MALVACEAE. XXVII. SIDA. 



495 



ated ; carpels 5, awnless. ^ S. Native of Java. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Elongated-racemed Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 



85 S. HOLOSERI'CEA (Willd. herb, ex Spreng.) leaves cordate, 

 ovate-elliptical, bluntish, serrate-crenated, clothed with close- 

 pressed hairs above, beneath as well as the branches with soft 

 villous tomentum ; carpels 10-11, 2-beaked. ^ . S. Native on 

 the banks of the Orinoco near Angustura. S. pellita, H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 263. Flowers yellow, conglomerate. 



Whole-silky Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 



86 S. MULTIFLORA (Cav. diss. 1. p. 18. t. 3. f. 3.) leaves 

 ovate-cordate, bluntish, toothed, tomentose ; pedicels solitary, 

 1 -flowered, longer than the petioles ; carpels 9, each ending in 

 two long beaks, fj . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers yellow. 



Many-flowered Sida. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 ft. 



87 S. SESSILIFLORA (Hook. bot. mag. 2857.) plant very soft, 

 pubescent ; leaves cordate, acute, serrated ; flowers somewhat 

 glomerate, sessile, axillary and terminal ; carpels 10, pubescent, 

 awnless ; corolla hardly twice the length of the calyx. f? . S. 

 Native of South America about Mendoza. Flowers small, 

 yellow. 



Sessile-flowered Sida. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1827. Sh. 3 ft. 



88 S. EMARGINATA (Willd. spec. 8. p. 757.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, cordate, toothed, truncate and retuse at the apex ; 

 pedicels solitary, 1 -flowered, one-half shorter than the petioles ; 

 carpels 5, 2-beaked. Tj . S. Native of Hispaniola. S. trun- 

 cata, Lher. stirp. 1. t. 51. but not of Cav. Flowers yellow. 



Emarginate-lenved Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 



89 S. ARGU TA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1205.) leaves cordate, 

 serrated, tapering to the apex, hairy on the petioles, margins 

 and nerves beneath, the rest smooth ; pedicels solitary, 1- 

 flowered, longer than the petioles ; carpels 5, 2-awned. Tj . S. 

 Native of Jamaica and Guadaloupe, in hedges. S. glabra, Mill, 

 diet. no. 14. Flowers small, of a whitish-yellow colour. 



bender-leaved Sida. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1732. Sh. 3 feet. 



90 S. ULMIFOLIA (Cav. diss. 1. p. 15. t. 2. f. 4. but not of 

 Retz.) leaves ovate, cordate, acuminated, crenate, pubescent ; 

 pedicels solitary, 1 -flowered, almost equal in length with the 

 petioles ; carpels 5, each ending in two long beaks. Tj . S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Flowers yellow. Beaks of capsule 

 scabrous from retrograde hairs. 



Elm-leaved Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 



91 S. FASCICULA'TA (Willd. herb, ex Spreng. syst. 3. p. 113.) 

 branches beset with glandular hairs ; leaves cordate, oblong, 

 acuminated, toothed, rather pilose ; peduncles 1 -flowered, 

 longer than the petioles ; petals longer than the calyx. ^ ? S. 

 Native of Cumana. Flowers yellow. 



Fascicled Sida. Shrub 2 feet? 



92 S. BORBO'NICA (Cav. diss. 1. p. 9. t. 10. f. 2.) leaves 

 roundish, cordate, acute, toothed ; pedicels solitary, 1-flowered, 

 a little longer than the petioles ; carpels 5, each ending in 2 

 long awns. ^ S. Native of the Island of Bourbon. Stems 

 hairy. Flowers yellow. 



Bourbon Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 



93 S. FRA'GRANS (Lher. stirp. 2. p. 111. t. 53.) leaves round- 

 ish-cordate, acuminated, crenate, clammy, hairy ; pedicels soli- 

 tary, 1-flowered, shorter than the petioles ; carpels 5, somewhat 

 awned. J; S. Native of Hispaniola. Flowers yellow. 



Fragrant Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 



94 S. VISCI'DULA (Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 1. p. 

 651.) leaves roundish-cordate, acuminated, mucronately-crenate, 

 clothed with stellate down beneath ; petioles and stems clammy, 

 pubescent ; pedicels usually solitary, 1-flowered, shorter than 

 the petioles, crowded at the tops of the branches ; petals obcor- 

 date ; carpels 5, beaked. Jj . S. Native of Java. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Viscid Sida. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



95 S. GLUTINOSA (Cav. diss. 1. p. 16. t. 2. f. 8.) stem clammy, 

 tomentose ; leaves roundish, cordate, acuminated, toothed, to- 

 mentose beneath ; pedicels twin or tern, usually 2-flowered, 

 longer than the petioles ; carpels 5, each ending in 2 long awns. 

 T? . S. Native of the Mauritius. S. racemosa, Burm. Flowers 

 yellow ? 



Clammy Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 



96 S. PORTORICE'NSIS (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 114.) herbaceous; 

 leaves cordate, oblong, smooth above, but hoary and villous 

 beneath, as well as the branches ; peduncles short, many-flowered, 

 upper ones crowded; carpels 2-beaked. O- S. Native of 

 Porto-Rico. Flowers probably yellow. 



Porto-Rico Sida. PI. 1 foot. 



97 S. INTERRU'PTA (Balb. in litt.) leaves heart-shaped, acu- 

 minated, toothed, adult ones smooth, younger ones and calyxes 

 hoary-velvety ; stipulas setaceous, deciduous ; flowers disposed 

 in bundles, in a terminal interrupted spike, which is leafless at 

 the top; carpels 8-10, 1-beaked. tj . S. Native of the Island 

 of St. Martha. Flower yellow. 



Interrupted-spiked Sida. Shrub 1|- foot. 



98 S. ALTH^IFOLIA (Swartz, prod. 101. fl. 2. p. 1207.) leaves 

 cordate, somewhat angular, obtuse, serrate-crenate, tomentose ; 

 pedicels 3-4, 1-flowered, snorter than the petioles ; carpels 10- 

 12, each ending in 2 short beaks. Jj . S. Native of the south 

 of Jamaica, New Granada and Brazil. Lher. stirp. 1. p. 

 112. Sloan, hist. 1. t. 136. f. 2. Flowers orange-yellow, 

 rather large. 



Var. /3, aristdsa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 465.) awns longer than 

 the carpels, scabrous from retrograde hairs. J? . S. Native of 

 French Guiana. There is a plant from Guadaloupe intermediate 

 between the species and variety. 



Hollyhock-leaved Sida. Fl. June, Sep. Clt. 1 820. Shrub 2 ft. 



99 S. U'RENS (Lin. spec. 963.) leaves ovate, cordate, acumi- 

 nated, toothed ; peduncles axillary and terminal, 3-4-flowered, 

 very short; carpels 5, awned ; stem and petioles hispid. Tj . S. 

 Native of Jamaica, and Guadaloupe, in arid bushy places. Cav. 

 diss. 1. p. 15. t. 2. f. 7. There is a plant cited from Senegal, 

 which is probably different. Flowers yellow ? 



Stinging Sida. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1781. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



100 S. LEIOPHY'LLA (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 121.) shrubby ; leaves 

 cordate, ovate, acute, crenulated, smooth on both surfaces ; pe- 

 duncles sub-corymbose, short, axillary and terminal; carpels 

 mutic, rather hispid, hoary. Tj . S. Native of Hispaniola. 

 Perhaps a species of Abutilon. 



Smooth-leaved Sida. Shrub. 



101 S. VERTICILLA'TA (Cav. diss. 1. p. 13. t. 1. f. 12.) leaves 

 ovate, cordate, acuminated, toothed, and are as well as branches 

 rather pilose ; flowers axillary, many, almost sessile, and as if 

 they were in whorls; carpels 5, almost awnless. O? S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil at Rio Janeiro. Flowers yellow. 



Whorled-fiowered Sida. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 ft. 



102 S. PYRAMIDA'TA (Cav. diss. 2. p. 11. t. 1. f. 10. and 6. 

 t. 194. f. 1.) leaves large, roundish, cordate, acuminated, serrate, 

 smooth ; peduncles many-flowered, forming a panicle ; carpels 

 5, velvety, each ending in 2 short points. >2 S. Native of 

 St. Domingo and Porto-Rico in bushy places by the sea-side. 

 Flowers small, yellow. 



Pyramidal-dowered Sida. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1830. Sh. 2 ft. 



103 S. MICRA'NTHA (Cambess. pi. us. bras. no. 49. St. Hil. fl. 

 bras. 1. p. 190.) upper leaves subcordate, acute, unequally 

 toothed, tomentose on both surfaces ; flowers small, disposed in 

 compound glomerate racemes ; carpels 5, 2-beaked, pubescent 

 on the back. J? S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas 

 Geraes. The shoots of this plant being very pliable are 

 used by the inhabitants of Brazil for rocket-sticks. Flowers red ? 



