Sida. MONADELPHfA DODEOANDUIA. 179 



20. S. nsiatica. WUld. iii. 750. 



Biennial, downy, and i>Iu<inous. Leaven round -cordate, 

 subulate, orossly serrate. Peduncles solitary, one-flowered. 

 Petals obiicjuely triangular, embracing each other. Cap- 

 sules about tweiity, equalling' the calyx, truncate, with a co- 

 nic hornlot. J^//(? 0(1 he seed bearded. 



Tel'nnj. Tootca-benda. 



Hind, and lienij. Petaree, also Jhainpi. 



A native of various parts of India, and in blossom and 

 seed most part ot" the year. 



21. S. populij'olia. WUld. iii. 751. 



Sub herbaceous, villous, not glutinous. Leaves round-cor- 

 date, sub-lobate, grossly serrate. Petals obliquely trian- 

 gular, and remote. Capsules twenty, truncate, longer than 

 the calyx. 



Telinff. Noogoo-benda. 



Beloere. Rkeed. JUal, vi. t. 45. 



A native of various parts of India, and like asiatica in 

 flower and seed all the year. 



22. S. indica. WUld. iii. 752. 



Sub-herbaceous, l/eai-es round-cordate, sub-lobate, gross- 

 ly serrate. Petals eveidy obcordate, embracing each other. 

 Capsules twenty, truncate, longer than the calyx. 



I have not been able to learn that the natives have any 

 other name for this than that by which populijolia is known, 

 and wilh it. and asiatica, it is found common over most 

 parts of liKJia ; on the coast of Coroman<lel, these species are 

 most generally used as a substitute for the oflicinal Altheae 

 and Malvae. 



23. S. ffraveolens. R, 



Herbaceous, erect, ramous, every part clothed with clam- 

 my pubescence. Leaves round-cordate, crenulate, rarely lo- 

 bate. Stipules falcate. Floicers axillary, solitary. Carol 



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