MALVACEAE. XXVII. SIDA. 



497 



syst. 750. Napse'a dioica, Lin. spec. 965. Flowers small, 

 white, in many-flowered, terminal, or lateral peduncles. 

 Dioecious Sida. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. PI. 6 feet. 



123 S. MALV.KFLO'RA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 474. Lindl. hot. reg. 

 t. 1036.) radical leaves roundish, 9-lobed, truncate at the base ; 

 lobes 3-toothed at the apex ; stem leaves 5-parted ; segments 

 linear, sub-dentate ; flowers disposed in terminal racemes ; car- 

 pels mutic. %. H. Native of North America in New Albion 

 in the vicinity of the Multomah river. Leaves and stem pilose. 

 Flowers pale rose-coloured. An elegant plant. 



Maha-Jlon-ered Sida. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1826. PI. 1 to 3 ft. 



***** Pinnatilobatce. Leaves pinnatifid, or pinnate-parted. 



124 S. PINNA'TA (Cav. icon. 5. p. 13. t. 422. f. 1.) leaves 

 pinnate-parted, imbricate, tomentose beneath, with quite entire 

 lobes ; flowers axillary, sessile, solitary, y. . G. Native of 

 Peru at the bottom of mount Chimborazo. Plant almost stem- 

 less. Root thick. Flowers large, yellow when dry. 



Pinnate-leaved Sida. PI. 2 inches. 



125 S. ACAU'LIS (Cav. icon. 5. t. 422. f. 2.) leaves pinnate- 

 parted, with ovate, tomentose, tricuspidate lobes ; flowers axil- 

 lary, sessile, solitary ; carpels 8-10, awnless. 7. G. Native 

 of Peru at the bottom of mount Chimborazo. Flowers probably 

 yellow. Root thick. Habit of the last. 



Stcmless Sida. PI. 1 to 2 inches. 



126 S. PICHINCHE'NSIS (H. et B. pi. sequin. 2. t. 116.) plant 

 tufted ; leaves pinnatifid, hoary from tomentum above, smooth 

 beneath, with linear-lanceolate 3-parted segments ; stems 1- 

 flowered, bearing one leaf in the middle ; carpels hairy. If . G. 

 Native of Quito on the top of the burning mountain Pichincha, 

 at the height of 7050 feet. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 

 p. 255. Flowers yellow ? 



Pichincha Sida. PI. 1 to 2 inches. 



SECT. II. ABUTILOI'DES (agreeing with the genus Abiitilon, in 

 the carpels being connected as it were into a many-celled fruit.) 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 466. Gaya and Bastardia, Kunth, malv. p. 4. 

 Carpels 15 to 40, 1 -seeded, bladdery, so closely joined together 

 as to form a many-celled capsule. 



127 S. OCCIDENTALS (Lin. spec. 964.) leaves oblong, cor- 

 date, toothed, somewhat lobed ; pedicels solitary, shorter than 

 the petioles ; carpels 27-30, blunt, disposed into a globose fruit. 

 O- S. Native of South America. Dill. elth. 1. t. 6. Cav. diss. 

 1 . p. 24. t. 4. f. 3. Abdtilon deflexum, Moench. Fruit-bearing 

 pedicels deflexed. Flowers yellow ; petals crenate. 



Occidental Sida. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1732. PI. 2 feet. 



128 S. SYIVA'TICA (Cav. diss. 2. p. 56 and 5. p. 276. t. 133. 

 f. 2.) leaves ovate, cordate, acuminated, crenated ; pedicels twin, 

 much longer than the petioles ; carpels 30-36, awnless, collected 

 into an umbilicated globe. Tj . S. Native of Peru in woods 

 near the river Maragnon. Flowers pale-yellow. 



Wood Sida. Shrub 10 feet. 



129 S. SPICA'TA (Cav. diss. 1. p. 24. t. 8. f. 1.) leaves ovate, 

 cordate, acute, toothed ; racemes terminal, leafy ; carpels 30, 

 awnless, disposed into an umbilicated globe. ^ S. Native of 

 St. Domingo. Plum. ed. Burm. 1. t. 2. Flowers yellow. 



Spiked-fiowered Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 



130 S. GA'YA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 466.) leaves nearly elliptical, 

 acute, obliquely cordate, sharply serrated, and are as well as 

 branches white from tomentum ; pedicels solitary, 3 times longer 

 than the petioles ; carpels 15. Tj . S. Native of Mexico. 

 Gaya hermannioides, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 5. p. 268. t. 

 475. Flowers yellow, about the size of those of Mdlva rotun- 

 difolia. Fruit 15-celled. 



Gay's Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 



131 S. GAUDICHAUDIA'NA ; suffruticose ; cauline leaves ovate- 

 VOL. i. FART, vi. 



oblong, somewhat unequal-sided, cordate at the base, obsoletely 

 serrate-toothed, pubescently-pilose above, but pubescent beneath ; 

 branches flattened; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1 -flowered ; 

 ovary 12-lobed. Tj . S. Native of Brazil in the province of 

 Rio Janeiro. Gaya Gaudichaudiana, St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 192. 

 Flowers white. 



Gaudichaud's Sida. Shrub 1 foot. 



132 S. AU'REA ; suffruticose; cauline leaves cordate, oblong, 

 acute, obsoletely toothed, tomentose, canescent below ; peduncles 

 solitary, axillary, 1 -flowered ; ovary villous, 12-celled. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. Gaya aurea, 

 St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 193. t. 38. Flowers golden-yellow. 



GWrfen-flowered Sida. Fl. Sept. Oct. Shrub 1 foot. 



133 S. CA'NDICANS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 466.) leaves ovate-ellip- 

 tical, blunt, cordate, crenate-serrate, and are as well as branch- 

 lets hoary from tomentum ; pedicels solitary, twice or thrice the 

 length of the petioles ; carpels 14-15. Ij . S. Native of Quito 

 on the banks of the river Guancabamba. Gaya canescens, H. B. 

 et Kunth, 1. c. p. 269. Flowers yellow. 



JVhitened-leaved Sida. Shrub 1 foot. 



134 S. SUBTRI'LOBA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 5. p. 270. t. 

 476. under Gaya,} leaves on long stalks, ovate, acuminated, ob- 

 soletely 3-lobed, profoundly cordate, clothed with very fine 

 tomentum, hoary beneath ; pedicels solitary, when in fruit almost 

 the length of. the petioles. Native of New Granada. Resembles 

 S. occidentalis. Flowers yellow. 



Subtrilobed-leaveil Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 



135 S. DI'STICHA (Cav. icon. 5. p. 12. t. 432.) leaves cordate 

 or ovate, acuminated, toothed, hoary-velvety, distich ; pedicels 

 solitary, 1 -flowered, 4 times longer than the petioles ; carpels 

 10-15, awnless. T; . S. Native of New Spain. Petals yellow, 

 oblong-ovate, twice as long as the acuminated calyx. 



Distich-leaved Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 



136 S. NU'TANS (Lher. stirp. 1. p. 119. t. 57.) leaves oblong- 

 cordate, acute, toothed, soft, velvety ; pedicels usually in pairs, 

 1 -flowered, hardly twice the length of the petioles ; carpels 10, 

 blunt, depressed. Tj . S. Native of Peru in sandy places. S. 

 calyptrata, Cav. diss. 2. p. 57 and 5. t. 133. f. 1. Petals yellow, 

 a little larger than the calyx. Seeds calyptrate. 



Nodding- flowered Sida. Shrub 2 feet. 



137 S. VISCOSA (Lin. spec. 963.) leaves ovate, cordate, acumi- 

 nated, finely serrated, tomentose, viscid ; petioles and pedicels 

 hairy ; stipulas setaceous ; pedicels solitary, longer than the 

 petioles; carpels 7, awnless. ^.S. Native of Jamaica, St. 

 Thomas, and Porto-Rico. Sloan, hist. 1. t. 139. f. 4. Bastardia 

 viscosa, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 256. Flowers 

 yellow. Capsule 7-celled. 



Clammy Sida. Fl. July. Clt. 1795. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



138 S. NEMORA'LIS ; branched; leaves heart-shaped, acumi- 

 nated, toothed, pubescent above, tomentose beneath ; racemes 

 compound, axillary, or terminal, numerous, very slender, few- 

 flowered; capsule orbicular, 9-14-celled, pilose. Tj . S. Native 

 of Brazil in the province of Goyaz. Bastardia nemoralis, St. 

 Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 195. t. 39. Flowers pinkish. 



Grove Sida. Fl. June. Shrub 1 foot. 



139 S. BASTA'RDIA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 467.) leaves cordate, 

 roundish-ovate, bluntly acuminated, a little crenated, tomentose 

 from starry down ; petioles and pedicels tomentose, rather viscid; 

 carpels 5, awnless. ^ S. Native of South America on the 

 banks of the river Amazon. Bastardia parvifolia, H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 255. t. 472. Flowers yellow. 



Bastard's Sida. Fl. July, Aug. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



140 S. RETROFRA'CTA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 467.) leaves heart- 

 shaped, acuminated, toothed, and are as well as pedicels tomen- 

 tose ; stipulas setaceous, deflexed ; pedicels length of petioles 

 usually broken at the articulation ; carpels 7, pubescent, awnless. 



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