Sida.] XXV. MALVACE.t: (masters). ITy 



Awns of ripe carpels equal to or shorter than the calyx- 

 lobes. 

 Leaves tapering at the base, smooth above, downy 



below 9. S. rhombifolia. 



Leaves roundish ovate-cordate, downy above and below ; 



carpellary awns iuflexed 10. 5. grewioides. 



1. S. linifolia^ Cav. Diss. i. 14. n. 23. t. 2./. 11. Annual or biennial, 

 with an erect, terete, pilose stem, branched from near the base, 1^—2 ft. high. 

 Leaves scattered, on short stalks ; blades linear-lanceolate, varyinj^ much in 

 size, entire or rarely minutely toothed ; stipules hail' the length of the petiole, 

 linear, foliaceous. Flowers stalked, in lax, terminal, corymbose cymes. 

 Calyx cup-like, 5-cleft; lobes deltoid, pilose. Petals white or crimson, twice 

 the length of the sepals. Carpels 5 or 6, blackish, scarcely beaked, 3-sidc(l, 

 inner sides reticulate; back furrowed. — S. linear if oUa,'6c\\\xm. M\<\')L\\(n\\\. 

 PI. Guin. 303. 



Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter ! Cape Coast, T. Vogel ! Qiiorra ; .Vccra ; Sencijambia, 

 Ferrottet ! Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Bon ! 

 Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith ! 

 Occurs also in the "West Indies and on the north-eastern coast of S. America 



2. S. urens, Linn.; DC. Prod. i. 465. Perennial, with erect or trail- 

 ing, hirsute branches ; leafstalks as long as the leaves, which are cordate, 

 ovate, acute, serrate, more or less densely clothed with stellate hairs on both 

 surfaces. Flowers usually in dense clusters at the extremity of the branches, 

 rarely solitary, axillary. Calyx hispid, angular, cup-shaped, 5-cleft ; segments 

 acuminate. Carpels 5, not reticulated, awnless or with short beaks. — 

 ? S. debilis, Don, Gen. Syst. i. 499. ? S. sessilijlora, Don, 1. c. i. 49y. ? S. dm- 

 sijlora, Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 66. 



Upper Guinea. West coast, Don ! Senegainbia, Hei'dclot ! Perrottd ! 

 Nile Land. Sennar, Kotschy I Kordofan, White Nile, Petherick ! 

 LiO'wer Guinea. Congo, Burton ! S^nifh ! 



A widely distributed plant, occurring in the Cape do Verde Islands, >Lndagascar, the ^^ est 

 Indies, Peru, Brazil, etc. 



Judging from the description, Richard's S. densiflora belongs here. 



3. S. triloba, Cav. ; DC. l^rod. i. 466 ; Cai\ Diss. i. /. 1. /. 2 aud I. 

 131. /. 1. SuftVuticose, glabrous, 2-3 ft. liigh. Leaves on long stalks, very 

 variable in form, cordate, palmately 3-5-lobed ; lobes ovate, acuminate, 

 serrate ; the central lobe longer than the rest. Stipules leafy, oval-lanceolate. 

 Flowers small, on long axillary stalks. Calyx broadly bell-shaped, deeply 

 divided into 5-pointed lobes, which are at first erect, but afterwards become 

 patent. Petals whitish, exceeding the calyx. Carpels 8-10, in a depressed 

 ring, glabrous, with a very short beak, directed inwards. — 5. pcrmutata, 

 Hochst. PL Schirap. Abyss. Pavonia crenata, llochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimjier ! Roth ! Billon and Petit ! 

 The plant also occurs in various parts of S. Africa. 



4. S. humilis Cav.; DC. Prod. i. 463. A trailing annual or biennial 

 plant, with a cylindrical procumbent stem branched from nrnr the base ; 

 branches erect, with a few scattered, stellate or simple hairs. Leaves stalked, 

 roundish, acuminate, crenate-seiTate, hairv on both surfaces ; stipules linear 



