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ttia variety a fonn in which the oarpid-teeth are completely abortive. A Bynonym of this is 

 S. philippica, DC. ap. W. Am.!, not yet observed in America. 



7. retma, L. Carpids biaristate : awns long, hairy.— S. retusa, W. Am. I S. hondensis, 

 Kth. ei Or. {in PI. Carid.). S. ruderata, Mac/.— Tina is the common form in the West 

 Indies and other parts of America, while fi has only been sent from Trinidad. 



Hab. Jamaica I, Pd.,Al., March; S. Kitts!, Dominical, Trinidad! (fi and 7), Lochh., 

 Schach, common ; [7 : South Carolina 1, Florida 1, Mexico I to Brazil !, Peru 1, and Buenos 

 Ayres !, Niger I, Senegambia !, Canary and Azoric Islands !, East Indies !]. 



+t Leaves cordate at the base. 



* Cahjx-tuhe ^-angular : lobes subulate. 



13. S. urens, L. Suffrutescent, hirsute; hairs simple and stellate (the latter chiefly on 

 the under side of the leaves) ; leaves cordate, pointed or acuminate, serrate, long-petioled ; 

 flowers axillary and termiual, shortly stalked, fascicled (sometimes subsolitary, and with an 

 accessory, exserted branch); calyx 5-fid, hirsute: lobes subulate, exceeded by or equalling 

 Vas yellow petals, which are blotched with red at the base; carpids 5, aumless, edentate or 

 bidentate, glabrous. — Cav. Diss. t. 2./. 7, t. \. f. 13. — S. vertieillata, Cav. — Stem I'-B' 

 high, trailing ; calyx 3"'-4"' long. — Hab. Jamaica !, all collectors, common among shrubs ; 

 ka&pis.\, Nichols. ; Trinidad!, Lockh., Or.; [Cuba! to Perni, and Brazil, as far south as 

 Porto Alegre !, Niger I, Madagascar !]. 



13. S. snpina, L'Ser. Procumbent, diffuse, pilose orglabresceut: hairs mostly simple; 

 leaves cordate-triangular or cordate-ovate, crenate-serrate : petiole nearly equdling the 

 limb ; flowers axillary ; pedicels filiform, usually solitary, jointed, equalling or exceeding - 

 the elongated petiole ; calyx 5-iid : lobes subulate, exceeded by or equalling ihn yellow petals ; 

 carpids 5, birostrate: beaks hairy, as long as the carpid. — L'Sh. Stirp. t. 5§i.(«. 1785); 

 Cav. Diss. t. l.f. 8, t. 196./. 3; Bot. Miscel. 3. t. 89.— S. pilqsa, Cav. (pubUshed in thp Q 

 same year, but restricted afterwards to the hairy form). S. ovata, Cav.: the glabrescent r 

 form. S. procumbens, Sw.l S. Dombeyana, DC. (ex Bot. Misc.): petals blotched with red 

 at the base. — Stem herbaceous ; leaves acute or bluutish, not acuminate, sometimes quite 

 glabrous; calyx 3'" long. — Hab. Caribbean Islands; [Haiti and Me4co! to Venezuela! 

 and Lima!, Galapagos Islands 1]. 

 y^^ 14. S. ulmifoUa, Cav. Suffrutescent, glabrescent : hairs simple ; leaves cordate, acv,- 

 minate, crenate-serrate, long-petioled ; ^/fowgri'axiUary and terminal, subgemiruite with acces- 

 sory branches : the interior pedicel short, or (if this is abortive) the second elongated and 

 jointed above the middle, the accessory branch nearly equalling the leaf; calyx 5-fid, mi- 

 nutely pubescent : lobes subulate, nearly equalling the orange-yellow petals ; carpids 5, bi- 

 aristate, glabrous : the awns minutely hairy. — Cav. Diss. t. 2.y. 4 ; L'Mer. Stirp. ^. 51 : a 

 form with the leaves emarginate at the tapering point. — S. arguta, Sw. I S. truncata, L'Ser. 

 S. emargiuata, W. — Stem erect, trailing ; leaves more hairy than the stem, with a long 

 tapering point ; calyx 3'" long. — The down of the leaves is nowhere stellate ; but 1 possess 

 a pilose form from Bogota, in which there are minute stellate hairs on the stem, much ex- 

 ceeded by long, simple hairs. — Hab. Jamaica 1, Al., March ; [Haiti, S. Eustache !, New 

 Granada!, Guayaquil!]. 



IB. S. nervosa, i)(7. Suffrutescent, glandular and ae/oeiy : down stellate ; leaves cor- 

 date, pointed, crenate-serrate, velvety, chiefly beneath, long-petioled : petiole nearly equalling 

 the limb ; flowers axiUary and terminal, several in the axil, vrith an accessary, exserted 

 branch: pedicels elongated, jointei above the middle; calyx broadly 5 -toothed, exeeeiei 

 by the yellow petals : teeth S-angular-snbulate, half the length of the tube ; carpids 5, 

 shortly bidentate. — S. glutinosa, Mch. Cub. — Stem erect; upper leaves reduced, and flowers 

 therefore arranged in a racemiform panicle ; calyx slightly pubescent, spreading, 3'" long.— 

 Hab. Jamaica 1, Macf., Dist., Al., March, common; [Cuba !, Brazil !]. 



** Cah/x-tule terete. 



16. S. pyraiuidata, Cav. Suffnitescent, glabrescent : down minute, stellate ; leaves cor- 

 date, pointleted, crenate-serrate, glabrous, large : petiole nearly equalling the limb ; flowers 

 paniculate: primary branches racemose, partly axillary, secondary corymbose, 3-7 -flowered: 



