Sida.'\ MalvacecB. 143 



pubescent ; cal. nearly glabrous, segm. very broadly triangular, 

 acute or acuminate ; pet. twice as long as cal. ; ripe carp. 5-1 1, 

 rugose on the back, black, with two sharp, erect beaks. 



Low country ; common in waste ground. Fl. all the year ; yellow. 

 Throughout the Tropics. 



S. carpinifolia^ the name adopted for this in Fl. B. Ind., is later in 

 date than S. acuta^ having been given by the younger Linnjeus in 1781. 



5. S. rhombifolia, L. Sp. PL 684 (1753). K.otikan-b6vila, S. 

 Chittamaddi, T. 



Herm. Mus. 17. Burm. Thes. 15. Fl. Zeyl. n. 252 and n. 253 (part). 

 Moon Cat. 50. Thw. Enum. 28. C. P. 1131, 3615. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 323. Dill. Hort. Elth. i. t. 172 f. 212. 



An erect, much-branched under-shrub, branches rough 

 with stellate hairs ; 1. 1-2 in., rhomboid-lanceolate, obtuse at 

 base, acute, entire below, dentate -serrate above, glabrous 

 above, more or less densely stellate-hairy beneath, petioles 

 \ in., stellate-hairy, stip. setaceous, longer than petioles ; fl. 

 I in., ped. \-\\ in., stellate-hairy ; cal.-segm. broadly tri- 

 angular, very acute or apiculate ; ripe carp. 9-10, with or 

 without beaks. 



Van /3. retusa, L. (sp.) S. retusa, L., Thw. Enum. 28. C. P. 31 17. 

 Stems prostrate, thick and woody, much branched ; 1. very 

 small, cuneate-obovate, retuse, apiculate ; ripe carp, usually 

 with beaks as long as themselves. 



Roadsides and waste places ; a very common weed, especially var. ^. 

 in the dry country ; extends into montane zone. Fl. all the year ; yellow, 

 becoming white when fading. 



Throughout the Tropics. 



The stems afford a good fibre. 



6. S. cordifolia, L. Sp. PL 684 (1753)- Wal-b^vila, Hin- 

 anoda, 6*. Chevakanpiidu, T. 



Fl. Zeyl. n. 253 (part) and 255 (?). Malva iotiientosa, L. Sp. PI. 687. 

 Thw. Enum. 28. C. P. 259. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 324. Dill. Hort. Elth. ii. t. 171, f. 209. 



Erect, semi-shrubby, branches numerous, soft with silky, 

 spreading hair ; 1. |-2 in., ovate, cordate at base, obtuse, 

 strongly dentate-serrate, densely velvety on both surfaces, 

 petioles |-i in., with spreading hairs, stip. linear, caducous ; 

 fl. rather small, ped. | in., woolly ; cal. very woolly ; segm. 

 triangular, acute ; ripe carp. 10, much wrinkled on sides, 

 white, with 2 long, straight beaks set with reflexed hairs and 

 a little exceeding cal. 



Waste ground in the low country, especially in the dry districts 

 common. Fl. all the year; yellow. 

 Found throughout the Tropics. 



