MARCH, igoo. PLANTVE UTOWAN^E MILLSPAUGH. 71 



shaped serrate leaves, less dense pubescence, clustered inflorescence, 

 short peduncles, and yellow petals. 



Dry slopes of San Juan Hill, Santiago de Cuba (1051). Type in 

 Field Col. Mus. Herb. No. 61051. 



WlSSADULA DIVERGENS (Benth.) Benth. 



Sida divergens Benth. Voy. Sulph. 69. Along Bodden Bay road, 

 Grand Cayman (1346, 1350). 



WISSADULA MICRONULATA A. Gray. Mex. Bound: 39. 



Abutilon A. Gr. Proc. Am. Acad. 5:175. Waste ground near San 

 Domingo city (829). Dry roadside near "The Ovens," Santiago de 

 Cuba (1105). 



MALVAROTUNDIFOLIA Linn. Sp. PI. 688. 



Common but not plentiful about the Bermuda Islands, Walsing- 

 ham roadsides and gardens (m). 



MALVASTRUM COROMANDELIANUM (Linn.) Garcke in Schw. Fl. Aeth. 267. 

 Malva Coromandeliana Linn. Malvastrum tricuspidatum A. Gr. 

 South shores of Culebras Island (6ii). 



MALVASTRUM SPICATUM (Linn.) A. Gr. Bot. U. S. Expl. Exp. 147. 



Malva spicata Linn. Old pastures at Guanica, Porto Rico (718, 

 721); slopes of Morro Hill, Santiago de Cuba (1085), and at "The 

 Creek," Cayman Brae (1167, 1188), where it is called "Broom-weed," 

 and is used in decoction as a remedy for quinsy. 



SIDA, Sp. 



A form quite common in dry fields on the south shore of Culebras 

 Island (643) and in the street of the settlement. 



SIDA CARPINIFOLIA Linn. f. Suppl. 307. 



Dry soils Port Antonio, Jamaica (1138); at The C^leta, Cozumel 

 ( : 536), and at Progreso, Yucatan (1654). 



Sida carpinifolia acuta (Burm.) comb. nov. 



Sida acuta Burm. f. Flor. Ind. 147. S. stipulata Cav. S. carpini- 

 folia fj brevicuspidata in Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 73. ref. Wright's 1565 

 Cuba Or. visa in Herb. Cantab. This is the usual form in the West 

 Indies. It is less branching than the others and has larger paler 

 flowers and clean cut similar leaves (ovate lanceolate 4-5 x 2.5-3 cm.) 

 throughout. Dry soils at Catafio (145), Caguas (248), Bayamon(346), 

 and Santurce (294), Porto Rico. Environs of Charlotte Amalia, St. 

 Thomas (389, 404), and at San Miguel, Cozumel (1491). 



Sida carpinifolia Balbisiana (de C.) comb. nov. 



Sida Balbisiana de C. Prod. 1:460. A small leaved form with 

 stellate pubescence and tall straggly growth, found on waste grounds 

 at San Domingo city (880). 



Sida carpinifolia Antillana nom. nov. 



S. Jamaicensis Veil. non. Linn. Leaves ovate serrate, densely 



