Sida.] XXVI. MALVACEJE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 823 



Western Peninsula; Camatic and the Dekkan, Wight, &o,— Distsib. Abyesiiiia, 

 S. Africa. ' 



A woody undershrut, with a thick rootstook. Branches intricate, decumbent or 

 erect. Leaves 4 in., Bparingly covered with stellate hail's , petiole very short. Flofvers 

 solitary, axillarv, shortly petioled. iSepah 5, connate below the middle in a cup-shaped 

 tube. Petals pink. Carpels ultimately dehiscing along the inner edge. 



4. S. spinosa, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 460 ; shrubby, erect, branches oftea 

 with spiny tubercles below the variable leaves, which are hoary beneath, 

 carpels 5, beaks erect. S. alba, L. ; W. & A. Prodr. i. 58 ; DC. Prodr.. l.c. ;■ 

 Eoxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 174; Thwaites JSnum. 28; Dak. & Gibs. Bomh. Fl. 17. 

 S. retusa, W^ht Gai. 196, rmt of Linn. S. alnifolia, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 461 ; 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 174 ; W. & A. Prodr. i. 58 ; Wall. Cat. 1873. S. glan- 

 dulosa, Roxb. mss. ex W. & A. Prodr. i. Lc. S. Boriara, Wall. Gat. 1872. 



Hotter parts of India, from the Nokth-West pkovikces to Ceylon. — Distkib. 

 Tnipics generally. 



Leaves about | in., ovate obovate or linear-lanceolate, obtusely serrate, base cordate, 

 sometimes cuneate ; petiole 4 in. Peduncles solitary or clustered, jointed near the flowei', 

 equaliini; or exceeding the petiole. Sepals deltoid, connate below into a cup-shapsd 

 tube. Carpels membranous, scarcely longer than tlie calyx. 



5. S. g'i'ewloides, GuUl. S Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 71 ; a cano-tomen- 

 tnae undershrub, leaves obloug-ovate obtuse, calyx-tube angular, carpels 

 7-8 wrinkled awned, beaks connivent. Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 835 ; Mast, in- 

 Oliv. Fl. Trap. Afr. i. 182. 



Nokth-West provinces and Sindh. — Distrib. Arabia, Tropical Africa. 



Leaver about J in., crenate, downy on both surfaces ; petiole shorter than the blade. 

 Stipule/s linear-subulate, scarcely so long as the petiole. Peduncles solitary or twin, 

 shorter tlian the petioles. Flowers yellow, small. Carpels indehiscent, or nearly so. 



6. S. carplnifolia, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 460; an undershrub, leaves 

 nearly glabrous narrow acuminate serrate, stipules linear-subulate longer 

 than the petiole, peduncle jointed in the middle as long as the petiole, 

 sepals triangular acute, calyx-tube subglobose, carpels 6-9 rugose awned. 

 Wall. Gat. 1871. S. acuta, Burm. ; Cav. Diss. i. t. 2, f: 3 ; DC. Prodr. i. 461 ; 

 Wall. Gat. 1868, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ; lioxb. Fl. Ind. iii. l7l ; W.& A. Prodr. i. 57 ; 

 i)o?z. & GVbs. Bamh. Fl. 17 ; Thwaites Enum. 27 ; Wight Ic. t. 95 j Wall. Gat. 

 1868 G. S. lanceolata, ^0:1:6. l.c. 175 ; Wall. Gat. 1868 F. S. stipulata, Gav. 

 Dixt. i. t. 3, f. 10; DC. Prodr. i. 460; W. <Sc A. Prodr. l.c. S. Stauntoniana, 

 DG. l.c. ; S. scoparia. Low. ex W. & A- l.c. — Eheede, Hort. Mai. x. t. 53. 



Generally distributed throughout the hotter parts of India. — Disteib. Tropics 

 generally. 



Perennial. Leaves about 2-3 in., linear-lanceolate ; petiole ^-^V in. ; stipules 

 manv-nerved, two or three times longer than the petiole. Fetals yellow, twice the 

 length of the calyx. — De Candolle's S. compressa, from Nipal, which I have not seen, 

 is described as having the leaves hoary beneath, and the peduncles three times as long 

 as the petiole. 



7. S. rhom'bifolia, Linn. ; shrubby, erect, leaves polymorphous taper- 

 ing at the base, peduncle longer than the petiole, carpels 10 awned or not, as 

 long as the calyx. DC. Prodr. i. 462 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 176 ; Wall. Gat. 

 1862, 2; Thwaites Enum. 28. S. canariensis, Willd. ; DC. Prodr. i 462. Sida 

 compressa, Wall. Gat. 1866; DG. Prodr. i. 462. 



Widely distributed throughout India. — Distrib. Tropics of both hemispheres. 



Very vauiable, perennial, glabrous or with scattered stellate hairs. Leaves generally 

 more or, less rhomboid, under side hoary, rarely green; stipules linear-setaceous, longer 

 than the petiole. Peduncle rarely less than twice as long as the petiole, axillary or 

 clustered at the ends of the branches. Flowers yellow, rarely white. Sepals delt oi 



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