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I. Sida, Linn. Gen. n. 837; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 203. Bractcole 0 v. a calyce distantes, 
Calyx 5-dentatus v. 5-fidus. Columna staminea, apice in filamenta co divisa. Ovaria 5—oo, 1-ovulata ; 
styli rami totidem, filiformes v. subclavati, apice capitato- v. truncato-stigmatosi. Carpella matura 
ab axi secedentia, erostria v. apice in rostra v. aristas erecto-conniventes producta, indehiscentia v. 
apice 2-valvia, intus nuda. Semen pendulum v. horizontaliter affixum.—Herbe fruticesve indu- 
mento sepius nullo v. tomentoso; floribus sessilibus v. pedunculatis, solitariis v. glomeratis, axilla- 
ribus v. in racemos spicas v. capitula terminalia dispositis, versicoloribus et interdum speciosis, 
sepius tamen minoribus, flavis v. albidis. 
; * Pedunculi inarticulati. 
l. S. linifolia, Cav. Diss. vol. i. p. 14. t. 2. fig. 1; DC. Prodr. vol. i. p. 459; erecta; foliis 
linearibus integerrimis, floris diametro multo longioribus; racemis terminalibus; pedunculis inarti- 
culatis; floribus parvis, carpellis 5-8 submuticis.—Ovalau (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
. 9. S. microphylla, Cav. Diss. vol. i. p. 22. t. 12. fig. 2; DC. Prodr. vol. i. p. 461; erecta v. 
prostrata; ramis stellato-pubescentibus demum glabris; foliis ellipticis v. subrotundatis dentatis, 
supra pubescentibus, subtus albido-tomentosis ; pedunculis axillaribus v. solitariis inarticulatis, folio 
brevioribus v. multo longioribus; carpellis 7 biaristatis.—Sida rhombifolia, Forst. Prodr. n. 256, 
non Linn. S. salicifolia, Forst. Herb.—Nukulau (Barclay !), and other parts of the group, in waste 
places (U. S. Expl. Exped.); also collected in Tongan Islands (Forster! Sir E. Home !), Isle of 
Pines (M‘Gillivray !), Tana (Forster !), Amsterdam Island (Forster !). 
Bentham referred Barclay’s specimen to S. microphylla, Cav., and, I think, with justice. To this 
A. Gray objected, on account of the length of the peduncles. But the peduncles are sometimes shorter (as 
in Cavanilles' figure), and sometimes, or rather generally, longer than the leaf. I now speak of specimens 
gathered in the same spot. The typical S. retusa, to which A. Gray wished to refer his pe is a very 
distinct plant. The extreme forms of S. micr hylla are extremely unlike each other. In unfavourable 
localities the plant is prostrate, and has minute, generally orbieular leaves; in more congenial situations it 
assumes an erect habit, and more elliptical end larger leaves, and then looks like some weak state of 
S. rhombifolia. Forster, when he first collected it, named it Sida salicifolia, remarking in his schedules 
that there were several varieties; but he ultimately referred it, in his ‘ Prodromus,’ to S. rhombifolia. From 
the latter it is distinguished by its inarticulate peduncles. Guillemin (Zeph. Tait. p. 73) remarked that 
Forster’s specimens had, at first sight, a look different from those of S. rhombifolia, in which he was correct, 
but after all he referred them to S. rhombifolia, in which he was wrong.t 
** Pedunculi distincte articulati. 
3. S. rhombifolia, Linn. Spec. 961; DC. Prodr. vol. i. p. 462; erecta; foliis oblongo-lanceo- 
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t The following is another Polynesian species :—Sida biloba, (sp. nov.) Herb. Hook. ; foliis ovato- v. 
cordato-bilobis, lobis obtusis serratis, supra glabris, subtus cano-tomentosis, ramulis petiolis pedunculis 
calycibusque fulvido-tomentosis; stipulis subulatis persistentibus ; pedunculis axillaribus inarticulatis 
1-floris petiolo multo longioribus; calycis lobis acutis v. acuminatis; carpellis submutieis.—Isle of Pines 
(M'Gillvray!). A very distinct species. Leaves scarcely half an inch long, somewhat resembling those 
of S. retusa. . 
Sida periplocifolia, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 60 = Abutilon periplocifolium, Endl. Ann. Wien. 
Mus. 1836, p. 182, is a species of Wissadula, near rostrata, Hook. f. "e 
Sida Indica, Forst. Prodr. n. 257, non alior., is Abutilon auritum, G. Don. I find at the British Museum 
another new Polynesian Abutilon, which I have named after its discoverer :— ; T 
Abutilon Menziesii, (sp. nov.) Seem.; fruticosum; caule ramis petiolis pedunculis calycibusque cano- 
tomentosis ; foliis cordatis acuminatis grosse crenatis, supra viridibus pube ste lato, subtus cano-tomentosis ; 
peduneulis axillaribus solitariis petiolo brevioribus; calycis laciniis late ovatis aeutis; carpellis 5 ovato- 
oblongis acuminatis hirsutis 3-spermis, seminibus hirsutis, placentis persistentibus.—Sandwich Islands 
(Menzies! in Herb. Mus. Brit.). There are two small specimens of this plant, which I do not find any- 
where described : leaves 2-3 inches long, on petioles longer than the blade; stipules minute; flowers about 
1 inch long, apparently purplish. 
