MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. AT 
16 mm. lata, apice acuta ad summum extremitatem obtusa, basi 
cuneato-acuta, margine sursum distincte medio obscure serrulata, 
deorsum subintegra, utrinque exsiccato glabra, (sed novella ad costam 
pilosiuscula), utringue pagine minute punctata, costis venis 
venulisque distincte elevatis, petiolis 5 mm. longis. Flores sessiles 
axillares solitarii. Sepala cire. 5, ineequalia, caduca, late rotundata, 
pauce pilosa, coriacca, 4 mm. lata, margine ciliolata. Petala cire. 
5, ineequalia, obovato-oblcnga, apice rotundata vel truncato- 
rotundata, basi cuneata, 18 mm. longa, 10 mm. lata. Stamina 
humerosa, 8 mm. longa, filamentis basi connatis. Ovarium minu- 
tum rotundatum, 1 mm. longum, stylis 3, ad totam longitudinem 
connatis, 3 mm. longis. 
Has. Wantan, leg. T. Kawakami, Jan. 1904. 
Near 7. sasanqua ; but differs from it in having round petals. 
The petals of the present plant are usually oblong and round 
at the apex, while those of 7. sasanqua are generally, if not 
always, notched at the apex. 
Malvaceee. 
Sida Linn. 
Sida mysorensis W. et A.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. I. p. 322. 
Has. Ako; Choshasho, leg. G. Naxanara, Sept. 1905, (No. 
511). 
Distris. India and the Philippines. 
OpsErv. Leaves soft tomentose cordate, abruptly acuminate, 
margin serrulate, 9 cm. long, 7 cm. broad, petioles 5 em. long ; 
very like S. humilis Wr. 
