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Sida, L. 



Vons2')ectiis of species. 



* Leaves from lanceolate to oblong or obovate-oblong, on short 2 to 4 lin. long 



petioles. 

 Carpels usually 5, leaves more or less green on both sides ; peduncles short, not or at the 



very base jointed, ,. ... ... ... . . .S . earpinifoUa, 



•Carpels usually 10, seldom fewer, leaves minutely greyish tomentose beneath ; peduncles 



usually elongate, jointed at about their middle, ... ... . . . ^S". rhomhifolia. 



* * Leaves cordate or nearly so, on 6 to 15 lin. long, usually slender petioles. 



O Carpels terminating in 2 long awns. 



Erect, glabrous or nearly so, ... ... ... ...S. cort/Ufolia. 



Erect, densely tomentose, ... ... ... ... ...S. cordifok'a. 



O O Carpels blunt or shortly 2-lobed, 

 Erect ; hairs glandular or viscid ; flowers solitary or several, on short and rather thick 



glandular peduncles, .. ... ... ... ...S.ghitinosa' 



.Spreading or almost erect, weak ; hairs spreading, not glandular ; flowers solitary, ou 



long filiform jointed simply hairy peduncles, ... ... ...S. humilis. 



1. S. CAEPiNiFOLiA, L. sp. pi. 963 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 323. (S. acuta, 

 Burm. Fl. Ind. U7 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 171 ; Wight Ic. t. 95 ; S. 

 lanceolata, Roxb. 1. c. 175). 



Hab. Very frequent, especially in rubbishy places, in cultivated grassy 

 lands, shrubberies, etc., all over Burmah ; Andamans, introduced only. Fl. 

 R. and C. S, 



2. S. EHOMBiroLiA, L. sp. pi. 961 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 176 ; Hf. 

 Ind. Fl. I. 323. 



Var. a. Linfean'a, Grriseb. Fl. West. Ind. 74. 



Var. /?. Canariensis, Griseb. 1. c. 74. (S. i^liomloidea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 III. 176 ] S. rhomhifolia var. 3 rJiomhoidea, Mast, in Hf. Fl. Ind. I. 324 pp.) 



Var. y. EETUSA, Griseb. 1. c. ; Mast. 1. c. (S. retusa L. sp. pi. 961 ; 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 175). 



Var. 8. ACUTA ; erect, branched ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 toothed ; carpels 6 — 7, stellate pubescent, with 4 long awns. 



Var. €. ALNiroLiA {S. alnijolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 174 ; WA. Prod. 

 I. 58, an etiam L ? ; /S^. Ckmensis, Roxb. 1. c. ; S. microjyhi/lla, Roxb. 1. c. 

 170?; S. FhUippica, DC. Prod. I. 462). 



Hab. Very frequent in leaf-shedding forests and in cultivated lands all 

 over Burma ; var. S. Tenasserim. Fl. Fr. C. and R. S. 



3. S. coETLiroLiA, Wall. Cat. 1865 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 324. 

 Hab. Ava, Segain (Wall.). 



4. S. coEDiroLiA, L. sp. pi. 961 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 177 ; Hf. 

 Ind. Fl. I. 324 ; {S. decagyna^ Schum. and Thon. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. 

 Afh. IV. 12 ; Walp. Rep. I. 315). 



