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THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



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ish-cordate, blunt and truncate at the top, and toothed; 

 peduncles solitary, longer than the petiole ; capsules awn- 

 less, nine in number. It is an annual plant. Native of St. 

 Domingo. 



69. Sida Herbacea; Herbaceous Sida. Leaves oblong- 

 acute, toothed, cordate at the base ; peduncles solitary, a 

 little shorter than the petiole ; capsules two-awned ; stem 

 upright, hairy, branched. Native of the East Indies. 



70. Sida Emarginata ; Notch-leaved Sida. Leaves ovate- 

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

 peduncles shorter by half than the petiole ; capsules two- 

 beaked. Two feet high. Annual. Native of Hispaniola. 



71. Sida Alba; White-flowered Sida. Leaves oblong- 

 cordate, rounded, obtuse, toothed ; peduncles equal to the 

 petiole ; capsules two-horned. Native of Bengal. 



72. Sida Cordifolia ; Heart-leaved Sida. Leaves ovate- 

 cordate, toothed, somewhat angular, bluntish ; peduncles 

 solitary, a little shorter than the petiole; capsules two-beaked ; 

 root annual. Native of the East Indies and the Cape. 



73. Sida Hedereefolia ; Ivy-leaved Sida. Leaves roundish- 

 cordate, obtuse, repand ; peduncles longer than the petiole ; 

 capsules two-awned ; stem prostrate, creeping ; root annual. 

 Native of St. Domingo. 



***** With cordate, toothed Leaves; and many -flowered, or 

 racemed Peduncles. 



74. Sida Verticillata ; Whorled Sida. Leaves ovate-cor- 

 date, acuminate, toothed ; flowers subsessile, aggregate, 

 whorled ; capsules almost awnless. Native of Brazil. 



75. Sida Urens ; Stinging Sida. Leaves ovate-cordate, 

 acuminate, toothed ; peduncles axillary, many-flowered, glo- 

 merate ; capsules awnless. Native of Jamaica. 



76. Sida Umbellata; Umbellate Sida. Leaves roundish- 

 cordate, toothed, somewhat angular, acute ; peduncles four- 

 flowered or thereabouts, umbelled, axillary; capsules two- 

 awned, three-seeded. Annual. Native of Jamaica. 



77. Sida Pyramidata; Pyramidal Sida. Leaves roundish- 

 cordate, acuminate, serrate ; peduncles corymbed, subpani- 

 cled ; capsules two-awned. Native of St. Domingo. 



78. Sida Paniculata; Panicled Sida. Leaves ovate-cor- 

 date, toothed, downy ; racemes panicled ; capsules two-beaked ; 

 corollas dark purple, with the petals spreading. Native of 

 the calcareous rocks of Jamaica, Peru, and Brazil. 



79. Sida Dumosa; Bushed Sida. Leaves cordate-ovate, 

 acuminate, serrate, smooth on both sides ; flowers panicled. 

 Found in dry coppices, in Jamaica. 



80. Sida Ramosa ; Branched Sida. Leaves ovate-cordate, 

 unequally toothed ; racemes axillary ; capsules two-awned. 

 six in number. Native of Senegal. 



81. Sida Spicata ; Spiked Sida. Leaves ovate-cordate, 

 acute, toothed ; raceme terminating, naked ; capsules awnless. 

 in heads, larger than the calix, numerous, one-seeded, squeezed 

 into a ball. Native of St. Domingo. 



82. Sida Terminalis ; Terminal-stalked Sida. Leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, cordate, toothed; raceme terminating, elongated, 

 bracted ; capsules awnless, in heads, larger than the calix, 

 villose, three-seeded. Native of Brazil. 



* With cordate Leaves, three-cusped, or angular at the 

 base. 



83. Sida Vesicaria ; Bladder Sida. Leaves ovate-cordate, 

 toothed, three-cusped ; peduncles solitary, axillary, longer 

 than the petiole ; capsules truncate, awnless, sharpish, ten, 

 five-seeded ; fruit inflated. Native of Mexico. 



84. Sida Crassifolia; Thick-leaved Sida. Leaves ovate- 

 cordate, toothed, somewhat three-cusped ; peduncles solitary, 

 axillary, length of the petioles ; capsules two-awned, tomen- 

 tose all over, with a strong smell. Native of Hispaniola. 



85. Sida Biflora; Two-flowered Sida. Leaves ovate- 

 cordate, acuminate, toothed, three-cusped ; peduncles gemi- 

 nate, axillary, equal to the petiole; capsules several. It is a 

 shrubby plant. Native place not ascertained. 



86. Sida Obtusa; Blunt-leaved Sida. Leaves cordate- 

 ovate, obtuse, toothed, three-cusped ; peduncles longer than 

 the petiole, bearing about four flowers in an umbel ; capsules 

 acute, three-seeded. Native place unknown. 



87. Sida Gigantea ; Giant Sida. Leaves roundish-cordate, 

 crenate, acuminate, three-cusped; flowers panicled; corollas 

 reflexed. Native of the Caraccas. 



88. Sida Javensis ; Javanese Sida. Leaves roundish- 

 cordate, toothed, three-cusped; peduncles solitary, axillary, 

 longer than the petiole ; capsules two-cusped ; stem reclined. 

 Native of Java. 



89. Sida Hastata ; Halbert-leaved Sida. Lower leaves 

 cordate, acuminate, five-cornered, somewhat toothed, obtuse; 

 upper hastate ; peduncles solitary, axillary, length of the 

 leaves ; capsules several, acuminate, connate .at the base. 

 Annual or biennial. Native of Mexico and Lima. 



90. Sida Cristata; Crested Sida. All the leaves crenate ; 

 lower roundish-cordate, obtuse, somewhat five-cornered ; 

 upper rounded, hastate, acuminate; peduncles solitary, axil- 

 lary, longer than the leaves ; root annual. Native of Mexico. 



91. Sida Dilleniana; Dillenius's Sida. Lower leaves trian- 

 gular, subhastate, crenate ; upper ovate, lanceolate, almost 

 quite entire ; peduncles solitary, axillary, length of the leaves. 

 Annual. Native of Mexico. 



* With lobed Leaves, palmate, or compound. 



92. Sida Triloba ; Three-lobed Sida. Leaves cordate, 

 toothed, three-lobed, with the middle lobe acute and longer ; 

 peduncles axillary, solitary ; capsules awnless ; corolla white. 

 Native of the Cape. 



93. Sida Ternata ; Three-leaved Sida. Leaves ternate ; 

 leaflets lanceolate, remotely serrate. Native of the Cape. 



94. Sida Pterosperma ; Wing-fruited Sida. Leaves three- 

 parted; segments linear, repand, sinuate; flowers subracemed; 

 capsules winged. Annual. Native of Peru. 



95. Sida Ricinoides ; Ricinus-leaved Sida. Leaves sub- 

 peltate, five-lobed ; lobes ovate, acute, toothed, undivided ; 

 peduncles one or two flowered ; capsules two-awned ; seeds 

 one-grooved. Annual. Native of Peru. 



96. Sida Jatrophoides ; Jatropha-like Sida. Leaves sub- 

 peltate, seven-lobed, palmate ; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, 

 pinnatifid, toothed ; panicle many-flowered, hairy ; capsules 

 two-awned. An annual stove plant, flowering in August, 

 and distinguished by the deep lobes of its leaves. Found in 

 the province of Chaucayo in Peru. 



97. Sida Phyllanthus. Stemless: leaves ternate ; leaflets 

 sessile, three-parted, wedge-form, quite entire, undivided, 

 obtuse; flower solitary, inserted into a winged petiole. Per- 

 ennial. Native of Peru. 



Sideritis ; a genus of the class Didynamia, order Gymno- 

 spermia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth one- 

 leafed, tubular, oblong, about half five-cleft; segments acute, 

 almost equal. Corolla: one-petalled, almost equal; tube 

 cylindrical, oblong; throat oblong, roundish; upper lip erect, 

 bifid, narrow ; lower lip trifid ; lateral segments sharper, com- 

 monly smaller than the upper lip; middle segments roundish, 

 crenate. Stamina: filamenta four, within the tube of the 

 corolla, shorter than the throat, two of which are smaller; 

 antherae roundish, two twin. Pistil: germen four-cleft ; style 

 filiform, rather longer than the stamina ; stigmas two ; upper 

 cylindrical, concave, truncate; lower membranaceous, shorter, 

 sheathing (he upper. Pericarp : none ; calix cherishing the 

 seeds in its bosom. Seeds : four. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. 



