254 XXIII. MALVACE^. [Sida. 



1. SIDA, Linn. 



Herbs or iindershrubs. Leaves entire or lobed. Bracteoles o. 

 Sepals 5, connate at base. Petals 5, connate at base and adnata 

 to stamen tube. Stamen-tube dividing into numerous filaments. 

 Carpels 5 or more, whorled, with as many styles, when ripe separ- 

 ating from axis, convergent beaked or 2-awned. Seed i. Species 

 about 80, mostly weeds of cultivation and waste ground. 



Leaves cordate-ovate, serrate 1-5 to 2 in. long, thin (i) S. mysorensis 



Leaves ovate-cordate serrate '5 to i in. long . (2) S. veronicsefolia 



Leaves ovate obscurely cordate crenate thick 



woolly (3) S. cordifolia 



Leaves oblanceolate or rhomboid . . • (4) S. rhombifolia 



Leaves linear lanceolate . . . . . (5) S. carpinifolia 



(i) S. mysorensis W. and A. Frod. i. 59; Masters, in Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I. 1.2,22. 



Erect herb, i to 2 ft. tall covered with sticky hairs. Leaves 

 cordate-ovate acuminate, coarsely serrate-crenate, i"5 to 2'5 in. 

 long; petioles half as long. Stipules hnear. Flowers less than 

 •5 in. across, in few-flowered axillary racemose cymes. Sepals 

 ovate acuminate. Corolla yellow. Hab. Roadsides. Not com- 

 mon. Pahang at Temerloh. Perak, Kwala Kangsa (Wray). 

 Distrih. India and Java. 



(2) S. veronicaefolia Lam. Encyc. i. 5. S. humihs, Cav. 

 Diss. V. 277; Masters, I.e. i. 322. 



A slender trailing herb. Leaves ovate acute base cordate, 

 serrate, sparsely hairy, -5 to i in. long, -15 to 75 in. wide; petioles 

 •5 in. long. Flowers solitary axillary; pedicels slender articulate, 

 •75 in. long. Calyx "2 in. long, campanulate, with short acute 

 lobes. Corolla yellow twice as long, -25 in. wide. Carpels 5, 

 bicuspidate hairy. Hah. Dry open spots in the north; Pedis, 

 Juttra, Kanga (Ridley). Distrih. Tropical Africa, India and 

 America. 



(3) S. cordifolia Linn. Sp. PI. 961 ; Masters, I.e. i. 324. 



A softly hairy undershrub 2 to 3 ft. tall. Leaves oblong or 

 ovate-cordate crenate, 175 to 2 in. long, 1-25 to 1-5 in. wide; 

 petioles i in. long, spreading hairy. Stipules Hnear, very narrow, 

 •25 in. long. Flowers axillary, soHtary or cymose, '6 in. across, 

 yellow. Calyx-lobes sub-triangular. Carpels sub-glabrous with 

 2 strong erect awns. Hah. Sandy open places. Malacca (Griffith) ; 

 Singapore. Pahang, Pekan. Lankawi at Kwah. Kelantan near 

 Kota Bharu; Kwala Kelantan. Distrih. Whole world. Native 

 name : Kelulut putih. 



(4) S. rhombifolia Linn. Sp. PI. 961; Masters, I.e. i. 323; 

 King, I.e. 41. 



Erect undershrub 2 to 3 ft. tall, glabrous to hoary, pubescent. 

 Leaves oblanceolate to obovate or rhomboid, edges serrate to 

 crenate, beneath white hoary, -5 to 2-5 in. long, -2 to i in. wide; 



