MALVACEAE. 



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well known in the garden, and there are many lovely species 

 adapted to the greenhouse, as follows : from the Cape we 

 have amoena, Capensis, balsamica, fragrans, stricta, grossula- 

 riafolia, bryonifolia, anomala, etc., which are red or pink- 

 flowered ; reflexa, divaricata, and asperrima, white-flowered ; 

 from Chili we have purpurata, dull-red, lactea, from Mexico, 

 white, and capitata and operculata, purple-flowered, from 

 Peru ; vitifolia, from Mexico, has white flowers and vine-like 

 leaves. M. umbellata, sometimes known as Spharalcea 

 umbellata, is a South American plant, with rather coarse 

 foliage, but having a fine umbellate head of many elegant 

 scarlet blossoms, which appear early in the year. There are 

 other species considered as belonging to this division, rosea, 

 obtusifolia, elegans, abutiloides, and angustifolia, which are 

 introduced into the greenhouse, and are very handsome. 

 The soil should be loam, leaf-mould, and sand. 



SID A and ABUTILON. 



Gen. Char. (Monadelpliia Polyandria.) Calyx simple, five-cleft, 

 angular; style many-parted; capsules several, one or three- 

 seeded. 



Many species of the very similar genera, Sida and Abutilon, 



