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green and villous above, hoary and tomentose beneath with 

 stellated hairs tipt with viscid globules : petiole compressed. 

 Stipules lineari-lanceolate. Peduncles axillary, solitary; scarcely 

 longer than the petiole, terete, hispido-tomentose with stellated 

 hairs, 1-flowered. Calyx 5-partite, externally velvety-pubes- 

 cent ; divisions acuminate. Petals orange-coloured, spreading. 

 Ovary globular, 10-ribbed : styles 10, spreading, reflected: 

 stigmata capitate. Carpels usually 10, acuminate at the apex, 

 length of the calyx,'^pubescenti-tomentulose, 3-seeded : seeds 

 black, subreniform, reticulato-granulose. 



There is very little difference between the specific character 

 of this, and that of S. Americana, as given by I)e CandoUe, ex- 

 cept, that in the latter, the leaves are oblong. 



18. Sida elata. Tall Broom-weed. 



Leaves subrotundo-cordate acuminate crenulato- 

 deiitate velvety and hoary beneath, flowers panicled, 

 petals subreflex, carpels 8-10 beaked generally 3- 

 seeded. 



Sida gigantea, Jacq. Schceiib. II. 8. t. 141.? 



HAB. Below Pimento-grove, St David's. 



FL. January. 



A shrub, erect, 6-12 feet in height : branches terete, hoary, 

 minutely stellato-puberulous. Leaves crenated, 5-nerved, re- 

 ticulato-venose, green and stellato-velutine above, hoary and 

 velutino-tomentulose beneath, 5 inches long and 4 broad. Sti- 

 pules setaceo-subulate. Panicle terminal, lofty, many-flowered : 

 flowers orange-yellow : common peduncle and its divisions 

 hoary and velvety : pedicels half an inch in length, i -flowered. 

 Calyx externally hoary and puberulous : divisions ovato- lan- 

 ceolate. Petals obovato-subrotund, spreading, subreflex. Co- 

 lumn of the filaments stellato-puberulous. Ovary globose, pu- 

 bescent ; styles 8-10 (usually 9) capillary : stigmata obtuse. 

 Carpels 8-10, beaked at the outer angle, slightly inflated, pu- 

 berulous, 2-3-seeded : seeds angulose, puberulous. 



This plant agrees with the character given of Sida gigan- 

 tea, except, that in the latter, the leaves are acumiuato-trictis- 

 pidate. The flowers, carpels, and leaves of this resemble very 

 much those of the preceding species. It is the loftiest of the 

 genus that we have in Jamaica. It is a rather showy plant, 

 and, as it rises above the more lowly shrubs, readily attracts 

 the eye of the passenger. 



