374 USKFl'L PLANTS OF dUAM. 



Setlas (Guam). See CUnis medica. 



Seyaihagon (Guam). See Nen'ilia arragoana. 



Shaddock. See Citrus decumana. 



Shell-leaf. See Xothopanax cochleatum. 



She-oak, Australian. See Ccuiuarina equisetifolia. 



Shore grass. See Stenotaphnim nahuhilinii. 



Siak ( \'i.<ayan) . ^(^e Ejcoecariu agcdloclKi. 



Sibucao or Sibukao (Guam). See Bumcaea sappan. 



Sicoi ( Pliilippines). See Layenaria lugetiaria. 



Sida acuta. Broomweed. 



Family Malvaceae. 



Local NAMES. — Escol)illa (Spanish); Escobang-haba, Wawalisitn (Philippines); 

 Malva lie caballo (Cuba). 

 A much-branched, semi-shrubby, perennial, its branches erect, smooth, or slightly 

 rough with minute stellate hairs. Leaves 1.5 to 6.5 cm. long, lanceolate-ol)Iong, 

 rounded at l)ase, acute or ol)tui«e, sharply serrate or crenate-serrate, glabrous, i)ale 

 beneath, petioles 6 mm. long, thickened at top, slightly stellate-liairy; stipules linear- 

 subulate, exceeding petioles, veined, ciliate; flowers yellow, 1.5 cm. long, peduncle 

 6 to 12 mm. long, stellate-pubescent; calyx nearl)' glabrous, the segments very 

 broadly triangular, acute or acuminate; petals twice as long as calyx; ripe carpels 5 

 to 11, rugose on the bactk, l)lack, with 2 sharp erect beaks. Collected in Guam by 

 Lesson. 



Common in waste places. The stems yield a good filler. The natives make brooms, 

 with which they sweep their houses, of the stems of this and allied species, gathering 

 them afresh each morning. In the Philippines, according to Padre Blanco, poul- 

 tices are made by boiling the leaves and are ajiplied to ulcers and other sores. In 

 India a tonic is made of the plant, which is said to be a good appetizer. 

 References: 

 Sida acuta Burm. f. Fl. Ind. 147. 1768. 



Sida carpiiiifolia. Same as Sida acuta. 



Sida glomerata. 



This species is said by Gaudichaud to occur in Guam, where, according to his notes, 

 the natives call it "escobilla papagu," "papagu" meaning "poll a gratter" (hair 

 for scratching). It is given by Endlicher in his list of South Sea Island plants as 

 occurring in (iuam," where it was collected by Lesson. According to Cavanilles's 

 description, the sjjecies has ovate-lanceolate, serrate, tomentose leaves, axillary 1- 

 tlowered very .short pedicels, and five 2-beaked carpels. Calyx ciliate. 

 References: 

 Sida glomerata Cav. Diss. 1 : 18. t. 2. J. 6. 1785. 



Sida indica. Same as Ahutilon indicum. 

 Sida maura. 



In Fndlicher's list of South Sea Island plants, cited above, this species, attributed to 

 Link, is said to have been collected by Chamisso in the Marianne Islands. It is not 

 further known. In Link's Enumeratio plantarum horti regii botanici berolinensis, '' 

 I lind not S. 7/!«h/-(( but S. utaurltidtKt, which has the leaves " praesertim subtus 

 incana. caps, longe birostres." No locality given. Leaves cordate, crenate, often 

 angled. 



References: 

 Sida maura End!. Fl. Siidseeinseln, Ann. AVien. Mus. 1: 182. 1836. 



f'Uber die Flora der Siidseeinseln, p. 182, 1836. 

 i'Vol. 2, p. 205, 1822. 



