SICANA 



SILEXE 



1667 



brous. thf sti'ins :ii\.LcltMl: Ivs. lari^e (often 1 ft. across), 

 nearly urliiciilnr in outliiu-, (lff]ily ctirdute at the base, 

 stronirly alMUit 5-lol>e(I ami the lobes repand-toothed it 

 an.i^lf <1 : Hs. :>uliTar> . HKaia'ciuus, the corolla small and 

 yellowish, uni-shaped, ^vith suiail retiexed loljes; stitr- 

 nias o, each 2-lobed : fr. like a slender ve^tdable marrow. 

 1-2 ft. long', smooth, nearly cylindrical, orang-e-crinisiin. 

 ■with a very strong aroniaTie odnr. U.ll. is'.id :51(1. — Prob- 

 aldy native to Brazil, lait iH-currin^ al^o in jNIex. and 

 the ^Vest Indies. The L'uruba seems tn be i^i-own in the 

 tropics as an ornamental plant, althouuh it is said to 

 atford edible preserves. The plant climbs :ni-r.(i ft. It is 

 well worth grt-'wing on snmmer arljor-;. or under i;lass 

 if one has room for it. The fruits are very interesting, 

 frairrant and ornamental. Perennial. 



S.<i(ropurpi'ira. Andre. Ibis sli..rr.'r subnyribinn, lirilbant 

 viiiler-iiuriile frviits. ami xMirjile-I infrd under .vnrf:(r^'^ ..t the 

 Ivs. Perhaps a form of S. mlnritVra. Uru-uav. K.H. ls;)4:biS. 

 -N. spherica. Hook. t. FN. luTL-e and vpivsHlin^'. nmre bke 

 those of Cutairbita; l\"s. ronifonn, ;;-rvli>l>ed : fr. i,'lol.iose, size 

 ot' a small orani:e. .b'lnndra. B.M. Tli'O. ]_^_ p|_ p,_ 



SIDA (from the old Greek name for yuu^plufu a/ha: 

 given wirhont exiilanation by Liniuvus). Ma I n)v>a\ A 

 gemis of abt.iut ^o s}ieeies i.d' herl.is or shnil's, mi'stly 

 native of the tro]ncal regii.nis of the WLtrld, with tisiially 

 serrate, dentate or iob^d leaves and small (ir rarely !ari.M^, 

 mostly yellow or whitish flowers, which are solitary 

 or in clusters, axillary or disposed in terminal branch- 

 ing spikes or heads; hraeteoles wanting or rarely 1-2 

 and bristledike: calyx o-dentate or 5-(deft; staminal 

 column divided at apex into many rilanients: iocules of 

 ovarv 5 or more. l-seede<l. 



Ivs. x»arted into lim-ar and often lobed divisions: tls. 

 rather small. pnr|ilish, in an oblon;,^, more or less in- 

 terrupted spike, rill- podic-els short or almost none. 

 California, Nevada and Oregon. 



A. Lc 

 Napeea, ^'av. A har( 



hn-iif, h'he<l. 



lierba<;eous perennial H-S ft. 

 high, from a stout root: Iv.-^. o-S in. long. ;!-7dobed; 

 lobes triangular, long-aeuminate, irregularly serrate: 

 fls. perfeet. white, abont 1 iu. across, in terminal coryjn- 

 bose panicles. June-Aug. S. Pa., 'W. Va. and Va. B.B. 

 2:422. — Culture same as for hollyhocks; prop, by seed. 

 Index Kewensis refers the above species to Napaa 

 dioica. Linn., but according to Gray's Synoptical Flora 

 of North America the two species belong to separate 

 genera, the fls. of the first being hermaphrodite, of the 

 second di«cious. yapa^a dio)ca is a strong- growing- 

 perennial 5-9 ft. high, with large radical Ivs. often 1 ft. 

 across and 9-11-cleft, the segments cut into hmceolate. 

 serrate lobes: fls. di'X-cions, white, smaller than in S/<ht 

 NapiPQ. For pictures of the two plants, see B.B. 2:420, 

 422. 



AA. Lvs. small, linear. 

 Elliottii, Torr. i.\c Gray. Ahardy perennial herb, slen- 

 der. ]-.3 ft. hitch, with lvs. 1 in. long and yellow fls. 

 Sandy soil in the southern coast states. (.)ffered by 

 western collectors in 1881. p_ ^V^'. Barclay. 



SIDALCEA (compound of >^l'la and Al<:ea, related 

 genera). Malvacea'. About 20 herbs of western North 

 America: lvs. palmately cleft or parted, stipular: fls 

 often showy, pink, purple or white, in terminal racemes 

 or spikes, mostly without bracts or involncels beneath; 

 stamens united into groups in a dmible series; earpels 

 5-9, reniform, separating at maturity. Some of the 

 Sidalceas are annuals, but those in cultivation are hardy 

 perennials, being recommended for the herbaremis bor- 

 der. Of easy culture. Prop, by seeds or division. For 

 monograph, see tiray, S^^n. Fl. N. Amer., vol. 1, p. 302. 



A. Fls. ichife, with hluish antlirrs. 

 Candida, Gray. Plant erect, from more or less creep- 

 ing rootstocks, the stems somewhat branc]ied al.>uve, 

 2-H ft. tall, glabrous or nearly so: radical ]\-s. nearly 

 orbicular, cordate, obtusely lobed or deeply crenate; 

 stem-Ivs. 5-7-parted, the divisions narrow and often 

 notched: fls. 1 in. or more across, white, in an erect 

 spike-like raceme, Rockv Mts. tin. 24. p. .31*0; 28, p. 

 29. R.H. 1^91, p. ::o6. 



AA. Fls. aunaall'! rolared { ra f^l >j a-], iff ffmns]. 

 E. Mafnrr carpels s»>ao/h ianf rfficJilafrd). 



apicata, Greene. One or two feid tall, sparingly 

 branched or sirnph-, often more or less hirsute: upper 



BB. .Mah< 



■ Is 



>lrun„shi nlirnlated. 



malvaeflora, Ciray. Stems erect or ascending. 1-G ft. 

 or even more, sparin.Li'ly hirsute: l\'s, L;-reen. small, in- 

 cisHd-ci'enate, tln^ nppi>r one^ 3-i-lift or .'i-div ided. seg- 

 ments n;irro\v and entire or broailer and [Hniiare-lobetl : 

 fls. 2 in. or less across when fnil\" expandt-d. imrple. 

 Calif. -A'ar. Listeri, Hort. ( N. I/i>:i<ri. Morf.], known 

 also as "Pink |-'eanty." h;i^ satiny pink flowers. It is <..f 

 European orii;in. 



2327. Sicana odon 

 Cassabanana 



campestris, Greene. Two to 5 

 ft., often branching above, gla- 

 brous or sparingly hirsute -pu- 

 bescent : lvs. i:,^reen, the lower 

 ones r o un d e d and variously 

 lobed, the u]>per ones .'-7-parted 

 into narrow divisions; fls. about 

 \}-r, in. across, in strict spike-like 

 racemes, purplish, the petals often 

 laciniate. N. Calif, to British 

 Columbia. 



Oreg^na, Gray. Less hairy than 

 .S'. campi'sfri.'< . the racemes l>e- 

 coming branched ami paniculate: 

 fls. smaller. Oregon and Wash- 

 ington. L. H. B. 



SIDER6XYL0N (Greek, Iron 

 avid H'a"d : referring to the hard- 

 ness of the wood). ySap"/()cece. 

 Aliout GO species of trees and 

 shrubs, mostly tropii-al, witli sim- 

 j>le lvs. and small tls. in axillary 

 (dusters: fls. .5-merous or rarely 

 d-merous ; calyx-lol>es roundish 

 or ovate, usually obtuse, nearly 

 equal; corolla more or less liell-shaj)ed ; stamens at- 

 tached to the tube at the base of the lolies and oppo 

 site to them; staminodia scale-like or petaloi<l: ovary 

 usually 5-loculed: berry ovoid or globose. 



Mastichod6ndron, JaiM|. A tender tree, with some- 

 what variable Ivs. usually oval or ovate-obloni:. 2-8 in. 

 long, and small yellow fls.: fr. about ^4 ni. through. 

 West Indies ; cult, in 8. Calif. — Franceschi says it 

 yields a sort of chewing gum. p_ y\-_ Barclay. 



SIDE-SADDLE FLOWER. Srirracrina. 



SIEVA BEAN. Phasrolas lanaias. 



SILfiNE (Greek, seilanas, a god descrilied as covered 

 with foam, connected with s'nih'ni, saliva; referring to 

 the stickiness of stem and calyx). ( 'atohfly. Cam- 

 pion'. Carj/aplujlhlcea'. A hiri;'i.' and scattered genus of 

 herbs, varying greatly in iluration, habit and style of 

 inflorescence, btit always with .')-petaled fls. ranging in 

 color from white, through pink and rose to purple. The 

 petals are notched at the apex, rarely toothed or fringed 



