. Sida reffeza ; foliis subrotundo-cordatis acuminatis crena- 
tis tomentosis, pedicellis solitariis. petiolo longioribus, 
petalis cuneiformibus apice dentatis reflexis, carpellis 12. 
DC.—Cav. Diss. 1. p. 36. t. 7, et 6. t. 195. f. 1. De 
Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 469. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 119. - 
— S8. retrorsa, L’ Hérit. Stirp. v. 1. t. 64. 
Yazo; in the Valley of Canta. ` - 
The Abutilon pedunculare of Humb. and Kunth seems to 
be very nearly allied to the present speci s, and is perhaps 
not really distinct from it. — Sy 0 
2. Sida Dombeyana ; foliis cordatis acuminatis dentato-ser- 
ratis parce pilosis, pedicellis solitariis unifloris petiolo - 
longioribus, carpellis 5 birostratis, caule prostrato hir- 
suto. (Tas. LXXXIX.)—S. Dombeyana? De Cand. 
Prodr. v. 1. p. 463. 
Haz, Lurin, near Lima. 
Annua. Caules prostrati, teretes, virides, patentim pilosi, 
pedales et ultra. Folia remotiuscula, exacte cordata, 
acuminata, basi profunde lobata, crenato-serrata, mem- 
branacea, utrinque parce pilosa: Petioli folio breviores, 
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