td MALVACEAE. (Sida. 
acute or obtuse, crenulate or serrate except at the cuneate base, gre 
above, hoary or pale underneath, on petioles of 2—3”. Pedicels eee 
solitary, */s—11/s‘, jointed above the middle. Calyx 21/2—3”, pu mnt 
with acute lobes, and 10 short prominent ridges at the base. Petals 
much longer, pale yellow (not spotted). Carpids 8—10, short (1—1!/2 
with or without terminal awns. In our specimens icy appear awnless 
by coalescence of the short teeth, as in the var. 6 of Gray, in Bot. U. 
A ommon weed, but also growing in out of the way places, and apparently indigenous. 
The species is diffused over most island groups of Polynesia and many parts of tropical 
America, “Africa and Asia. 
2. 8S. fallax, Walp. Repert. V, 94. — A low shrub, 3—4 ft. high, 
covered in all parts with a whitish velvety tomentum. Lenves ovate or 
ovate-oblong, acuminate or obtuse, even ro unded, sometimes subcordate, 
deeply crenate, hoary on both sides, rather tick, wi kag prominent straight 
veins, %/4—1!/2‘ ‘/s—1‘, on petioles of 3—9”. Stipules setaceous. 
Pedicel Is solitary, rarely 2 or 3 together, crowded toward the ends of the 
— longer than their leaves, 1—2‘, articulate about the middle. 
yx tomentose, coriaceous, an dee, 10-ribbed at the base, about 3”, 
with bee acute or bluntish. Petals item twice the length of the calyx, 
yellow. Carpids 7—12, hard and pale, 1'/2 “ long, wrinkled at the back, their 
short and broad teeth approximate at first but aitie e after dehiscence, 
pubescent with stellate hairlets. — Gray, l. c. p. — Anoda ovata, 
eyen. 
n on all islands, particularly on ancient lava beds on the leeward side of the 
islands Maui and Hawaii! up to 2000 ft. and more. — Occurs also in the islands of 
th in southern China 
® var. — Low decumbent, with small ovate, mostly acute leaves of 6—14“ 
in length. Flowers crowded on short isiebive or leafy shoots, with mostly 
agri pedicels. Calyx-lobes somewhat obtuse. — S. Diellii, Gray, 1. ¢. 
Pp. 
i ‘ie sea-coast in Puna and Kau, Hawaii! and on the isthmus of Maui 
A variety really much resembling S. rotundifolia, Cay., and not separable by good 
characters | the following species. It is cu Itivated, together with S. sre hee 
the sake of its flowers, which, strung hen siesig in wreaths or garlands called «lei», are 
worn as ornaments by the native wo: 
3. S. cordifolia, L. — Dc. Pred I, 464. — A stouter shrub, 3—5 ft. 
high, tomentose in all parts like S. fallax. Leaves ovate, generally 
