76 . MALVACEJ!. 



pedicels jointed ; cai^a. 5-fld, pubernlous, half the length of the yelloio petals : lotes shortly 

 subulate ; carpids 6-5, stortly bidentate, pubescent. — Cav. Diss, t. \.f. 12, t. 194. y. 1. — 

 S. diimosa, Su>. ! Stem erect, high, slender ; leaves much larger than in all the preceding 

 species (3"-4" long, 3" broad) ; branches of the panicle spreading ; calyx 3'" long, at length 

 spreading: tube at length not angular. — Hab. Jamaica 1, Wright, Macf., M'Nab, Wils., 

 Al., March; [Cuba !, Haiti, Portorico]. 



17. S. paniculata, L. Suffrutescent, velvety ; down stellate ; leaves subcordate-ovate, 

 pointed, irregularly crenate-serrate : petiole shorter than the Umb ; flowers paniculate or 

 axillary, racemose : primary branches racemose, secondary corymbose : pedicels usually capil- 

 lary, elongated, glabrous; calyx 5-fid, exceeded by the crimson ^.petals : lobes rounded, 



k/f blnntish, puberulous ; carpids 5, shortly bidentate, glabrescent. — Cav. Diss. t. \.f. 7. t. 12. 



* /. 5 ; Jao^. lo. Zar. t. 136 ; Kth. Nov. Qen. t. 473. — S. capiUaris, Cav. S. atrosauguinea, 

 Jacq. S. floribunda, Kth. — Stem erect, with a spreading panicle j leaves 2" long, superior 

 decrescent ; calyx 1'" long, at length connivent, somewhat exceeded by the carpid-teeth : 

 tube terete. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., on calcareous rocks ; [Cuba, Mexico !, Venezuela !, New 

 Granada!, Guayaquil I, Peru!, Brazil!]. 



*** Calyx-tube 5-lO-angular : lobes large, deltoid. ' 



\/ 18. S. cordifolia, L. Suffrutescent, velvety-tomentose : down stellate; leaves subcor- 

 date or cordate, pointed or blunt, crenate-serrate, long-petioled ; flowers mostly axillary : 

 solitary pedicels nearly equalling the petiole, usually with an accessory glomerule or branch 

 (or aU flowers glomerate) ; calyx 10-angled at the tube, tomentose, B-fid : lobes deltoid, at 

 length connivent; petals exserted, tawny-yellow ; carpids 10-12, truncate and haiiy at the 

 /r top, either biaristate or bidentate.— i)j//. Elth. t. 171; SI. t. 136./. 2; Cav. Diss. t. S.f. 

 ■ 2, 3, 6, 7, t. 13./. 1, t. 194./. 2.— S. althseifolia, Sw.l: the form with short carpid-awns. 

 S. multifl*a, Cav. S. micans, Cav. S. rotundifolia, Cav. S. herbacea, Cav. — A widely 

 diffused and very variable species, easily distinguished by the 10 obtuse keels of the calyx- 

 tube, its size (4'" broad), and the velvety whitish tomentum of the whole plant. The varia- 

 bility affects chiefly the shape of the leaves (which however are not often deeply cordate), 

 the wool more or less tomentose, the accessory branches or flowers in the axUs, and the deve- 

 lopment of the hairy carpid-awns. 



[a. Carpid-awns elongated, exserted, with downward-pointing hairs. — This form is the 

 common East Indian one, but the same occurs in South America : Gniana !, Brazil ! : S. ha- 

 mulosa, Sahm.l, Peru!, and was found by Sieier in Martinique!, Mb. Martin. 170.1 



J3. allhieifolia, Sw.! Carpid-awns shorter than the cai-pid, or reduced so much as to 

 form small teeth on the angle of its truncate top. — S. truncata, Cav. S. mollis, Hb. Bks. 

 — TVom the latter, bidentate form, which according to my materials is the commonest in the 

 West Indies, there is a gradual transition to iS. althaifoUa, Sw. 



y. conferta, Lk. Flowers (by abortion of the longer pedicel) all glomerate ; carpids gla- 

 brous, shortly bidentate. — ^This is a Jamaica form : it has besides deeply cordate, pointleted, 

 less whitish leaves, and was considered by Dr. Alexander as a peculiar species, which however 

 among so many variations 1 do not venture to aclmowledge as such. It may prove to be 

 identical with S. pellita, Kth. 



Hab. Jamaica! (/3 and 7), aU collectors, common in dry pastures; Dominica, Imr.; S. 

 Lucia!, Anders.; [Cuba! and Mexico to Brazil 1 and Peru!, Cape Verde Islands!, Niger!, 

 Nubia I (a). Port Natal !, Cape : S. velutina, E. Mey. !; East Indies !, Canton !]. 



Sect. 2. Stenijtda. — Calyx ti-fid: tube subterete. Carpids bluntish, indehiscent. 

 — Flowers in terminal corymbs. Leaves quite entu'e. 



19. S. Imifolia, Juss. Suffrutescent, hirsute (or glabrescent) : hairs chiefly simple ; 

 leaves linear, elongated, quite entire ; stipules setaceous, equalling the petiole ; corymbs few- 

 flowered, terminal; ca!.yx-lobes deltoid, exceeded by the white petals ; carpids 5-8, edentate, 

 indehiscent.— Cav. Diss. t. 2./. 1. — Stem erect, virgate, usually branched above; leaves 

 2"-3" long, 2"'-3"' broad ; calyx 2"'-3"' long, cupulate, at length connivent, including the 

 glabrous carpids. — Hab. Trinidad!, Cr.; [Haiti!, Panama!, New Granada!, Guiana!, 

 Brazil I, Peru 1, Niger !, Feejee Islands !]. 



