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middle, 1 -flowered, rather longer than the petiole. Flowers 
rather small, yellow. Calyx 5-agonal, 10-nerved, with the seg- 
ments acute. Stamens 12-15, column minutely stellato-puber- 
ulous : anthers globose, yellow. Styles 5, patenti-i-eflected, 
longer than the filaments : stigmata capitate. Carpels 5 : seeds 
solitary, 3-gonal, black. 
The leaves vary in form in different plants; and I have even 
observed ovate and oblong leaves, on different branches of the 
same plant. 
5. Sida erecta. Erect Broom-weed. 
Erect slightly hoary, leaves linear rounded at the 
base serrulated, peduncles axillary solitary 1 -flowered 
length of the petiole, carpels 8-10 bi-aristate. 
HAB. Common near Half-way Tree. 
FL.’ After rains. 
Suffruticose erect, about a foot in height: branches few sub- 
simple, slightly compressed, somewhat hoary, puberulous with 
minute stellated hairs. Leaves an inch or more in length, 
linear, obtuse, serrulated, minutely stellato-puberulous, hoary 
beneath: petiole filiform, nearly half the length of the leaf. 
Stipules setaceous, ciliated, nearly as long as the petiole, 
deciduous. Peduncles axillary, solitary, of the same length as 
the petiole articulated below the flower. Flowers small in 
comparison with those of the other Jamaica species. Calycine 
segments, acuminate. Petals yellowish white, veined with pale 
pink. Styles 8-10: stigmata capitate of a pink colour. Car- 
pels 8-10, bi-aristate; awns length of the calycine segments, 
reversely hispid. 
A very common plant in pastures at the lower part of the 
plain of Liguatiea. The flowers are open from 9 o’clock in the 
morning, till 3 in the afternoon. 
6. Sida ruderata. Rank Broom-weed. 
Leaves oblongo-lanceolate obtuse mucronate cre- 
nato-serrate, pedicels axillary much longer than the 
petiole jointed, carpels 8-10 bicuspidate. 
Malva minor erecta betonicse folio, flore luteo, semine duplici 
rostro prsedita, Sloatie, I. 217.; — Sida rhombifolia, Willd. Sp. 
III. 740. — Swartz , Obs. 257. — Cav. diss. I. 23. t. 3. f. 12. 
HAB. Common in damp shady situations. 
FL. Throughout the year. 
Suffruticose, 1 2 feet in height: branches erect, slightly 
compressed, tomentulose with minute stellated hairs. Leaves 
oblongo-lanceolate, obtuse, apioulated, crenato-serrated, minutely 
stellato-puberulous above, whitish and stellato-tomentulose 
