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MALYACEJE. 
[Sida. 
Mauritius ; Champ de Mars, Cannonier Point, and other places near Port Louis. 
Cosmopolitan in tropics. S. morifolia , Cav. is a form with carpels slightly mucro- 
nate ; and S. I'eronicccfolia , Lam., with carpels tipped with two distinct awns. 
4?. S. glutinosa, Cav. ; DC. Prod . i. 464. An erect shrubby bien- 
nial, with slender p.uberulous branches. Leaves cordate-round, cus- 
pidate, thin, green on both surfaces, inciso-crenate, puberulent, 1-3 
in. long and broad ; petiole 1-3 in. Pedicels long; the upper flowers of 
tlie branches close and their bract-leaves minute. Calyx-teeth thin, 
green, minutely downy. Carpels 5, glabrous, as long as the calyx, each 
with one short awn. 
Mauritius ; roadsides at Port Louis, Maheburg, Reduit, etc. Also Bourbon. 
5. S. carpinifolia, Linn.fil.; DC. Prod. i. 460. A copiously- 
branched erect shrubby nearly glabrous biennial. Leaves thin, green 
on both sides, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, rounded at the 
base, 3-4 in. long, inciso-crenate ; petiole very short. Flowers few 
or many, crowded in the axils of the leaves. Calyx-teeth thin, green, 
glabrous. Capels 5-10, with two long awns, naked, equalling or ex- 
ceeding the calyx. Jacc^ . Ic. t. 135. 8. stipulate, Cav. 
Mauritius, Seychelles and Rodriguez. Plentiful everywherein the tropics. Flat 
Island, Horne ! S. acuta , Burm. is the form with lanceolate leaves. Herbe a paniers. 
6. S. spinosa, Linn. ; DC. Prod. i. 460. A much-branched biennial, 
with leaves beneath and branches hoary. Leaves oblong, firm, crenate, 
rounded at the base, obtuse or subacute, 1-1^ in. long, always broadest 
below the middle; petiole f-1 in. long, with sometimes a hard tubercle 
on each side at the base. Pedicels short. Calyx-teeth grey, hoary or 
shortly pilose. Carpels 5-10, pilose, distinctly awned, as long as the 
calyx. S. alba and alnifolia, Linn. S. frutescens, Cav. 
Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Seychelles, common. Everywhere in the tropics. 
S. angustifolia, Lam., is a form with narrow leaves, and S.pimlla, Cav., a decum- 
bent form of the coast sandhills with smaller flowers and very small leaves in. 
long, densely tomentose beneath. 
7. S. rhombifolia, Linn. ; DC. Prod. i. 462. A much-branched 
erect biennial, with shrubby branches, hoary upwards. Leaves firm, 
rhomboid-lanceolate, inciso-crenate except at the base, green above, 
hoary beneath, obtuse or subacute, 1-2 in. long ; petiole very short. 
Pedicels ^-1 in. long. Calyx-teeth thin, nearly naked. Carpels 5-10, 
glabrous, distinctly awned, as long as the calyx. S. rhomboidea, Boxl . ; 
Bojer , Hort. Maur. 33. 
Mauritius, by roadsides, frequent. Everywhere in the tropics. S. retusa, Linn., 
is a variety with obovate-oblong leaves, cuneate and entire below the middle, and 
S. microphylla, Cav., a form with small leaves more hoary beneath. Herbe a balais, 
herbe balie, faux the. 
3. ABUTILON, Ghertn. 
Epicalyx 0. Calyx with 5 deltoid teeth. Staminal column bear- 
ing anthers at the top. Cells of ovary -many, uniserial, containing 
