SID A. 



lication?, iiiilcad of the repetitions, fojuftly complained of, 

 ill the generality of thole vvoiks. Haller records, after 

 Linder, that the' feeds of S. AbiUilcn, taken to the amount 

 of an ounce, have been found powerfully foponfic. 



SeA. 5. Lea'jes heart-Jhaped, indented. Stalls many- 

 flcauered or racemofe. „ t.i ^ 



S. umbelhta. Umbellate Sida. Linn. Sp. PI. 962. 

 Willd. n. 76. Ait. n. 31. Jacq. Hort. Vind. v. I. 22. 

 t. j6. Cavan. DifT. 28. t. 6. f. 3, and 275. t. 129. f. 2. 

 — Leaves roundiih-heart-fhaped, tootlied, fomewhat an- 

 gular, rather downy. Stalks umbellate, axillary and pa- 

 nicled. Capfules with double-awned cells. — Native of the 

 Welt Indies. Annual or biennial, flowering in our ftoves 

 in autumn. The lea'ves are light green, phant, minutely 

 hairy, and though foft to the touch, yet not of that velvet- 

 like texture fo remarkable in moil of the preceding feftions. 

 Flowers fmall, yellow, five or fix in each long-ilalked axillary 

 folitarv umbel. The upper umbels are, many of them, un- 

 attended by leaves. The valves of the capfule have each a 

 fharp, flender, ereft beak. 



S. paniculata. Panicled Sida. Linn. Sp. PI. 962. 

 Willd. n. 78. Ait. n. 32. Cavan. Difl". 16. t. 12. f. 5. 

 Swartz Obf. 259. (S. atro-fangumea ; Jacq. Coll. v. 1. 

 49. Ic. Rar. t. 136. S. capillaris ; Cavan. Dili. 10. 



t. I. f. 7.) Leaves ovate or heart-fliaped, toothed, downy 



on both fides. Flowers panicled, with capillary ftalks. 

 Capfules rough, with double-beaked cells. — Native of cal- 

 careous rocks in J.-imaica, as well as Peru and Brazil. Sir 

 .Tofeph Banks is recorded as having fent it, in 1795, to 

 Kew, where it flowers in the ilove from July to September. 

 Mr. Alton marks this fpecies as biennial. Jacquin defcribes 

 it as an evergreen Jlirub, eighteen feet high, almolt always 

 in bloom. Our wild Peruvian fpecimens appear woody, 

 with rough round branches. Tiio leaves are tlalked, of a 

 roundifli-ovate, partly heart-fliaped figure, various in length 

 from one to three inches, ftrongly ferrated, clothed on both 

 fides, but moll denfely beneath, with ftellated pubefcence. 

 Flowers fmall, crimfon, copious, on long, very flender, 

 panicled ftalks. Corolla more or lefs reflexed. 



S. termir.alis. Terminal-ilalked Sida. Cavan. Dili. 29. 

 t. 6. f. 6. t. 195. f. 2. Willd. n. 82. — Leaves heart- 

 fhaped, doubly crenate, fomewhat lobed, very foft and 

 downy. Clullers fiinple, fomewhat corymbofe, on very 

 long, lolitary, terminal ftalks. Capfule hairy. — Gathered 

 at Monte Video, by Commerfon, whofe fpecimen is be- 

 fore us. The_y?.'m is flirubby, much branched, downy, 

 apparently of rather humble growth. Leaves dependent, 

 ftiorter than t\\e\r fooljlalis, heart-fliaped, bluntifh, veiny, 

 fcarccly an inch long, extremely foft, their notches broad, 

 round, and very unequal. Floiuer-Jlalks terminal, though 

 the branches are often fubfequently elongated beyond them, 

 folitary, fimple, naked, four or five inches in length, round, 

 downy, each bearing four or five rather large, ftalked, 

 corymbofe, yellowj?oiy^rj, externally purphfli, with linear 

 braSeas, which foon fall off. The capfule, twice as long as 

 the calyx, is thickly clothed with long upright hairs. — The 

 curious reader m.ay obferve how Willdenow, witliout any 

 other guide than the defcription and plates of Cavanilles, 

 has altered his fpecific charadter for the worfe. Willdenow 

 terms the leaves " ovato-lanceolate" and " toothed," for 

 neither of which there is any foundation ; but it may ferve 

 us, in any other doubtful cafe, to underftand his phrafeology, 

 ior which rcafon, chiefly, we here point it out. 



Sefi. 6. Leaves heart-Jhaped, three-pointed, or angular 

 at the bafe. 



S. crajfifolia. Thick-leaved Sida. I/Herit. Stirp. 125. 

 t, 60. Willd. n. 84. (S. triculpidala J Cavan. Dill". 30. 



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t. 6. f. 5.) — Leaves heart-lhaped, toothed, pointed, ob- ' 

 fcurely lobed, downy on both fides. Stalks folitar)', fingle- 

 flowered, about equal to the footftalks. Capfules with 

 double-beaked cells, rather longer than the calyx. — Gather- 

 ed in Hifpaniola by Thierry de MenonviUe. A fto-e-plant 

 at Paris, unknown in our coUsftions. The_/7^ff! is fhrubby, 

 branched, round, downy. Leaves three inches long, 

 ftrongly fcented, bordered witli tooth-like ferr.itures, and 

 furnifhed with one or two flight lobes at each fide. Flonuers 

 yellow, an inch broad, on long, fimple, axillary ftalks. 



5. periptera. Shuttlecock Sida. Sims in Curt. Mag. 

 t. 1644. — Leaves heart-fliaped, ferrated, pointed, downy 

 on both fides, fomewhat angular ; the upper ones halberd- 

 fliaped. Panicle racemofe. Petals emarginate, nearly ereft, 

 fhorter than the ftamens. Capfule without beaks. — Sup- 

 pofed to be a native of Mexico. It flowers nearly through- 

 out the year, in the coUettion of John Walker, efq. of 

 Arno's grove, Southgate ; but we are not informed whe- 

 ther it is a greenhoufe or ftove-plant. The Jlem is tall and 

 flirubby, with round hifpid branches. Leaves green, alter- 

 nate, ftalked, diftant ; the upper ones elongated, and deeply 

 lobed. Floivers elegant, bright fcarlet, near an inch long, 

 of a fliuttlecock form, as the inverfely heart-fliaped, oblong 

 petals I'prcad but very little. The column oi Jlanuns rife* 

 conliderably above them. 



6. hajlata. Halberd-leaved Mexican Sida. Willd. n. 89, 

 Ait. n. 33. Aiidr. Repof. t. j88. Curt. Mag. t. 1541. 

 (S. criftata ;S; Linn. Sp. PI. 964. Anodahaftata; Cavan. 

 Diff. 38. t. II. f. 2.) — Lower leaves heart-fliaped, lobed; 

 upper hailate. Stalks axillary, folitary, fingle-flowered, 

 longer than the leaves. Petals obovate, fpreading, entire. 

 Native of Mexico. Its feeds were brought from Spain by 

 the late marchionefs of Bute. An annual or biennial ftove 

 plant, w^hich may be raifed on a hot-bed early in the fpring, 

 and planted out in the open border. It is fcarcely how- 

 ever likely to be added to the lift of tropical annuals, gene- 

 rally fo cultivated, being much inferior in beauty to many 

 other plants, of the Mallow tribe, that are quite hardy. 

 Itsjlotuers are light purphfii-blue, about an inch wide, on 

 long, ftraggling tlalks. The divifions and Ihape of the 

 leaves vary greatly. The valves of the capfule have no 

 beaks. 



5. cri/lala. Crefted Sida. Linn. Sp. PI. 964. Willd. 

 n. 90. Curt. Mag. t. 330. (Anona triloba; Cavan. 

 Difl. 39 and 55. t. 10. f. 3.) — Leaves crer.ate, pointed; 

 the lower ones angular ; upper haftate. Stalks axillary, 

 fohtary, fingle-flowered, longer than the leaves. Petals 

 inverfely heart-lhaped, thrice the length of the calyx. — 

 Native of Mexico ; long iince known in our gardens. We 

 have however afcertained the fynonym of Cavanilles, by 

 feeds received from himfelf, and raifed by the late lady Amelia 

 Hume, in whofe ftove this plant flowered in July 1806. 

 It may probably fucceed, as Mr. Curtis obferves, if raifed 

 on a hot-bed and planted out in a flower-border. This is 

 diftinguiftied from the lalt by its very large cr'iTr.{on powers, 

 rendering it far more wortliy of cultivation. Few plants 

 vary more in the fliape of their fobage, fo that we are 

 fatisfied of the S. Dilleniuna, Willd. n. 91. Ait. n. 34, 

 figured in Cavanilles, t. 11. f. 1, and in Dill. Hort. Elth. 

 t. 2, being a mere variety ; fo little defined indeed, that 

 we can hardly dillinguifli it as even fuch. 



Seft. 7. Leaves lobed, palmate, or compound. 



6. triloba. Three-lobed Cape Sida. Cavan. Difl". 11. 

 t. I. f. II, very bad ; and 274. t. 131. f. I. Willd. n. 92. 

 Thunb. Prodr. 117. Jacq. Hort. Schonbr. v. 2. 9. t. 142. 

 — Leaves heart-fliaped, toothed, with three or five lobes ; 

 the middle one longelt and fliarpell. Stalks axillary, foli- 

 tarv. 



