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pubescent. Panicle tenuin;il. Flowers numerous, cro\v(l(>d, 

 shortly pedicelled, of modorato size, yellow. Calyx 5-agonai 



at the base, pubescent. Stylus 5-6. Carpels I -seeded 



Sivartz. 



1 1 . Sida capillaris. Capillar ij panided Broom-weed. 



Leaves ovate acuminate, rarely siibcordate, more 

 usually rounded at the base dentato-serrate hoary 

 stellato-pilose above stellato-tomentose beneath, stipules 

 setaceous, peduncles capillary panicled or simple, 

 carpels 5 shortly bi-rostrate. 



Sida foliis cordato-acuniinatis, pedunculis longis tenuissimis 

 capillaribus alaribus, inferioribus simplicibus, superioribus 

 ramosis, Browne, 280. — S. paniculata, Swariz, Obs. 259. — 

 Cav. diss. I. 16. t. 12. f. 5 — S. atro sanguinea, Jacq. Ic. rar. I. 

 t. 136 — S. capillaris, Cav. diss. I. 10. t. 1. f. 7. 



HAB. Common, in dry gravelly situations. 



FJj. August — November. 



Suffruticose erect about 3 feet high : branches straight, 

 slightly compressed towards their extremities, stellate-hirsute 

 approaching to tomentose. Leaves attenuato-acuminate, un- 

 equally serrato-dentate, nerved, about 2 inches long, and nearly 

 1 broad: petioles short, tomentose. Stipules longer than the 

 petiole, setaceous. Panicles axillary and subterminal: divisions 

 finely capillary : pedicels an inch and a half in length, glabrous, 

 jointed about 3 lines from the flower, coloured, minutely puberu- 

 lous, incrassated below the calyx. Flowers small, of a crimson 

 colour. Calyx externally puberulous. Petals spreading, oblong, 

 repand, glabrous. Stamens 15 : column crimson, minutely 

 stellato-puberulous : anthers yellow. Styles 5, longer than the 

 filaments, spreading : stigmata minutely papillose. Carpels 5, 

 minutely stellato-puberulous. 



In the specimens I have met with, it is only the leaves 

 at the bottom of the stem that are subcordate. I have adopted 

 the specific designation of Cavanilles, considering it more dis- 

 tinctive — This plant is remarkable for its delicate hair-like 

 peduncles, and its small crimson flowers. I have met with 

 specimens, in which the peduncles were 2-3 together, simple, 

 and axillary. 



12. Sida nervosa. Clammy Broom-weed. 



Leaves cordate acuminate dentate villous with 

 stellated hairs, stem and branches villous with a viscid 

 capitato-glandulose pubescence, peduncles panicled^ 

 calyces nervose, carpels 5 bi-rostrate. 



Bertero, De Cand. Prod. I. 465. 



