322 xxvi. MALVACEAE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Sida. 



4. SIDA, Linn. 



Herbs or undershrabs. Leaves simple or lobed. Bracteoles 0. Calyx of 

 5 valvate sepals, tubular below. Corolla of 5 petals, free above, connate 

 below and adnate to the tube of the stamens. IStaminul-iuhe dividing at 

 the summit into numerous anther-bearing filaments. ( 'arpds 5 or more, 

 ^hurled; styles as many as the carpels, stigmas terminal. Jfijte tv/yA- 

 Separating from the axis, generally Pawned at the summit, and dehiscing 

 irregularly or by a small chink. ISted solitary, pendulous or horizontal; 

 radicle superior. DiSTRUB. A genus of about 80 species, most of them 

 being tropical weeds. 



* Herbaceous, often trailing. 



1. S. humilis, JJ7/A/ ; 1)C. Pmdr. i. 4<!3 ; a trailing herb, leaves sub- 

 orbicular-conlate acute serrate slightly hairy, carpels 5 sometimes auncl. 

 ('<!/'. /y/.v.s. v. t. 134, f. -2: /,'<>.'/>. /'/. hnl. iii. 171; Tkwait-x F,,um. 28; 

 D'tlz. <(- c,VA,'. n<>,nl>. Fl. 17': Wall. ('"t. 18M, I, 2, 3,D ; II'. <(. A. Prodr. i. 

 :><); ,!//</. Fl. ///(/. lint. i. ]t. -2, 140. S. unilocularis, ///A/-. Slirp. t. 56. 

 S. pilosa, //>/;, ,,,,t of Can. ex II". ( J. /r. : H "<///. ' W. 1NJ4, li S. radu-ans, 

 If'////. Cat. j,s-,4 <;.' S. multicaulis, TW. 7J/^. i. 10, t. 1, f. G; A( '. le. 

 S. nci-vosa, 1 1 '////. f.V//. lS-)3, ant of DC. 



< Jcncnilly (listiiUutcd throughout the hotter parts of India. DJSTRIIJ. Tropical Africa 

 and America. 



\"< TV v.u-ialilc. S'/< /// usually procumbent, braiii-hiiiLr, covered, like the leaves, \vith 

 a '. \v scatifM-d radiating hairs; petiole rather shorter than the blade. /', il/r,/,'l>x 

 joiuteil in the middle, distant or arranged in a IOMM- raeenie Flowert axillai" 

 Vary or twin. ( 'iili/.r-tn ijnuidx trian^idar. very aeute. Cumlhi straw-cohuin d, scarcely 

 r \ reding the c;il\ \. ( 'nr/ii /.s 5, mutii'oiHor shortly bit-uspidate. '1 he sp'runrns vary 

 so ninth in quality of pubescence, length of carpellary awns, cScc., that 1 iind it diflicult 

 nuini- the I'ollowinir varieties with accuracy. 



\'.\K. 1. ii/rifi>liii, Cav. Diss. i. It, t. 1, f. 1 (sp.) ; carpels slightly mucronate. Wall. 

 Cat. L853 I'., !:. 



\' \\\. 2. veronicafolie^ Lam. Diet. n. 11 (sp.) ; carpels with two longishawus. Cav. 

 7, t. 1, f. 3 and > ; Wall. Cat. 1853 D. 



-1. S. mysorensls, Jr. rf- A. Prodr. i. 5!) ; herbaceous, covered with 



glutinous hairs, leaves cordate-ovate acuminate, peduncles shorter than the 

 petioles, carpels 5 awned keeled. Thtoaitts finum. 2S. IS. hirta, II V///. c<it. 

 1805, not of Lnm. S. urtic;efolia, II'. d- A. I.e. S. ncrvosa, Wall. C<tl. ls."):{ K. 

 S. ohns, Ham. in \\'<ill. Cat. Ks74. 8. glutinosa, /.V.///. Sort. Jtooj. !)7 ; Fl. 

 //,</. iii. 172; Wall. Cat. 1865, W n/ 6 r av. S. tenax. Ham. in II'. ^ A. 

 Prodr. i. /.<-. Wall. Cost. INV>, E, F. ? 8. radicans, Cav. ^/.^. i. p. 8; W. 

 <( A. Prodr. i. :>'.). ]ihi'>->l>- Hurt. Mai. x. 69. 



P-IIIT\>,. TKNASSKKI.M, ( 'OIIOMANDKI., ]\IvsoKi:, C'oxfAX, CEYLON. 



A hero or uudershrub 1-2 ft. hi,u r li. Ararr.s -J.^ by 2 in., coarsely toothed, downy be- 



peiiole 1.J, iii. I\'<linn-h' jointed in the middle. Flowers scarcely 4 i n - 

 Perhaps not specifically distinct from /S'. 



** Si'frutepMnt (except S. corylifolia) erect or rarely procumbent. 



?,. S. Schimperiana, llocliat. in Rich. FL Abyss, i. 66 ; perennial, 

 shrubby, branches repeatedly forked, leaves oblong retuse base cuneate, 

 carpels ."> Bllbglobo&e beaks shoFt connivent. Most, in 0/ir. Fl. Tn>j>. Afr. i. 

 1M>. Sida cuneifolia, Jl<>.i-l>. Fl. 1ml. iii. 170. Dictyocarpus truncatus, Wight 

 m Ann. Sc. Nt. w/-. 2, xi. 169; Mmlras Jnuni. Lit. & Sc. v. t. 19. Melo- 

 ehia trunciita and Hcrmannia aluifolia, Wall. Cat. 1196 K. 



