142 Malvacece. \Sida. 



A specimen from Trincomalie (Glenie) has very much larger and 

 more hairy cal. and larger coarsely crenate leaves. 



The roots and leaves of this and all the other common species of 

 Sida are much used in Sinhalese medicine. 



2. S. mysorensis, W. and A. Prod. 59 (1834). Glriwadi- 

 b^vila, ^S". 



Thvv. Enum. 28. C. P. 1 123. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 322. 



An erect, perennial herb, 2-3 ft., stem more or less viscous- 

 hairy ; 1. 1-2 in., ovate, cordate at base, acute or attenuate, 

 coarsely serrate-dentate, with a tendency to be 3-lobed, softly 

 hairy on both sides, petioles ^-li in., hairy ; fl. small, under 

 \ in., pcd. short, \-\ in., hairy ; cal. hairy, segm. narrowly 

 triangular, acuminate ; ripe carp. 5, shortly bi-cuspidate, 

 smooth. 



Low country ; rather common. Peradeniya ; Haragama. Fl. all the 

 year ; yellow. 



Also in Peninsular India and Burma. 



3. S. spinosa, L. Sp. PL 68 3 (1753). 



Herm. Mus. 2. Fl. Zeyl. n. 254. S. alba^ L., Thw. Enum. 28. 



C P. 3553- 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 323. Dill. Hort. Elth. ii. t. 171, f. 210. 



An erect, much-branched under-shrub, stems slender, 

 rough, with minute stellate hairs, often with small, recurved 

 prickles at the nodes below the petioles ; 1. \-\\ in., oval or 

 oblong, obtuse, coarsely crenate-serrate, glabrous above, finely 

 stellate-pubescent beneath, petioles ]-| in., stellate-pubescent ; 

 fl. \ in., pcd. \-\ in , slender, jointed near top ; cal. hairy, 

 segm. .short, triangular, acute ; ripe carp. 5, with 2 long, erect, 

 rough beaks, equalling the cal. 



Dry country ; rather rare. Near Batticaloa. Probably overlooked 

 elsewhere. Fl. March ; white. 



Distributed throughout the Tropics. 



S. alnifolia, L. is referred to this species by Masters in Fl. B. Ind. 

 This, however ( = F1. Zeyl. n. 253), is represented in Herb. Hermann by 

 specimens of S. cordifolia and of a van of S. rhombifolia (q. v.). 



4. S. acuta, Burnt. Fl. hid. 147 (1768). G-as-b^vila, S. 



Moon Cat. 50. Thw. Enum. 27. C. P. 2760. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 323 {S. carpinifolia). Wight, Ic. t. 95. 



A much-branched, semi-shrubby perennial, branches erect, 

 smooth or slightly rough, with minute stellate hairs ; 1. \-2\ in., 

 lanceolate-oblong, rounded at base, acute or obtuse, sharply 

 serrate or crenate-serrate, glabrous, pale beneath, petioles \ in., 

 thickened at top, slightly stellate-hairy, stij). linear-subulate, 

 exceeding petioles, veined, ciliate ; fl. \ in., ped. \-\ in., stellate- 



