608 MALVACEiE. 



ALSINE, Tourn. 



A. Piteheri. Stems erect (3'-6' high) ; leaves narrow-linear, obtuse ; 

 cyme peduncled, setaceous, spreading; petals oblong, longer than the 3-5- 

 nerved lanceolate-subulate sepals. (Arenaria, Nutt.) — Eastern shore of 

 Mobile Bay (Mohr). 



STELLAHIA, L. 



S. crassifolia, Ehrhart. Stems weak, diffuse (6'-12' long); leaves 

 linear-spatulate or oblong, spreading ; peduncles axillary, longer tban the 

 leaves ; flowers very small, mostly 4-andr6us ; petals longer than the calyx, 

 or none; sepals 3-nerved, acute (Sagina fohtinalis, Short Sr Peters). — 

 Springy places, Tennessee (Or. Gattinger). April. — Flowers apetalous. 



Oeder MALVAOE.^. 



MALVASTEUM, Gray. 



M. Rugelii, Watson. Stems erect, much branched, stellate-hairy; 

 leaves ovate, coarsely serrate, slender-petioled ; flowers axillary, small; sin- 

 gle, or the upper ones densely spiked ; involucel 3-leaved, as long as the very 

 liaiiy calyx ; petals yellow, oblique; carpels 12, even, awnless. (Malope, Ell. 

 Malva, L.) — South Florida. — Stems 2°-4° high. Flowers i' wide. 



SIDA, L. 



S. cordifolia, L. Annual, villous ; stem tall, much branched ; leaves 

 ovate, cordate, entire or angularly 3-lobed, crenate-serrate ; flowers small, 

 yellow, mostly crowded in axillary and terminal racemes; carpels 10-12, 

 shorter than the slender retrorsely scabrous awns. (S. althaeifolia, var. aris- 

 toaa, DC.) — Cedar Keys, Florida. Introduced. November. — Stem3°-5° 

 high. Leaves 2' - 8' long. 



PAVONIA, Cav. 



P. racemosa, Swartz. Shrubby, tomentose, sparingly branched ; leaves 

 petioled, cordate-ovate, acuminate, slightly serrate, 3-nerved; stipules subu- 

 late, deciduous ; racemes terminal, leafless, few-flowered ; involucel 8-leaved ; 

 petals twice as long as the calyx, convolute, " dull white tinged with yellow " ; 

 stigmas sessile, "carpels unarmed." — Miami and Key Biscayne {Garber, 

 Curtiss). — Stem 6° - 8° high. 



P. spinifex, WiUd. Shrubby, hirsute ; leaves long-petioled, oblong- 

 ovate or cordate, coarsely serrate; flowers long-peduncled ; involucel 8- 

 leaved, longer than the calyx, shorter than the yellow corolla ; carpels armed 

 with three stout retrorsely bearded spines. — Charleston { Rev. Dr. Bachman). 

 Mayport, Florida (Curtiss). Introduced. — Stem 3° -5° high. Corolla V 

 wide. 



