SYNOPSIS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF MALVE&. 137 



11 in. ; sepals £ 



n 



J{ Carpidia 25-30 



# 



occidentalis H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. p. 268. G. 

 Rich. Fl. Cubens. r>. 175. Sida occidentalis L. and S. 



spicata Cav. ; DC. Prod. i. p. 466. S. ulmifolia Spr. Syst. Veg. 

 iii. p. 113, non Cav. S. cubensis Dietr. Synop. iv. p. 851. 

 Hab. Central America ! Cuba ! Ecuador. 



** Nova-Zelandica. 



10. G. Lyallii. Plagianthus Lyallii Hook. f. Handb. New. Zeal. 

 Fl. p. 30. Hoheria Lyallii Hook. f. Fl. N. Z. i. p. 31, t. 11. 



Hab. New Zealand. Middle Island! 



Sect. II. Microlophia K. Schum. I. c. p. 348. — Appendicute 

 carpidiorum maturorum parvae vix curvatse semina baud includentes. 



+ Carpidia 12-14. 



11. G. Gurkeana K. Schum. I.e. p. 354, t. lxiv. fig. iii. 



Hab. Brazil. 



ff Carpidia ultra 20. 



12. G. pilosa K. Schum. I.e. p. 355, t. lxiv. fig. 1. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



Genus XVI. SIDASTRUM, nov. gen.— Bracteohe 6-8 lineares 

 a calyce distantes. Calyx 5-fidus. Columna staminea apice in 

 filamenta oc divisa. Ovarii loculi 8-10. Styli inferne connati apice 

 in discum parvum stigmaticum dilatata. Carpella 1-sperma matura 

 ab axi secedentia brevissime bicuspidata dehishiscentia, intus nuda. 

 Semina suspensa radicula supera. Frutex pilis ferrugineis hispidi. 

 Flores sessiles vel subsessiles glomerati rarius subsolitari axillares et 

 in spicam terminalem dispositi. 



1. S. quinquenervium. Sida quinquenervia Duchass. in Tr. et 

 PL Prod. Fl. Nov. Gran. p. 176. — Frutescens pilis ferrugineis 

 hispidum, foliis petiolatis oblongis vel lanceolatis acuminatis serratis 

 utrinque ferrugineo-stellato-hispidis basi obtusis vel leviter emar- 

 ginatis 5-nerviis membranaceis stipulis setaceis, floribus axillaribus 

 et in spicam terminalem dispositis glomeratis rarius subsolitariis 

 sessilibus vel subsessilibus, bracteolis a calyce breviter distantibus 

 linearibus hispidis calyce multo longioribus, sepalis ovatis acutis 

 dense ferrugineo-hispidis, petalis aureis unguiculatis late et oblique 

 cuneatis calyce longioribus, carpellis 8-10 breviter cuspidatis lsevibus 

 dorso rotundatis junioribus stellato-pubescentibus. 



Hab. Panama, Duchassaing ! British Guiana, Schomhurgk, 545 

 (863 b) ! Brazil, nr. S. Joao da Araguay, Bxircheli, No. 9102 ! 



Stem 7-9 ft. high ; leaves 4-6 in. long, 2-2| in. broad; petals 



nearly i in. long. 



In the structure of the carpels this genus closely resembles 



Sida* the seed being pendulous and the radicle superior. It is at 



once distinguished, however, by the presence of from 6-8 linear 



