268 Obdee 24.— MALYACEiE. 



6. SIDA, L. Calyx 5-cleft, without an involucel ; fls. perfect ; styles 

 5 or more, with capitate stigmas ; ovary 5 to many-celled ; capsule of 

 5 or more 1-seeded carpels ; radicle superior. 



Leaves palmately parted. Fls. rose-wMte. Carpels, beaked - .Nos. 1, 2 



Leaves undivided. Fls. yellow.— Carpels 5 ^r' P i 



— CarpelsS— 12 Nos. 4-6 



1 S. ITapcea Cav. Nearly glabrous; Ivs. palmately 5-lobed, lobes oblong, acu- 

 minate, coarsely-toothed; ped. many-aowered ; carpels 10, acuminate-beaked.—- 

 11 In rocky woods, Penn. and Ta. (rare, more common in gardens). Sta. 2 — if 

 high. Lobes of the Ivs. 2—3' long. Fls. white, twice larger (1-9" broad) than 

 in Napaea dioica. Petals obovate, twice longer than the calyx. JL \ (Kapaja 

 Isevis and hermaphrodita L.) 



2 S. aloeeoides Mx. Strigous-pubescent ; Ivs. palmately 5— Y-parted, the seg- 

 ments laciniate ; fls. corymbed, terminal; carp. 10, acute. — 11- In barren oaklands, 

 Tenn., Ky. Sts. 1 — 2f high. Corymbs 3 — 6-flowered. Fls. nearly as large as 

 those ' of the musk mallow, to which plant this bears a general resemblance. 

 (CaUirrhoe alciEoides Gray.) 



3 S. spinosa L. St. rigid, branched, minutely pubescent, Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, 

 serrate, with a spinous tubercle at the base of the petiole ; stip. setaceous, shorter 

 than the petioles or axillary peduncles ; carp, birostrate. — © Sandy fields and 

 roadsides, Mid., S. and "W. States. Plant bushy, 8 — 16' high. Lvs. 9 — 15" long, 

 i as wide, mostly obtuse at each end. Petals yellow, obovate, of short duration. 

 Carp. 5. Jl., Aug. 



4 S. hispida Ph. Hispid-pubescent; lvs. lanceolate, and rhombic-lanceolate, 

 dentate-serrate ; stip. subulate, hispid, longer than the petioles or axillary, 

 solitary or clustered peduncles ; carpels 2-horned, 10 — 12. — 1^ Sandy soils, 

 S. Oar., Ga. (Peay). Sts. much branched, 12 — 18' high. Petioles 2—3" long, 

 the peduncles rather longer, jointless. Petals yellow, a little exceedmg the 

 calyx. On the young stems the lvs. are rhomboidal. Jl., Aug. 



5 S. EUiottii Terr & Gr. I/os. linear-oblong and linea/r, denticulate, obtuse at 

 base; ped. l-flowered, a little longer than tho very short (2 — 5") petioles. — 

 %■ Sandy plains, S. Oar. to Fla. St. slender and widely branched, 2 — 5f high. 

 Lvs. 1 — 3' long, varying from narrowly linear to oblong (1 — 5" wide). Pis. 1' 

 broad, orange-yeUow, nearly solitary in the axils. Petals emarginate. Carp. 

 about 10. May — Aug. 



6 S. rhombifolia L. Lvs. rhombic-oblong, serrate, cuneate and entire at base; 

 ped. much longer than the petioles, jointed just below the flower ; caps. 2-beaked. 

 — Sandy soil, S. Car. to Fla. St. 1 to 2f high, minutely dovmy. Lvs. 1 to 2' 

 long, rather obtuse at apex. Fls. yellow, 1 to 9" broad, the stalks 1 to 2' long. 

 Cal. angular, with broad, cuspidate sepals. May — JL 



7. ABUTILON, Dill. Indian Mallow. Calyx 5-cleft, without an 

 involucel, often angular ; styles 5 to 20, with capitate stigmas ; carpels 

 as many, arranged circularly, each 1-celled, 3 to 6-seeded, and opening 

 by 2 valves. 



1 A. Avicenuas. Lvs. roundish, cordate, acuminate, dentate, velvety-tomentons ; 

 ped shorter than the petiole, solitary; carp, about 15, 3-seeded, inflated, truncate, 

 2-beaked. — ® Native in both Indias and naturalized in most of the States, in- 

 habiting waste places, &c. St. branched, 3 to 4f high. Lvs. 4 to 6' diam., 

 deeply cordate at base, abruptly acuminate at apex, very soft and velvety at sur- 

 face. Fls. yellow, near 1' broad. Jl § 



2 A. striatum Dick. Shrub, with 5-lobed, long-stalked lvs., the lobes acuminate, 

 dentate ; peduncles long, nodding, with a handsome bell-shaped flower, tho column 

 exserted. — An elegant greeu-houae shrub, flowering at all seasons. Petals 

 orange-color, with'conspicuous purple stri^. ■)■ BrazU. 



8. MALVAViSCUS, Dill. Glue Mallow.^ (Lat. iiiatva, mallows, vis- 

 cus, glue.) Calyx 5-cleft, subtended by an involucre of many bractlets ; 



