malvaceje. 
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green and villous above, hoary and tomentose beneath with 
stellated hairs tipt with viscid globules : petiole compressed. 
Stipules lineari-lanceolate. Peduncles axillary, solitary, scarcely 
longer than the petiole, terete, hispido-tomentose with stellated 
hairs, 1 -flowered. Calyx 5- partite, externally velvety-pubes- 
cent; divisions acuminate. Petals orange-coloured, spreading. 
Ovary globular, 10-ribbed : styles 10, spreading, reflected: 
stigmata capitate. Carpels usually 10, acuminate at the apex, 
length of the calyx, pubescenti-tomentulose, 3-seeded : seeds 
black, subreniform, reticulato-granulose. 
There is very little difference between the specific character 
of this, and that of S. Americana, as given by De Candolle, ex- 
cept, that in the latter, the leaves are oblong. 
18. Sida data. Tall Broom-weed. 
Leaves subrotundo-cordate acuminate crenulato- 
dentate velvety and hoary beneath, dowers panicled, 
petals subreflex, carpels 8-10 beaked generally 3- 
seeded. 
Sida gigantea, Jacq. Schcenb. II. 8. t. 141.? 
HAB. Below Pimento-grove, St David’s. 
FL. January. 
A shrub, erect, 6-12 feet in height: branches terete, hoary, 
minutely stellato-puberulous. Leaves crenated, 5-nerved, re- 
ticulato-venose, green and stellato-velutine above, hoary and 
velutino-tomentulose beneath, 5 inches long and 4 broad. Sti- 
pules setaceo-subulate. Panicle terminal, lofty, many-flowered : 
flowers orange-yellow : common peduncle and its divisions 
hoary and velvety: pedicels half an inch in length, 1-flowered. 
Calyx externally hoary and puberulous : divisions ovato lan- 
ceolate. Petals obovato-subrotund, spreading, subreflex. Co- 
lumn of the filaments stellato-puberulous. Ovary globose, pu- 
bescent : styles 8-10 (usually 9) capillary: stigmata obtuse. 
Carpels 8-10, beaked at the outer angle, slightly inflated, pu- 
berulous, 2-3-seeded : seeds angulose, puberulous. 
This plant agrees with the character given of Sida gigan- 
tea, except, that in the latter, the leaves are acuminato-tricus- 
pidale. The flowers, carpels, and leaves of this resemble very 
much those of the preceding species. It is the loftiest of the 
genus that we have in Jamaica. It is a rather showy plant, 
and, as it rises above the more lowly shrubs, readily attracts 
the eye of the passenger. 
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