90 
MERRILL. 
2-lobed, the lobes ovoid, about 7 mm long, each lobe 1- or 2-celled, 
each cell containing a single seed. 
Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Mount Tonglon, For. Bur. 5022 Curran 
(type), August, 1906, a small tree with white flowers near the summit of 
the mountain, altitude probably about 2,000 m: Bontoc Subprovince, Banco, 
Vanoverbergh 1372, August, 1911, altitude 1,250 m. 
A species with somewhat the aspect of Grewia multiflora Juss., and G. 
laevigata Vahl, but quite different from both in its pubescence. 
MALVACEAE. 
SI DA L. 
Sida puberula sp. nov. 
Species S. corylifolise Wall, affinis, differt omnibus partibus 
plus minusve cinereo-stellato-puberulis, aristis carpellorum bre- 
vioribus, pubescentibus, non reflexo-villosis. 
An erect branched shrub about 3 m high (fide Vanoverbergh). 
Branches terete, cinereous-puberulent. Leaves oblong-ovate, 
firmly chartaceous, base somewhat cordate, apex acute or slightly 
acuminate, the margins crenate-denticulate, 3 to 8 cm long, 2 to 
4.5 cm wide, the upper surface stellate-puberulent with scattered 
hairs, the lower surface much paler and densely cinerous-stellate- 
puberulent; basal nerves 2 pairs, the outer pair much shorter 
than the inner, the inner pair reaching to about the middle of 
the leaf, the lateral nerves above the basal ones about 4 on each 
side of the midrib, the reticulations few, lax; petioles densely 
cinereous-stellate-puberulent, 1.5 to 2.5 cm long; stipules seta- 
ceous, about 4 mm long. Flowers orange-yellow, rather large, 
axillary, solitary, mostly somewhat crowded near the ends of 
the branches, the peduncles stellate-puberulent, reaching a length 
of 5 cm, somewhat geniculate near the apex. Calyx about 1.5 
cm long, 2 cm in diameter, the lobes ovate, acuminate, 8 to 9 
mm long, outside stellate-puberulent, inside puberulent with 
simple hairs. Petals obliquely and very broadly obovate, about 
2 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, each with from 15 to 20 slender nerves. 
Staminal-tube cylindric, densely pubescent, about 8 mm long, 
3 mm in diameter; stamens very numerous, the anthers about 
1 mm long, 2 mm wide. Styles 9, united for the lower 7 mm, 
the free portions exserted, about 1.5 cm long. Carpels 9, in- 
cluding the awns about 7 cm long, slightly reticulate on all three 
faces, glabrous except for the two, pubescent, terminal, 1.5 to 2 
mm long awns. 
Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Bauco, wet hillsides, altitude about 1,350 m, 
Vanoverbergh S53, September 14, 1910. 
