JSuttallia digital a. 7 5 



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Radical and lower leaves like those of a Delphinium, but the divisions 

 partly peltate. The segments eight or nine in number, three or four 

 inches long, linear, simple, bifid and trifid, the primary radical ones 

 occasionally somewhat hispid, the succeeding foliage smooth. Branch- 

 lets merely floriferous, naked. The peduncles a foot or more in 

 length, attenuated and articulated a little below the calix, which is 

 simple, and live-cleft, attenuated at its base. The segments ovate, 

 acuminate. Flowers carmine-red. (lake-red, B.) about the size of 

 those of the common cultivated Mallows. The petals crenulate. 

 and distinctly unguiculate. Capsules one-seeded, and roughened 

 with depressed punctures, not spontaneously opening, and as in Malva 

 and Althaea disposed in a ring. 



" This genus, of which the species are hardy, ornamental, and pe- 

 rennial, appeai-s to afford an additional link of connexion between 

 the genera Sida and Malva. 



" Habitat. In the open prairies near Fort Smith, in bushy places, 

 not very common. Flowering in May and June." 



In the manuscript description of this and the preceding newly dis- 

 covered plants, with the use of which I have been obliged by the 

 author, the present genus has received from Mr. Nuttall the name 

 here given as a synonym. I have thrown that appellation aside, and 

 dedicated the genus to him, in commemoration of the services he has 



