Sida. MALVACK.K. 325 



mostly longer than petiole, from filiforiiilinoar to lanceolate, tardily deciciuoun : poiluiirloi 

 not loiigir ilum tlic calyx, or .snnif ..f tlicni twice or tlirice longer (tlieMe juinU-d aUtvt the 

 middle) : j.etals yellow, varyin;; nearly t<» white, (|uartfr to half inch hmj^ ; cari*<U reticu- 

 lated-rugose, sulmlately 2-awned or 2-nnicronate even hefore dehlMcnce. — V\. Ind. 147; 

 IJC. I'rodr. i. 4G0 ; Schumann in Mart. Fl. Hnis. xii. j.t. 3, ."Jarj ; K. (j. Haker, J«ur. Itot. 

 XXX. 238. S. ruriiiuifitlia of many authors, its to narrow -havi-d formn. .S'. ilifiuUiUt, Car. 

 Diss. i. 22, t. 3, f. 10; DC. 1. c. ; Cliapm. Fl. 55. .S". <jl,il,r,i. Null, .lour, Acad. I'hilad. vii. 

 90; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 232. — Wa.'<te ground near dwellings, Florifla, )>orha|Nt not indigiv 

 uous; also occasional a.s a hallast-weed as far north as New York. (Widely diittrihutiMi in 

 tropics of both hemispheres.) 



Var.* carpinifolia, Smi .mann, 1. c 326. Leaves considenildy broader, ovato or 

 ovatc-uliloiig, <>l)tusi>li, rounded or even suhcordate at the ha-^e. — .s'. riirjnnifJift, I., f. 

 Suppl. .JOT; Cav. Diss. i. 21, & v. t. l.'U, f. 1 ; Jacq. Ic. Har. t. 135. ,S. f/tinn/Jia. Link, 

 J^uum. ii. 203; Keichenb. Ic. Bot. Kxot. i. 23, t. 33. >'. rm/ntioKlis, DC. I'nxlr. i. 461.— 

 With the type in Florida but less frequent; also on ballast at Portland, Oregon, Utndtrtun. 

 (Mex., most tropics.) 



■I-+ •»-•• Leaves all or mostly linear or oldoiigliiiear and oiituse at both ends, serrate or den- 

 ticulate : carjjels 9 to 12, gial)rous, at maturity rugulose or reticulated on sidi-s and back 

 and 2 cuspidate or 2-mucronate at summit cln.se behind the more or less infiexed nhort 

 apex or rarely muticous : perennial herl)s, with virgate branches: flowers yellow or in 

 one changing to purple. 



= Stem and calyx glabrous or nearly so. 

 S. EUiottii, TouK. & Gkay. Stems slender, a foot to a yard high : leaves mostly nam)wly 

 lineal- (inch or more long, 1 to 3 lines wide) or some lower ones o<c;isionally iddong, serru- 

 late : peduncles not articulated except at insertion, some shorter than the caly.\ but earlier 

 ones commonly little shorter than the subtending leaf: petals iialf inch or more long : niatun; 

 carpels strongly reticulate-rugose on the sides. — Fl. i. 231 ; Cliapm. Fl. 55. .s". ijrurilis, Kll. 

 Sk. ii. 159, not Kich. (which is an obscure W. Indian species).' — Sandy and o|>eu wokIh, 

 es|)ecially on the coast, S. Carolina to Alabama, Tenne.s.see,''' and S. Florida; first coll. Iiv 

 Kllion. 



Var.* parviflora, Chapm. "Stem shrubby, smooth; leaves narrow-linear, olituse, 

 downy beneatii ; jieilnncles as long a.s the leaves; petals barely longer than the calyx." — 

 Fl. ed. 3, 48 (whence descr.). 6'. Lindheimeri, Chapm. Fl. eds. 1 & 2, 55, not F:npelni. & 

 Gray. — " Key West, Blodgett." Not seen by the editor and from character jR-rhaps a di». 

 tinct species. 

 = = Stem more or less puberuleiit, and biwer face of the le.ives and calyx cinereous. 

 S. Neo-Mexicana, Ghay. a sj.an to a f.ut or more high, and (liffusely many-stemme<l 

 from a ligneous base or root, minutely |)ul>erulent. hardly at all cinereous : leaves narn.wly 

 linear, sometimes linear-oblong : peduncles not articulated, short or very short (rarely over 3 

 or 4 lines long) : petals orangenolor, in age often changing to red, less than half inch long: 

 m.iture carpels muticous or barely mucronulate — Proc. Am. Acad. xxii. 296. 6'. Kdn^iii, 

 var.? Gray, PI. Wright, ii. 21 ; Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. 39. N. rfuimhi/ulin, \aT. 1 micro- 

 phylla, Hemsl. Biol. Centr.-Am. Bot. i. 106. — E. New Mexico," HV.y/^ ThurUr, Crtrnr : 

 S. Arizcma, Lemmon. (Chiliuahua. >[ex., Prinqle, no. 577, and San Luis Pot4>si. Parry & 

 Palmer, no. 88, small- and short-leaved form, SchajFnfr, no. 162, broader-leaved form.) 

 S. Lindheimeri, Enoelm. & Gray. Cinereous-pubemlent. 2 or .1 f.et high, erect, herba- 

 ceous to ba.se : leaves linear-lanceolate or some lower ones (ddance.dato (2 inche.i of more 

 long), or upper narrowlv linear, commonly glabrate aimve : peduncles slen.ler. aU.ut ciual- 

 ling the .subtending leaves (half inch t<. 2 inches long), articulate.l al-.ve the mid.lle : |iotal« 

 vellow, fuliv half inch long: carpels dorsally j.ubernlent or glabrate. cuspidately 2-<lenlalo. 

 — PI. Lindii. pt. 1,5. 5. EUiottii, with var. T,x,uia, T..rr. & Gray, Fl. i. 6S1. - Pramej. of 



1 S. rnhro.viar>jinata, Nash, Bull. Torr. Club, xxiii. 102, appear, to be morxly • broad-l.-avit! form 



S. /■Ilinttii. 



2 F.xtendinp to Stoddard Co., Mi«.souri, liinh. 



8 Extreme W. Texas. >/c Coulter, Contrib. U. S. Nat. IKrb. ii. 40. 



