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This plant feldom rifes above a foot and a half, or two feet, in height: it is 



pretty frequent in the low lands about Kingjlon, 



SI DA 9. Er e 51 a ^ fubvi llofa y ramofa, tenuis ; foliis cordato-acuminatis % refle- 



5lentibus y lemter £? acute crenatis-, Jiore Jwgulari c? ramulo 

 Jiorijero foliolato ad alas. 



The fhrubby Sida, with reflected leaves. 



This plant is very common in the hills about the Ferr\\ and rifes generally to t T, e 

 height of tour or five feet. The flowers are dtfpofed chiefly towards the top, and 



the leaves commonly icflected a good way backwards. 

 There is a variation of this planf, with veiy fmall leaves. 





SIDA 10. Hirta a [fur gem, foliis angul'io-cordatis, obtuje hbatis, atque 



dent at is \ fori bus conghbatis, capitulis joliolatis, pedunculis 



Validis alaribus. 



Sida capitulis pedunculatis triphyllis feptemfloris. L. Sp. PI. 



Baftard Ochro> 



This plant grows chiefly in low rich bottoms, and is frequently met with in marfhy 

 aces. Tiie item is preity thick and fucculent, the leaves large, and all the parts 



of the plant rough and hairy. The tender buds are full of mucilage, and a little 



purgative. 



SI DA 11. Major ■, afurgens, fubfruticofa & fubvi/lofa ; foliis cordatis, quart* 



doque angulatis; capj'ulis deprejfis; pedunculis longioribus Joli ta- 

 rn's ad alas. 



Bolocrin. H. M. p. 6. t. 45. 



The larger Sida y with crowned feed-veffels. 



I found this plant near the cod of the bay, beyond Rock Fort ; and there it grows 

 turally, on the banks above the beach. The whole plant is vilioie, and or a 



v/hitifh colour: the leaves are large, and angular, or of the figure of a heart: the 



flowers are Angle, and ftand on long foot-iialks at the alic of the leaves • and th 

 feed-veffels, which are pretty large, are compofed of about twenty particular de- 



preffed lodge?. 



The American matrons fometimes order an infufion of the leaves, and tender 

 buds of this plant, for women in difficult labours 3 and deem it a very poweriul 

 medicine in fuch cafes. 



XJRENA 1. Fruticulcfa, foliis ferratis, oblongis; floribus conglobatis, pedunculis 



longiffimis terminalibus incidenttbus. 



The fhrubby erect Ure?ta^ with bearded feeds. 



This plant is very common in the woods, and grows generally to the height of 

 four or five feet, fometimes more. The leaves are pretty large; and the ked-vef- 

 fels, which are compofed, each, of five cells loofely connected together, carry three 

 long bearded bridles, or feta?, on the top of each cell ; whereby they adhere to every 

 thing that touches them. 



URENA 2. Foliis profunde quinquelobis ; lobis inferne angujlioribus, denti- 



culatis; floribus confertis ad alas. 

 Malva five alcea fruticofa ribefii foliis, &c. Slo. Cat. 96. & H. t. ii. f. 2. 



Alcca Indie a frutefcens, &c. Pk. t. 5. f. 3. & Alcea Indica. Thez. Zey. 



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