80 THALAMlFLOIliE. 



middle, I -flowered, rather longer tliaii tTie ^;etiole. Flowers 

 rather small, yellow. Calyx 5-agonal, 10-nerved, with the seg- 

 ments acute. Stamens 12-15, column minutely stellato-puber- 

 ulous : anthers globose, yellow. Stjles 5, patenti-reflected, 

 longer than the filaments : stigmata capitate. Carpels 5 : seeds 

 solitary, 3-gonal, black. 



The leaves vary in form in dilFerent plants; and I have even 

 observed ovate and obiong leaves, on diffei'ent branches of the 

 same plant. 



5. Sida erecta. Erect Broom-weed. 



Erect slightly hoary, leaves linear rounded at the 

 base serrulated, peduncles axillary solitary 1 -flowered 

 length of the petiole, carpels 8-10 bi-aristate. 



HAB. Common near Half-way Tree. 



FL. After rains. 



SuflFruticose erect, about a foot in height : branches few sub- 

 simple, slightly compressed, somewhat hoary, puberulous with 

 minute stellated hairs. Leaves an inch or more in length, 

 linear, obtuse, serrulated, minutely stellato-puberulous, hoary 

 beneath : petiole filiform, nearly half the length of the leaf. 

 Stipules setaceous, ciliated, nearly as long as the petiole, 

 deciduous. Peduncles axillary, solitary, of the same length as 

 the petiole articulated below the flower. Flowers small in 

 comparison with those of the other Jamaica species. Calycine 

 segments, acuminate. Petals yellowish white, veined with pale 

 pink. Styles 8-10: stigmata capitate of a pink colour. Car- 

 pels 8-10, bi aristate ; awns length of the calycine segments, 

 reversely hispid. 



A very common plant in pastures at the lower part of the 

 plain of Liguanea. The flowers are open from 9 o'clock in the 

 morning, till 3 in the afternoon. 



6. Sida ruderata. Rank Broom-weed. 



Leaves oblongo-lanceolate obtuse mucronate cre- 

 nato-serrate, pedicels axillary much longer than the 

 petiole jointed, carpels 8-10 bicuspidate. 



Malva minor erecta betonicse folio, flore luteo, semine duplici 

 rostro prsedita, Sloane, I. 217. — Sida rhombifolia, Willd. Sp. 

 III. l^O.—Swartz, Obs. 257.— Car. diss. I. 23. t. 3. f. 12. 



HAB. Common in damp shady situations. 



FL. Throughout the year. 



Suft"ruticose, I 2 feet in height: branches erect, slightly 

 compressed, tomentulose with minute stellated hairs. Leaves 

 oblongo-lanceolate, obtuse, apiculated, crenato-serrated, minutely 

 stellato-puberulous above, whitish and stellato-tomentuloso 



