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velvetty ; carpels 5, not twice as long as the calyx. Syn. Sida poly- 

 andra, Roxb. On the Ghauts. S pusica, Burm. Ind. t. 47,/. 1; 

 DC. Prorf. 1,473. 



2. Indicum, G. Don.— Leaves cordate, somewhat lobed, soft, 

 shortly tomentose, unequally toothed ; capsule truncated, longer 

 than the calyx; carpels 1 1 to 20, acute, not awned, hairy. Common; 

 flowers entirely yellow, open in the evening. Syn. A asiaticura, G. 

 Don ; Sida indica, Linn ; S populifolia. Lam. ; S belocre, L'Her. ; 

 S eteromischos, Cav.; Sida asiatica, Linn; Agraveolens? W. &A. 



3. ToMENTOsuM, W. and A. — Leaves cordate, tomentose on 

 both sides, toothed ; capsule globose, depressed or concave, very 

 tomentose ; carpels reniform. At Surat. Syn. Sida tomentosa, 

 Roxb. Hort., Bengal. All the species have yellow flowers. 



4. A SiDOiDES, Dalz. Mss. — Fruticose erect, with white bark;- 

 leaves long-petioled, rounded cordate, acutely 3-lobed, coarsely 

 crenate, membranaceous, green on both sides, smooth, ciliolated 

 on the margin ; peduncles axillary, solitary, or rarely twin, bearing 

 twin pedicles articulated in the middle ; calyx half divided, divisions 

 suddenly acuminate ; flowers very small, yellow ; carpels with 

 glutinous pubescence, 6 to 7, bicuspidate, twice the length of the 

 calyx ; 3-seeded ; seeds dark-coloured, tubercled. Very rare ; found 

 only near Cambay. 



3. URENA, Linn. 



1. U LoBATA, Linn. — Herbaceous ; leaves roundish, with three 

 or more short, sometimes obsolete, acute or obtuse lobes, more or 

 less velvetty; flowers rose-coloured. A common weed. DC. Prod. 

 1, p. 441, Rumph. Amb. vi, t. 25, /. 2a. St. HiJ. PI. as. t. 56 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 3043. 



2. U ScABKiuscuLA, DC. Prod. 1, p 441. — Herbaceous ; leaves 

 roundish, scarcely lobed, harshly pubescent on both sides, 5 to 

 7-nerved, with 1 to 3 glands beneath, segments of involucal 

 5, linear acuminated ; flowers rose-coloured ; carpels pubescentj^ 

 echinated. Phoonda and Ram Ghauts ; not common. W. and A. 

 suspected this to be the same as the preceding, but they are very 

 distinct. 



3. U SiNUATA, Linn. — Shrubby ;' leaves deeply 3 to 5-lobed, 

 lobes dilated upwards, and the sinuses rounded ; flowers rose- 

 coloured and rather handsome. A common weed. Syn. U mori- 

 folia, DC. Prod. 1, p 441 ; U muricata, DC. loc. cit.; U lappago. 

 Smith in DC. loc. cit.; U heterophylla ; Smith in DC. Prod. I, 442. 



4. THESPESIA, Correa. 



1. T PopuLNEA. — Arboreous; leaves roundish, cordate acumi- 

 nate, entire, smooth; flowers large, yellow, with a purple base; 



