92 XXT. MALVACEAE. 



1. Sida veronicifolia, Lam. Encijc. v. 1 (1783) p. 5. A perennial 

 much-branched herb ; branches prostrate or trailing, sometimes rooting, 

 more or less hairy. Leaves ^-2 in. long, cordate, ovate, acute or acu- 

 minate, seri'ate, sparsely clothed with stellate hairs ; petioles |-g in. 

 long. Pedicels i-lk in. long, slender, axillary, solitary or twin, jointed 

 a little above the middle. Calyx i in. long, 5-angled, hairy ; lobes 

 triangular, ac;ite or acuminate. Corolla pale-yellow, slightly exceeding 

 the calyx. Carpels 5, smooth, not reticulated, muticous or with a small 

 slightly 2-lipped beak, not cuspidate. Seeds brown, glabrous. K. Schum. 

 in Mart. Bras. v. 12, part 3, p. 319 ; E. Bak. in Journ. Bot. v. 30 

 (Lond. 1892) p. 293. S. Juimilis, Cav. Diss. p. 277 ; Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 322; Dak. & Gibs. p. 17; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 141; AVoodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 120 ; Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. 6, 

 part 2, p. 681.— Flowers: Oct.-Nov. 



Common throughout the Presidency on sandy soil, Duhell i|- Gibson. KoiNKAn : 

 Law'. ; Karanja, on sea sand, Stocks I Gujarat : widely, Woodrow; Gadbavi (Dangs) 

 and Baroda, Cooke I S. M. Country : Belgaura, Ritchie, 217 I ; Londa and Badami, 

 Coolce\ Sind: widely, Woodrow. — Distrib. In tropical and subtropical regions of the 

 globe. 



2. Sida glutinosa, Cav. Diss. 1 (1785) p. 16, t. 2, fig. 8. Suberect, 

 more hairy than S. veroaieifolia and glutinous-hairy. Pedicels axillary, 

 several crowded together, nearly all less than | in. long. Carpels 5-6, 

 smooth, grey-puberulous, not reticulated ; beak consisting of 2 rounded 

 or ovate lobes, rather longer than as in -S'. veroaieifolia, but not bicuspidate. 

 Otherwise as S. veronicifolia. K. vSchum. in Mart. Bras. v. 12, part 3, 

 p. 310 ; E. Bak. in Journ. Bot. v. 30 (Lond. 1892) p. 293. 8. mysor- 

 easis, ^Y. & A. Prod. p. 59 ; Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 322 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, 

 p. 142; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 126.— Flowers : 

 Nov.-Jan. 



Deccan: widely, Woodrow. Kon-kas : Law I, Stocksl Kanara : Dahelll S. M. 

 Country : Belgaum, Eitchie, 4 !— Distrib. Widely spread throughout the tropics of 

 both hemispheres. 



3. Sida spinosa, Linn. Si).Pl.{l1o3i) p. 683. A suberect branched 

 shrub, grey from minute stellate hairs. Leaves up to 2 in. long, elliptic, 

 crenate, obtuse or cuueate at the base, rounded or narrowed at the top 

 to obtuse triangular, not acuminate, ultimately glabrate above, grey 

 beneath; petioles h-1 in. long, with often 1-3 small recurved spines 

 beneath the petiole. Pedicels 0-| in. long, clustered or solitary, jointed 

 just below the calyx. Calyx grey, stellately hairy ; lobes triangular. 

 Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx, pale yellow. Carpels 3 (rarely 6), 

 pubescent ; awns 2, about .] the length of the carpel from a conic base, 

 slightly divergent, with spreading or erect hairs, (Seeds smooth, black- 

 brown. Fl. B. I. V. 1, p. 323; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflauzenf. 

 V. 3, part 6, p. 42, fig. 18, J, K, & in Mart. Bras. v. 12, part 3, 

 p. 297 ; E. Bak. in Journ. Bot. v. 30 (Lond. 1892) p. 237 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 126 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, 

 part 2, p. 6^6. >S'. albu, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, p. 960 ; Dalz. & Gibs. ]). 17. 

 — Flowers : Oct.-Nov. 



KoNKAs: Storks'. ; Bomh^y, Copt. Gchurnel Dectan : Woudrotr. Gujarat: JFood- 

 row ; Surat, D'fhcU 4" Gibson ; Anklealiwar (near Broach), Cuokc ! ; Uoinas (near 

 Sural), Cuokel Sinu: Cooke I, Vicar;/'., ^Vwi'/.a:— Distrib. Tropical and subtropical 

 regions of both ln.init>phere8. 



