268 ORDEB 24. MALVACEAE. 



6. SIDA, L. Calyx 5-cleft, without an involucel ; fls. perfect ; styles 

 5 or more, with capitate stigmas ; ovary 5 to many -celled ; capsule of 

 5 or more 1-seeded carpels ; radicle superior. 



Leaves palmately parted. Fls. rose-white. Carpels, beaked Nos. 1, 2 



Leaves undivided. Fls. yellow. Carpels 5 No 3 



CarpelsS 12 Nos. 4 6 



1 S. Napaea Cav. Nearly glabrous; Ivs. palmately 5-lobed, lobes oblong, acu- 

 minate, coarsely-toothed; ped. many-flowered; carpels 10, acuminate-beaked. 

 If In rocky woods, Penn. and Va. (rare, more common in gardens). Sta. 2 4f 

 high. Lobes of the Ivs. 2 3' long. Fls. white, twice larger (7 9" broad) than 

 in Napaea dioica. Petals obovate, twice longer than the calyx. Jl. f (Napaea 

 Isevia and hermaphrodita L.) 



2 S. alcaeoides MX. Strigous-pubescent ; Ivs. palmately 5 7 -parted, the seg- 

 ments laciniate ; fls. corymbed, terminal; carp. 10, acute. % In barren oaklands, 

 Tenn., Ky. Sts. 1 2f high. Corymbs 3 6-flowered. Fls. nearly as large as 

 those of the musk mallow, to which plant this bears a general resemblance. 

 (Callirrhoe alcseoides Gray.) 



3 S. spinosa L. St. rigid, branched, minutely pubescent, Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, 

 serrate, with a spinous tubercle at the base of the petiole ; stip. setaceous, shorter 

 than the petioles or axillary peduncles ; carp, birostrate. () Sandy fields and 

 roadsides, Mid., S. and W. States. Plant bushy, 816' high. Lvs. 915" long, 

 i as wide, mostly obtuse at each end. Petals yellow, obovate, of short duration. 

 Carp. 5. JL, Aug. 



4 S. hispida Ph. Hispid-pubescent; Ivs. lanceolate, and rhombic-lanceolate, 

 dentate-serrate ; stip. subulate, hispid, longer than the petioles or axillary, 

 solitary or clustered peduncles ; carpels 2-horned, 10 12. 2| Sandy soils, 

 S. Car., Ga. (Feay). Sts. much branched, 12 18' high. Petioles 2 3" long, 

 the peduncles rather longer, jointless. Petals yellow, a little exceeding the 

 calyx. On the young stems the Ivs. are rhomboidal. JL, Aug. 



5 S. Elliottii Torr & Gr. Lvs. linear-oblong and linear, denticulate, obtuse at 

 base; ped. 1 -flowered, a little longer than the very short (2 5") petioles. 

 ^i- Sandy plains, S. Car. to Fla. St. slender and widely branched, 2 5f high. 

 Lvs. 1 3' long, varying from narrowly linear to oblong (1 5" wide). Fls. 1' 

 broad, orange-yellow, nearly solitary in the axils. Petals emarginate. Carp, 

 about 10. May Aug. 



6 S. rhombifolia L. Lvs. rhombic-oblong, serrate, cuneate and entire at base; 

 ped. much longer than the petioles, jointed just below the flower ; caps. 2-beaked. 

 Sandy soil, S. Car. to Fla. St. 1 to 2f high, minutely downy. Lvs. 1 to 2' 

 long, rather obtuse at apex. Fls. yellow, 7 to 9" broad, the stalks 1 to 2' long. 

 Gal. angular, with broad, cuspidate sepals. May JL 



7. ABUTILON, Dill. INDIAN MALLOW. Calyx 5-cleft, without an 

 involucel, often angular ; styles 5 to 20, with capitate stigmas ; carpels 

 as many, arranged circularly, each 1-celled, 3 to 6-seedecl, and opening 

 by 2 valves. 



1 A. Avic6nnae. Lvs. roundish, cordate, acuminate, dentate, velvety-tomentous : 

 ped shorter than the petiole, solitary ; carp, about 15, 3-seeded, inflated, truncate, 

 2-beaked. (T) Native in both Indias and naturalized in most of the States, in- 

 habiting waste places, &c. St. branched, 3 to 4f high. Lvs. 4 to 6' diam., 

 deeply cordate at base, abruptly acuminate at apex, very soft and velvety at sur- 

 face. Fls. yellow, near 1' broad. JL 



2 A. striatum Dick. Shrub, with 5-lobed, long-stalked Ivs., the lobes acuminate, 

 dentate ; peduncles long, nodding, with a handsome bell-shaped flower, the column 

 exserted. An elegant green-house shrub, flowering at all seasoHS. Petals 

 orange-color, with conspicuous purple striae, f Brazil. 



8. MALVAVISCUS, Dill. GLUE MALLOW. (Lat. malm, mallows, via- 

 cus, glue.) Calyx 5-cleft, subtended by an involucre of many bractlete *, 



