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lone; leaves i'-l'long; the limb scarcely longer than the petiole. Flowers 

 yellow, not half as large as in the preceding. 



* * Leaves not cordate : carpels 7-12. 



3. S. Stipulata, Cav. Nearly smooth ; stem erect or curving ; leaves and 

 branches distichous ; leaves lanceolate and oblong, acute, unequally serrate, on 

 short petioles ; stipules linear-subulate, longer than the petioles, smooth, per- 

 sistent ; flowers single or clustered, on peduncles 3-4 times as long as the pe- 

 tioles ; carpels 10, strongly reticulated, pointed with two short and incurved 

 spines. (S. glabra, Nutt.) — Waste places and around dwellings, Florida. 

 June - November, (i) or 1J. — Stems 1°- 3° high. Leaves 2' -3' long. Flow- 

 ers 1' wide, yellow, expanding at mid-day. Petals obliquely obcordate. 



4. S. rhombifolia, L. Downy ; stems erect, much branched ; leaves 

 rhombic-oblong, obtuse at each end, serrate, short-petioled, pale beneath ; stip- 

 ules setaceous, longer than the petioles, caducous ; peduncles solitary, more than 

 half as long as the leaves ; carpels 10-12, even, pointed with a single subulate 

 spine, indehiscent. — Around dwellings, Florida to North Carolina and westward. 

 July- October. ® — Stems 2° -3° high. Leaves 2' - 3' long. Flowers yel- 

 low, smaller than in No. 3. 



5. S. ciliaris, Cav. Rough with appressed rigid hairs ; stems prostrate ; 

 leaves elliptical, obtuse at both ends, serrate above the middle, smooth above, 

 the uppermost approximate ; stipules setaceous, and like the calyx fringed with 

 long hairs ; flowers nearly sessile in the axils of the upper leaves ; carpels 7, 

 strongly reticulated, pointed with two minute barbed spines. — Key West. 1J. — 

 Stems 6' long. Leaves tf - 1' long. Flowers small, red. 



6. S. Elliottii, Toit. & Gray. Perennial ; stems slender, ronghish, erect, 

 with long and straight branches ; leaves smoothish,- lanceolate or linear, acute, 

 serrate, on short petioles ; stipules setaceous ; flowers large, single ; peduncles 

 longer than the petioles ; carpels 10-12, strongly reticulated, truncate or slightly 

 2-pointed. (S. gracilis, Ell., not of Rich.) — Open woods, Florida to North Car- 

 olina and westward. July - October. — Stems l°-3°high. Leaves 1' -2' long. 

 Flowers 1 ' wide, yellow. 



7. S. Lindheimeri, Engel. & Gray. Stem shrubby, smooth, slender, much 

 branched ; leaves rigid, narrow-linear, obtuse, serrate, paler and downy beneath, 

 the short petioles spineless at the base ; stipules subulate, persistent, as long as 

 the petioles ; peduncles about as long as the leaves ; carpels 10, faintly reticu- 

 lated, pointed with two short and broad spines. — Key West. — Stems 1° high. 

 Leaves 1' long. Petals barely exceeding the calyx in length. 



5. ABUTILON, Tourn. Indian Mallow. 



Involucel none. Stigma capitate. Ovaries 5 or more, 1-celled, 2-9-ovuled. 

 Carpels 1 -6-seeded, partly 2-valved, tardily separating from each other or from 

 the central axis. Radicle ascending. — Leaves cordate. Flowers yellow, white, 

 or purplish. 



1. A. Avicennse, Gairtn. Tomentose ; leaves round-cordate, acuminate, 

 crenate ; peduncles axillary, 1-3-flowered, shorter than the long petioles ; car- 



