MALVACEAE. 



Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 95. 



SIDA. 



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 1 -seeded, often 2-valved cocci. 

 Radicle superior. W. and A. 



279. S. cordifolia Linn, sp.pl. 961. Cav. diss. i. 19. 1. 13. f. 1. 



DC. prodr. i. 4?64>. W. and A. i. 58. — (Rkeede. x. t. 54.) 



East Indies. 



Shrubby. Leaves cordate, roundish or ovate, obtuse, or scarcely 

 acute, bluntly serrated, velvety or toraentose. Pedicels jointed near 

 the flower, axillary, solitary, from twice as short to twice as long as the 

 petiole, occasionally arranged in very short axillary almost leafless 

 young branches. Carpels 9-10, with 2 setaceous downward-point- 

 ing hairy beaks, as long as the carpel itself. W. and A. — The leaves 

 mixed with rice are given in India to alleviate the bloody flux. 



280. S. acuta Burnt, ind. 147. Cav. diss. i. t. 2. f. 3. DC. 

 prodr. i. 460. W. and A. i. 57. — S. lanceolata Willd. sp. j)l. 

 iii. 736. S. Stauntoniana DC. prodr. i. 460. (Rheede. x. t. 53.) 



— East Indies. 



Shrubby. Branches without tubercles under the leaves : leaves nar- 

 row lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous, or slightly sprinkled above and 

 on the nerves beneath with bristly hairs, coarsely simply serrated, the 

 serratures patent : stipules ! linear-acuminate, stiffish, striated with 

 several longitudinal nerves, ciliated, often longer than the petiole: 

 pedicels axillary, solitary, not shorter than the petiole, nor longer than 

 the stipules; jointed above the middle ; sometimes arranged in a short 

 axillary almost leafless branch : carpels 5-9, birostrate. W. and A. — 

 Root intensely bitter and considered a valuable stomachic. Ainslie. 



%* Various species of this genus, especially Sida carpinifolia, are 

 used in Brazil in the same way as Marsh Mallow in Europe. 



ABUTILON. 



Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, without an involucel. Ovary 5- or 

 many-celled, with 3, rarely more, ovules in each cell. Styles 5 

 or more. Stigmas capitate. Capsule composed of 5 or more, 3- 

 or rarely 4-6-seeded, 2-valved cocci. Leaves cordate. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, solitary or rarely in pairs, 1-2 or many-flowered; 

 sometimes by the abortion of the upper leaves forming terminal 

 spikes. W. and A. 



281. A. indicum G.Don Mill. diet. i. 504. W. and A. i. 56. 



— Sida indica Linn, sp.pl. 964. Cav. diss. i. t. 7. f. 10. 



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