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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Fig. 149 (132). 



Prickly Sida. Sida spinosa L. An erect, softly pubescent annual, 30-60 cm. high; 

 leaves mostly ovate, serrate with long stems; flowers small yellow; pistils five-jointed 

 together forming an egg-shaped fruit: each splitting at the top into two beaks. Ap- 

 parently a native in some portion of the United States. Thriving well southward. 



