1 18 THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN 
1.— CRISTARIA COCCINEA, Fursh. THE SCARLET CRISTARIA. 
Specific Ch4iucter. — Plant bent, with hoary tomentum and starry 
leaves. Leaves 3 — 5-cleft, with cut acute segments. Racemes ter- 
minal. Stem diffuse, prostrate. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — A very singular littla plant, quite hardy in British gardens ; a native of the dry 
prairies of the Missouri district of North America. It was introduced in 1811, but is very rarely met with. 
Synonymes. — Sida coccinea, Dec. ; Malva coccinea, Fras. 
Engravings.— Bot. Mag. t. 1673; and ovxfig. 7 in Plate 29. 
GENUS VII. 
SIDA, Cav. THE SIDA. 
Lin. Syst. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
with each other, or wholly connected into a many-celled CApeule. 
(G. Don.) 
OiNKRic Chaiubteii. — Calyx naked, S-cleft, usually angular. Styles 
muUifid at the top. Carpels capsular, 5 — 40 — 1-seeded, seldom 
bladdery, disposed in a whorl round the axis, more or less connected 
Description, &c. — The species of this genus are very numerous, and differ so widely from each other in the 
structure of the fruit and seeds, that the genus will probably ere long be divided into several genera, and indeed 
some of the species have already been removed to Abutilon. 
The derivation of the name of Sida is not known. Most of the species are stove plants, either shrubs or 
annuals, but a few are greenhouse perennials, and two or three species are hardy perennials ; but the green- 
house kinds, which are said to have yellow flowers, have not yet been introduced into Britain. 
1.— SIDA MALV^FLORA, Dec. THE MALLOW-FLOWERED SIDA. 
ments linear, subdentate. Flowers disposed in terminal racemes. 
Carpels mntic. (G. Don.) 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg. t. 1036 ; and our ^5. 6 in Plate 29. 
Specific Character. — Radical leaves roundish, 9-Iobed, truncate at 
the base ; lobes 3-toothed at the apex. Stem-leaves 6-parted ; seg- 
Description, &c. — This is a showy-looking plant, with an upright flower-stem and very handsome leaves, 
which differ exceedingly in different parts of the plant. The root-leaves are roundish, and slightly cut into 
broad lobes ; but the stem-leaves are cut to the base, and into such narrow segments as to make the segments 
look like separate linear leaves. The species was found in California, near one of the branches of the Columbia, 
by Douglas, and sent home by him in 1826. It is quite hardy, and flowers in October and November. 
OTHER HARDY SPECIES OF SIDA. 
S. NAP^A, Cav. ; Syn. NAPiEA L^VIS, Lin., Bot. Mag. t. 2193. 
A native of North America, always found in rocky places. Introduced in 1748. The flowers are small 
and white. 
S. DIOICA, Cav. ; Syn. NAPjEA SCABRA, Lin. 
The flowers are small and white, and the species is a native of Virginia, whence it was introduced in 1759. 
S. PINNATA, Cav. 
A Peruvian plant, with large yellow flowers and pinnate leaves. Not yet introduced. 
