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XXIII. MALVACEAE. 
[Sida. 
1 . SIDA, Linn. 
Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves entire or lobed. Bracteoles o. 
Sepals 5, connate at base. Petals 5, connate at base and adnate 
to stamen tube. Stamen-tube dividing into numerous filaments. 
Carpels 5 or more, whorled, with as many styles, when ripe separ¬ 
ating from axis, convergent beaked or 2-awned. Seed 1. Species 
about 80, mostly weeds of cultivation and waste ground. 
Leaves cordate-ovate, serrate 1*5 to 2 in. long, thin (1) S. mysorensis 
Leaves ovate-cordate serrate - 5 to 1 in. long . (2) S. veronicsefolia 
Leaves ovate obscurely cordate crenate thick 
woolly . (3) S. cordifolia 
Leaves oblanceolate or rhomboid . . . (4) S. rhombifolia 
Leaves linear lanceolate . . . . {5) S. carpinifolia 
(1) S. mysorensis W. and A. Prod. i. 59; Masters, in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. i.322. 
Erect herb, 1 to 2 ft. tall covered with sticky hairs. Leaves 
cordate-ovate acuminate, coarsely serrate-crenate, i‘5 to 2’5 in. 
long; petioles half as long. Stipules linear. Flowers less than 
*5 in. across, in few-flowered axillary racemose cymes. Sepals 
ovate acuminate. Corolla yellow. Hab. Roadsides. Not com¬ 
mon. Pahang at Temerloh. Perak, Kwala Kangsa (Wray). 
Distrib. India and Java. 
(2) S. veronicsefolia Lam. Encyc. i. 5. S. humilis, Cav. 
Diss. v. 277; Masters, l.c. i. 322. 
A slender trailing herb. Leaves ovate acute base cordate, 
serrate, sparsely hairy, -5 to 1 in. long, -15 to 75 in. wide; petioles 
•5 in. long. Flowers solitary axillary; pedicels slender articulate, 
75 in. long. Calyx '2 in. long, campanulate, with short acute 
lobes. Corolla yellow twice as long, ‘25 in. wide. Carpels 5, 
bicuspidate hairy. Hab. Dry open spots in the north; Perlis, 
Juttra, Kanga (Ridley). Distrib. Tropical Africa, India and 
America. 
(3) S. cordifolia Linn. Sp. PI. 961; Masters, l.c. i. 324. 
A softly hairy undershrub 2 to 3 ft. tall. Leaves oblong or 
ovate-cordate crenate, 175 to 2 in. long, 1*25 to 1*5 in. wide; 
petioles 1 in. long, spreading hairy. Stipules linear, very narrow, 
•25 in. long. Flowers axillary, solitary or cymose, -6 in. across, 
yellow. Calyx-lobes sub-triangular. Carpels sub-glabrous with 
2 strong erect awns. Hab. Sandy open places. Malacca (Griffith); 
Singapore. Pahang, Pekan. Lankawi at Kwah. Kelantan near 
Kota Bharu; Kwala Kelantan. Distrib. Whole world. Native 
name: Kelulut putih. 
(4) S. rhombifolia Linn. Sp. PL 961; Masters, l.c. i. 323 ; 
King, l.c. 41. 
Erect undershrub 2 to 3 ft. tall, glabrous to hoary, pubescent. 
Leaves oblanceolate to obovate or rhomboid, edges serrate to 
crenate, beneath white hoary, *5 to 2’5 in. long, -2 to 1 in. wide; 
