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form.— Wight! cat. n. 189 and 187.—Sida tomentosa, Roxb. hort. Bengh. 
p. 50; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 671; Wall! L. n. 1852.a, b (from H. B. C.), e, e. 
The pedicels are from an inch to an inch and a half long, and the petioles 
usually about the same length or rather shorter, but in Wight’s cat. n. 187, 
the petioles are fully three inches in length, while the pedicels are not longer 
than common. 
XIII. SIDA. Linn.; Lam. ill. t. 578. f. 1, and t. 519. 
Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, without an involucel. Ovarium 5- or many- 
celled, with a solitary ovule in each cell. Styles 5, or more, according to 
the number of cells. Stigmas capitate. Capsule consisting of 5 or more l- 
seeded, often 2-valved, cocci. Radicle superior. 
210. (1) Sida acuta (Burm.:) shrubby: branches without tubercles under 
the leaves: leaves narrow lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous, or slightly 
sprinkled above and on the nerves beneath with bristly hairs, coarsely simply 
serrated, the serratures patent: stipules linear acuminated, stiffish, striated 
with several longitudinal nerves, ciliated, often longer than the petiole: pe- 
dicels axillary, solitary, not shorter than the petiole nor longer than the sti- 
pules ; jointed about the middle, sometimes arranged in a short axillary almost 
leafless branch: carpels 5-9, birostrate.—Cav. diss. 1. t. 2. f. 3; DC. prod. 1. 
p. 460; Spr. syst. 3. p. 110; Wall.! L. n. 1868; Wight! cat. n. 199, 200.— 
S. lanceolata, Retz; Willd.!; Spr. l. e.—8. Stauntoniana, DC. l. c.—8. sco- 
paria, Lour.—Pluk. t. 334. f. 2; Rheed. Mal. 10. t. 53; Rumph. Amb. 5. 
t. 18. f. 2 (bad). 
That our plant is the S. acuta of Burmann, and fi red by Rheede and 
Plukenet, we are certain, although the deseriptions hitherto given make no 
allowance for the variations we have observed. 
211. (2) S. stipulata (Cav.:) suffruteseent: branches without tubercles 
under the leaves: leaves rhomboid-ovate, acute or acuminated, simply or 
doubly serrated, glabrous, or sprinkled with a short stellate pubescence, par- 
tieularly on the under side: stipules linear-acuminated, striated, ciliated, 
about twice the length of the petioles: pedicels axillary, solitary, as long as 
the petioles or sometimes as long as the stipules, jointed usually near the 
base: carpels 7-11, long-birostrate.—Cav. diss. 1. t. 3. f. 10; DC. prod. 1. 
p. 460; Wight! cat. n. 197.—8. acuta, Wall.! L. n. 1868. g. 
This chiefly differs from the preceding species by the broader leaves; but 
from the West Indian S. Balbisiana, brachypetala, and repanda, of authors, 
which seem to form one species, we can point out no satisfactory distinguish- 
mg character. 
t* 212. (3) S. orientalis (Cav.:) suffrutescent: leaves rhomboid or ovate, 
obtuse, acute or acuminated, toothed, glabrous: stipules linear, as long as 
the petioles: pedicels axillary, solitary, not quite so long as the petiole: 
p "aer obtuse.— Cav. diss. 1. t. 12. f. 15 DC. prod. 1. p. 461 ; Spr. syst. 
3. p. 116. pen 
213. (4) S. scabrida (W. & A.:) whole plant sprinkled with rigid, simple, 
or 2-3- (or more) partite hairs: branches without tubercles under the leaves : 
leaves rhomboid or oblong, lanceolate ; both sides green, without tomentum: 
stipules subulate, striated, ciliated, longer than the petiole: pedicels axillary, 
` Solitary, more than half the length of the leaf, 3—4-times as long as tees sti- 
pais jointed at the very base: carpels 9-11, bicuspidate.— Wight! cat. n. 
214. (5) S. rhomboidea (Roxb.:) shrubby: branches without tubercles un- 
der the leaves : leaves rhomboid-lanceolate, serrated ; under side hoary with 
short tomentum : stipules subulate, slender, longer than the petioles : pedicels 
more than half the length of the leaf, jointed at the very base, axillary, soli- - 
