MO.VADEIPHIA. POLYANDRIA. fel 



Cunimon arotind New-Orleans. A thorny and spreading-, 

 shrub 6 to lu ieet hi.qi), with very fragrunt yellow fiowcrs. 

 A very exiensive tropical genus, alinobt exclusively ia- 

 digenoTis to America and India- 



476. SCHRANKIA. WilUL Mimosa. Mich. 

 Polygamous. — Calix tuhulous, 5-toothed. Pe- 

 tals 5. Stamina 8 to 10, exsci-ted. Silique 4- 

 valvecl. 



Herbaceous and procumbent, aculeate; leaves bipin- 

 nate; flowers capitate, reddish. 



Species. S. tincinata. Leaves irritable, contracting 

 from the touch. Hab. From Virginia to Florida, and 

 tlirougUout Lovrer Louisiana. — The only species known.] 



IV.— POLYANDRIA. 



477. SIDA. L. 



Calix 5-cleft, simple. Style multipartite. 

 Capsules many, 1 or 3-seeded. 



Shrubby or herbaceous, rarely arborescent, flowers ax- 

 illary or terminalj pedicells articulated. 



Species. 1. S. spinosa. 2. hispida.Vn. A Malva? 3. 

 rhombif'jl.ia. 4. crispa. 5. Alutilon. 6, JVap^a. Pedun- 

 cles distinctly articulated. 7. cUoica, 8. alceoides. 



A geni.is of nearly 120 species, chiefly indigenoiis to 

 tropical America and India. 



478. MALVA. L. (Mallow.) 



Calix double; the exterior mostly S-leaved. 

 Petals 5. Capsules many, 1 -seeded, disposed or- 

 bicidaily. 



Sljrubhy or herbaceous; leaves alternate and stipulate, 

 undivided, or palmately lobed; fl(nvcrs axillary or termi- 

 nal, solitary, more or less aggregated or racemose. (Pu- 

 bescence stellate.) 



Species. 1. J\f. abntUoides. 2. carolinhuia. A Sida? 

 5. rotimdifoUa Introduced- 4. triloba. In Carolina. 5. 

 * coccineu. T. X. in Fras. Catal. 1813- A very beautiful 

 species with scarlet flowers disposed in dense recemes; 



