‘74 ‘MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA. Sida, 
8. S. alba, Willd. iii. 757. 
Suffruticose. Leaves cordate-ovate, serrate, downy, inser- 
tions of the petioles embraced by three large glands, Flow- 
ers axillary, fascicled ; ari/s from five to six, two-horned, 
Teling. Chiikiindd tain: 
This is a small shrubby, perennial plant. A native of lands 
that have lately been in cultivation. It flowers during the 
wet and cold seasons, 
Stem erect, winding from branch to branch, often colour- 
ed. Branches many, arising; young shoots covered with 
‘mealy, soft, stellate down. Leaves alternate, petioled, three- 
nerved, cordate, obtuse, sometimes nearly retuse, and the 
base often topped as if cut across, serrate, downy ; from half 
an inch to two inches long. -Petioles half or three quarters 
the length of the leaves, their insertions surrounded withthree 
large, hard glands, one on each side, and one below. Sti- 
- pules subulate, mserted into the lateral glands. Peduncles 
axillary, several, short, one-flowered. Flowers small, white. 
Petals obliquely triangular, .4rils from five to six, hid in 
the calyx, two-horned; horns divaricate, The stipulary 
glands are a good specific mark, 
9. S. alnifolia, Willd. iii. 741. 
Suffruticose. Leaves from oval to round, serrate, downy. 
Peduncles axillary, solitary, Stamina from twelve to fif- 
teen; fascicles from three to six. Capsules from five to 
_ seven, shorter than the calyx, two-horned. 
Teling. Ter-nalla-benda, 
A native of the Circars, and like the rest, flowers during 
the rains and cold season. 
10. S, chinensis, Retz. Obs. iv. N.94. 0 4 
_ ‘Suffruticose. Leaves oval, serrate, caebiianiiegl pe- 
duncles solitary, one-flowered ; stamens thirty ; arils from six 
to seven. Small, ramous ; bark of the woody part whitish ; — 
young parts purple-coloured, slightly scabrous, covered with 
