422 MALVACEAE. (Von. II. 
3. Sida hermaphrodita (L.) Rusby. Vir- 
ginia Mallow. (Fig. 2429.) 
Japaea hermaphrodita I,. Sp. Pl. 686. 1753. 
Sida Napaea Cav. Diss. 5: 277. pl. 132. fir. 1788. 
sr haa taplaai Rusby, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 223. 
1894. 
Perennial, nearly glabrous, branching, 4°-10° high. 
Leaves petioled, 3/-6’ wide, ovate-orbicular, deeply 
3-7-lobed or cleft, the lobes lanceolate or ovate, the 
middle one commonly longest, all incised dentate, 
acute or acuminate; flowers white, 9/’-12’’ broad, 
numerous in terminal corymbose panicles; pedicels, 
calyx and petioles of the upper leaves finely pubes- 
cent; calyx-lobes short and broad, acute; carpels 
about 10, acute, dehiscent at the top. 
Along rivers, in rocky places, southern Pennsylvania, 
West Virginia and Virginia. Summer. 
7. ABUTILON Gaertn. Fruct. et Sem. 2: BST epee Loge | L7OU- 
Herbs or shrubs, sometimes trees in tropical countries, mostly soft-pubescent, with cor- 
date angular or lobed leaves and axillary flowers. Involucelsnone. Calyx 5-cleft. Stamen- 
column anther-bearing at the apex. Cavities of the ovary 5-©, 3-9-ovuled. Style-branches 
the same number as the ovary-cavities, stigmatic at the apex; carpels 2-valved, often rostrate, 
falling away from the axis at maturity. Seeds more or less reniform, the upper ascending, 
the lower pendulous or horizontal, [Name given by the celebrated Arabian physician Avi- 
cenna (Ibn Sina), died 1037. ] 
About go ee natives of warm and trop- 
ical regions of both hemispheres. In addition to 
the following, some 15 others inhabit the southern 
and southwestern parts of the United States. 
'r. Abutilon Abutilon (L.) Rusby. 
Velvet Leaf. Indian Mallow. 
(Fig. 2430. ) 
Sida Abutilon ,. Sp. Pl. 685. 1753. 
Abutilon Avicennae Gaertn. Fruct. et Sem. 2: 
251. pl. 1375. 1791. 
A. Abutilon Rusby, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 222. 1894. 
Annual, stout, 3°-6° high, branched, densely 
and finely velvety-pubescent. Leaves long- 
petioled, cordate, ovate-orbicular, 4’-12’ wide, 
dentate, or nearly entire, acuminate, the point 
blunt; flowers yellow, 6’/-9’’ broad, axillary, 
solitary; peduncles stout, shorter than the peti- 
oles; head of fruit 1’ in diameter or more; car- 
pels 12-15, pubescent, dehiscent at the apex, 
each valve beaked by a slender awn. 
= In waste places, frequent or common through- 
out our area, except the extreme north. Natural- 
zed or adventive from southern Asia, and widely 
distributed as a weed in warm countries. Called 
also American Jute. Aug.—Oct. 
8. SPHAERALCEA &t. Hil. Plant. Us. Bras. A/. 52. 1825. 
Herbs or shrubs with the habit of /alvastrum. Bractlets of the involucels 3, distinct, or 
united at the base. Stamen-column anther-bearing at the summit. Cavities of the ovary 
5-%, 2-3-ovuled. Style-branches the same number as the ovary-cavities, stigmatic at the 
apex; carpels 2-valved, not septate between the seeds, separating from the axis at maturity. 
Seeds reniform. [Greek, globe-mallow. ] 
About 30 species, natives of America and South Africa. In addition to the following, about 14 
others occur in the southwestern United States. 
