Sida.} MALVACEZ. 257 
numerous, in a tube antheriferous to the top, without sterile teeth. 
Ovary 5- or more-locular; styles as many as the carpels, stigmas 
capitate. Fruit consisting of separating but indehiscent ripe 
carpels, with or without beaks. Seed solitary, ascending in each 
separate coccus. 
. ’ + rICUs ids t 
Hairs simple ; carpels with three small projecting points...t oa sie 
Hairs stellate ; carpels rounded or angular not beaked........000 spicatum. 
147, Matvasrrum rricusprpatum A. Gray; F. B. I. i. 821, 
In waste places; common in W. and C. Bengal. 
An erec 
148. Manvasrrum spicatum A. Gray; F. B. Li. 821. 
In waste places in C. Bengal, rare. 
An erect herb. 
92. Sida Linn. 
i f 
2-awned at the tip and opening irregularly to admit <a acgiae : 
the seed. Seed solitary, pendulous or horizontal in each ripe carpe 
Leaves cordate at the base :-— 
: : leaves 
Pedicels jointed in the middle; petiole not so long as leaf-blade ; leav 
aways acute at tip; carpels 5 :— ‘td but wot 
Bio, hes sparingly hispid but n 
ae sen ; leaves and slender ee ees ereplesfousd: 
: utinosa 
tems erect ; leaves and stoutish branches glutinous ------ glu 
Pedicels jointed under the flower :— 
: i obtuse 
Leaves always cordate at base, usually acute but sometimes obtu 
cee ordryfoud. 
at tip; petiole as long as leaf-blade ; carpels 10 «-.--- ee tip; «eee 
Leaves only sometimes cordate at base, always obtuse “spinosa 
shorter than leaf-blade + carpels 5 isre asenean “esthert: " 
Leaves cuneate at the base: i 
— with 
membranous, never more than 5; — cos io 
Spiny tubercles below the leaves; peduncles jointed near the 
