172 _ MONADELPHTA DODECANDRIA. Sida. 
an erect plant, ours is always diffuse, indeed spreading flat 
on the ground. I should therefore doubt their being the 
same, 
_ A native of various parts of India, and in flower most part 
of the year, 
5. S. periplocifolia, Willd. iii, 741. 
Shrubby; eaves cordate-sagittate, entire, hoary under- 
neath, Stipules filiform, Peduncles solitary, length of the 
leaves, one-flowered, Capsules fiye, two and three-seeded, 
sharp horned, | 
A native of the Malay islands Flowers and ripens its — 
seed in the Botanic garden at Calcutta great part of the 
year. The bark of this abounds in serviceable flaxen fibres, 
and as it shoots quickly into long, simple twigs, particularly 
if cut near the earth, it answers well for procuring the fibre 
ofa aie benagtle for most purposes, 
6. Ss. glutinosa, R. aes 
Herbaceous, erect, very hairy, and glutinous, Leaves.cor- 
date, pointed, serrate. #V/owers numerous, fascicled. Arts 
five, shorter than the calyx, with two short conic hornlets. 
Seems herbaceous, but I cannot say with any degree of cer- 
tainty ; itis a rare, pretty large, erect species, growing, chief- 
ly on sandy ground, wie 
_ Leaves alternate, petioled, cordate, serrate, acai aoe, 
aliases in consequence, they as well as the whole of the 
plant, for every part exudes a tenaceous gluten, is covered 
with sand, or dust; from one to five inches long, and of a 
proportional ETE Petio/es round , hairy, from one to two 
inches Jong, , Stipules bristle-shaped, Peduneles axillary, 
and ened: generally more than.gne, with small leaves 
mixed, round, hairy, one-flowered, . Flowers. small, yellow. 
Arils five, rather shorter than the calyx, ebtevely two-horn- 
‘ed, hes smooth, are 
