72 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. 2. 



stellate pubescent, serratures large obtuse, pedicels axillary, i-flow- 

 ered carpells 5, bicornuate. Agrees well with Palmer's 581 Acapulco, 

 Mex. Dry places near Spot Bay, Grand Cayman (1303). 



Sida carpinifolia spiraeifolia (Link) comb. nov. 



Sida spirceifolia Link Enum. 2:205. Low spreading plant with 

 thick terete glabrous branches densely vari-leaved; leaves glabrous 

 or nearly so, flower single, axillary, short pedicilate, calyx finely 

 stellate- pubescent, stellae scattered. Roadways near Charlotte 

 Amalia, St. Thomas (497), and about Port Antonio, Jamaica (960,989). 



SIDA ACUMINATA de C. Prod. 1:462. 



6". niaculata Bert, non Cav. Dry fields south shore of Culebras 

 Island (576, 578), and at Guanica (697), Porto Rico. 



SIDA CILIARIS Linn. Syst. ed. x:ii45. 



Waste grounds in the environs of San Domingo city (795)- 



SIDA CORDIFOLIA Linn. Sp. PI. 684. 



Sandy banks and waste grounds near Santurce (292), and Guani- 

 ca (720), Porto Rico. Near Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas (470). 

 Environs of San Domingo city (794, 870, 882), and at El Caney, San- 

 tiago de Cuba (1038,' 1039). 



SIDA GLOMERATA Cav. Diss. 1:18. 



Dunes along the sea at Santurce, Porto Rico (297). 



SIDA RHOMBIFOLIA Linn. Sp. PI. 684. 



Old fields and pastures near Bayamon, Porto Rico (325), and 

 Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas (509). 



SIDA SPINOSA Linn. Sp. PI. 683. 



Roadsides and barrens at Paget's, Berrrluda (61); Guanica, Porto 

 Rico (708); San Domingo city (821), and San Juan Hill, Santiago de 

 Cuba (1053). 



SIDA SUPINA L'Her. Stirp. Nov. 109 bis. 



Dry hillsides above the city of Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas (394). 



SIDA URENS Linn. Syst. ed. x:ii45. 



Coco grove environs west of San Domingo city (832), and near 

 Spot Bay, Grand Cayman (1284). 



BASTARDIA VISCOSA (L.) H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 5:256. 



Old pasture lands near Guanica, Porto Rico (756), and hillsides 

 near Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas (471). 



ANODA HASTATA Cav. Diss. 1:39. 



Over the shrubbery of hedgerows in the environs of San Do- 

 mingo city (861). 



MALACHRA CAPITATA Linn. Syst. ed. xii:458. 



In this species the stem is either simply tomentose or has in ad- 

 dition many aciculae, the petioles are not geniculate, and the carpids 

 are glabrous. . 



