MALVACEAE. XXVII. SIDA. 



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159 S. BRASILIE'NSIS (Cav. diss. 1. p. 37. t. 34. f. 1.) leaves 

 ovate, acuminate, 5-nerved, hardly toothletted, tomentose be- 

 neath, as well as the branches ; stipulas filiform ; pedicels 1- 

 flowered, equal in length with the petioles ; capsules hairy. $ . 

 S. Native of Brazil. Schrad. ill. pi. bras, in Goet. anz. Flowers 

 yellow ? 



Brazilian Sida. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1818. PI. 2 feet? 



* Leaves cordate, undivided. 



160 S. GRA'CILIS (Rich. act. soc. nat. par. p. 111.) leaves 

 oblong, cordate, quite entire, tapering to the base, reflexed ; 

 branclilets with fascicles of flowers ; stem shrubby, brittle. J? . 

 S. Native of Antilles. Flowers yellow ? 



Slender Sida. Fl. July, Aug. Shrub. 



161 S. CA'RNEA (Moc. etSesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. prod. 

 1. p. 47S.) leaves ovate-oblong, somewhat cordate, toothed, 

 acute ; pedicels solitary, axillary, longer than the petioles ; car- 

 pels 5, distinct. Tj . S. Native of Mexico. Stem very much 

 branched. Flowers small, flesh-coloured. Stigmas purple. 



FksA-coloured-flowered Sida. PI. 2 feet ? 



162 S. VILLO'SA (Mill. diet. no. 6.) leaves somewhat cordate, 

 sessile, serrated, rather villous ; flowers axillary, crowded ; car- 

 pels bidentate. ^ . S. Native of South America. An erect 

 hairy shrub, with pale-yellow flowers. 



Villous Sida. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1739. Shrub 3 feet. 



163 S. VERRUCULA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 473.) stem warty- 

 pubescent ; leaves cordate, lanceolate, acuminate, acutely cre- 

 nate, pubescent ; pedicels axillary, 1 -flowered, filiform, a little 

 longer than the petioles. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. S. arguta, 

 Fisch. in Link. enum. hort. berl. 2. p. 206. but not of Swartz. 

 Petals yellow, a little larger than the calyx. 



Warted-stemmed Sida. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. Shrub 3 ft. 



164 S. GRAVED OI.ENS (Roxb. ex Horn. hafn. suppl. 77.) leaves 

 roundish, cordate, somewhat acuminated ; peduncles shorter than 

 the petioles ; carpels truncate, longer than the calyx. Q. S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Flowers yellow. 



Strong-scented Sida. PI. 1^- foot. 



165 S. PURPURA'SCENS (Link. enum. hort. berl. 2. p. 206.) 

 leaves cordate, acuminate, crenately-denticulate, and are as well as 

 stems clothed with green down ; pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, a 

 little longer than the petioles. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Petioles 

 long, nevertheless they are shorter than the limbs of the leaves. 

 Nerves yellowish on the under side of the leaf. Petals with 

 narrow claws, purplish. 



Purplish Sida. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. Shrub 1 to 3 ft. 



166 S. PA'TENS (Andr. bot. rep. 571.) leaves cordate, acumi- 

 nate, deeply serrate ; peduncles solitary, longer than the petioles ; 

 carpels 5, awned. Tj . S. Native of Abyssinia. Flowers 

 yellow. Carpels 4-5 seeded. A species of Abutilon. 



Open Sida. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1806. PI. 4 feet. 



167 S. CONTRA'CTA (Link. enum. hort. berl. 2. p. 204.) leaves 

 cordate, acuminate, repand, rarely crenate, hoary from down ; 

 panicle contracted, bracteolate ; calyxes tomentose. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Madagascar. Flowers yellow ? 



Conlracted-pamcled Sida. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1823. Shrub. 



168 S. CONFE'RTA (Link. 1. c. p. 207.) leaves cordate, acute, 

 crenate, wrinkled, and are as well as stems clothed with yellow 

 down ; flowers almost sessile, aggregate. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil. Corolla obscurely yellow, a little longer than the calyx. 

 Calyx tomentose. 



Crowded-flowered Sida. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1822. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



169 S. HIRSU'TA (Mill. diet. no. 9.) leaves orbicular, cordate, 

 crenate ; stem and petioles hairy ; peduncles long, axillary, 1- 

 flowered. Native of ? Flowers small, yellow. 



Hairy Sida. PI. 1| foot. 



170 S. SESSILIFLORA ; erect, pilose ; leaves roundish, cordate, 

 acuminated, crenate, on long petioles ; flowers axillary, and 

 terminal, racemose, almost sessile, t? S. Native of Guinea. 



Sessile-flowered Sida. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



171 S. DE'BILIS; plant pilose; stem weak, simple; leaves 

 roundish-cordate, acuminated, unequally serrated on long pe- 

 tioles ; pedicels solitary, 1-flowered, short. Tj . S. Native of 

 Guinea. 



Weak Sida. Shrub 1 foot. 



172 S. STELLATA ; erect, branched; leaves roundish, cordate, 

 acuminated, entire, tomentose beneath ; panicle terminal ; car- 

 pels 4-5, awnless. Tj . S. Native of Guinea. 



Stellate-caripe}\ed Sida. Shrub 1 foot. 



1 73 S. PE'RSICA (Burm. ind. t. 47. f. 1.) lower leaves stalked, 

 cordate, acuminate, upper ones sessile, lanceolate, toothed ; pedi- 

 cels solitary, 1-flowered. Q ? H. Native of Persia. Cav. diss. 

 1. p. 35. t. 4. f. 1. Flowers yellow. 



Persian Sida. PI. 1 foot. 



174 S. LASIOSTE'GA (Link. enum. hort. berl. 2. p. 205.) leaves 

 cordate, acuminate, hoary from tomentum beneath ; pedicels 

 axillary, 1 -flowered, longer than the petioles ; calyxes and cap- 

 sules awnless, downy-villous. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Stem 

 round, hoary from down. Corolla yellow, a little larger than the 

 calyx. 



Hairy-covered Sida. Fl. Aug. Sep. Clt. 1824. Shrub 2 ft. 



* * * Leaves cordate, tricuspidate or 3-lobed. 



175 S. BIFLORA (Cav. diss. 1. p. 37. t. 9. f. 1.) leaves ovate, 

 cordate, acuminate, toothed, tricuspidate ; peduncles twin, axil- 

 lary, equal in length to the petioles. 1j . S. Native of? Flowers 

 yellow. 



Trvo-florvered Sida. Shrub. 



176 S. PENTACA'RPOS (Roxb. ex horn, suppl. 78.) leaves cor- 

 date, somewhat tricuspidate ; peduncles length of petioles ; 

 carpels awnless, very hispid. O- S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Flowers probably yellow. 



Five-fruited Sida. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1620. PI. 1 foot. 



177 S. SESSE'I (Lag. nov. gen. 21.) leaves cordate, ovate, 

 somewhat 3-lobed, acuminate, toothed, downy beneath ; pedun- 

 cles axillary, solitary, and in pairs, longer than the petiole, 

 usually 2-flowered ; carpels 5. fj . S. Native of New Spain. 



Sesse's Sida. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



Leaves palmately lobed. 



178 S. OERANIOIDES (D. C. prod. 1. p. 474.) leaves hoary 

 with down beneath, velvety above, palmately 5-lobed ; lobes 

 deeply-toothed, middle one elongated ; pedicels axillary, soli- 

 tary, 1-flowered, length of petioles ; calyx tomentose, campa- 

 nulate, truncate, with 5-6 blunt teeth, fj . G. Native of New 

 Holland. Petals twice as long as the calyx. Perhaps a species 

 of Laguna:a. 



Geranium-like Sida. Shrub. 



179 S. ALWEOIDES (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 44.) lower 

 leaves triangular, cordate, cut, upper ones palmately multifid ; 

 corymb terminal ; calyx hispid. If. . H. Native of North 

 America in stony fields of Kentucky and Tennassee, &c. Re- 

 sembles in habit Mdlva alcea. 



Alcea-like Sida. Fl. July, Aug. PI. 4 feet ? 



180 S. PHYLLA'NTHUS (Cav. diss. 5. p. 276. t. 127.) plant 

 stemless ; leaves 3-parted, with sessile, 3-parted, wedge-shaped, 

 blunt, very entire segments ; flowers solitary, inserted on the 

 winged petioles ; carpels 12. 1J..S. Native of Peru. Leaves 

 downy, rufescent beneath. Flower large, blue or pale-violet. 

 H. B. Kunth, nov. gen. et spec. amer. 5. p. 264. This is a 

 very singular species. 



Leaf-jlorvered Sida. PI. foot. 

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