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23. Sida terminalis.—Leaves ovate-lanceolate, cordate, 
toothed; raceme terminating, elongated, bracted; capsules 
awnless in heads larger than the calyx.—Native of Brasil. 
—The remaining species of this section are Sida verticillata, 
pyramidata, dumosa, ramosa, spicata. 
VI.—With cordate leaves, three-cusped or angular at 
the base. 
24. Sida crassifolia, or thick-leaved sida.—Leaves ovate- 
cordate, toothed, somewhat three-cusped ; peduncles solitary, 
axillary, length of the petioles; capsules two awned. This 
is a shrub, tomentose all over and strong smelling.—Native 
of Hispaniola. 
25. Sida biflora, or two-flowered sida.—Leaves ovate- 
cordate, acuminate, toothed, three-cusped; peduncles gemi¬ 
nate, axillary, equal to the petiole; capsules several; 
shrubby. 
26. Sida gigantea, or giant sida.—Leaves roundish-cor¬ 
date, crenate, acuminate, three-cusped; flowers panicled; 
corollas reflexed. This is a tree growing to twenty feet in 
height. Capsules ten to twelve, truncate, acuminate, villose. 
—Native of the Caraccas. 
27. Sida hastata, or halbert-leaved sida.—Lower leaves 
cordate, acuminate, five-cornered, somewhat toothed, obtuse; 
upper hastate, acuminate, somewhat toothed at the base; pe¬ 
duncles solitary, axillary, length of the leaves. Root annual. 
—Native of Mexico and Lima in most places. 
28. Sida cristata, or crested sida.—All the leaves crenate; 
lower roundish-cordate, obtuse, somewhat five-cornered; 
upper rounded-hastate acuminate; peduncles solitary, axil¬ 
lary longer than the leaf. Root annual. Flower of the 
same size as in Lavatera Olbia. —Native of Mexico.—These 
follow in this section, Sida vesicaria, obtusa, Javansis, and 
delleveana. 
VII.—With lobed leaves, palmate or compound. 
29. Sida triloba, or three-lobed sida.—Leaves cordate, 
toothed three-lobed; with the middle lobe acute and longer; 
peduncles axillary solitary; capsules awnless.—Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. 
30. Sida ternata, or three-leaved sida.—Leaves ternate; 
leaflets lanceolate, remotely serrate.—Native also ot the Cape, 
where it was found by Thunberg. 
31. Sida pterosperma, or winged-fruited sida.—Leaves 
three-parted; segments linear, repand-sinuate; flowers sub- 
racemed; capsules winged. Capsules twenty five, one- 
seeded, winged. Corolla white.—Native of Peru. 
32. Sida jatrophoides, or jatropha-like sida.—Leaves sub- 
peltate, seven-lobed palmate; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, 
pinnatifid, toothed; peduncles many flowered; capsules 
two-awned.—Found in the province of Chancaye in Peru. 
.—The other species in this section, are Sida ricinoides, Phy- 
lanthus. Napaea, and dioica, (the latter two have been already 
described under Napaea.) 
Propagation and Culture. —These plants are many of 
them annual in England, but some are of longer duration in 
their native countries, and might be so here, if they were 
placed in a warm stove in winter. 
They are propagated by seeds, which should be sown upon 
a temperate hot-bed the beginning of April, and transplanted 
to another hot-bed, four inches distant every way; they 
must be shaded from the sun till they have taken new root, 
and then they must have a Jarge share of free air admitted 
to them when the weather is mild, to prevent their drawing 
up weak; they will also require water pretty frequently. 
It is an annual plant hardy enough to come up in the com- 
mon ground, and to perfect its seeds without any trouble. 
SIDAIGO, a village on the north-east coast of Java, at 
the entrance of the straits of Madura, where the Dutch 
have a small settlement. 
SIDARI, or Sidero Cape, the north extremity of the 
island of Corfu, in the Mediterranean. Lat. 37. 53. N. long. 
19. 52. E. 
SIDBURY, a parish of England, in Devonshire; 3 miles 
north-north-east of Sidmouth. Population 1359. 
S I D 
SIDBURY, a hamlet of England, in Salop ; 6 miles south* 
"south-west of Bridgenorth. 
SIDDEE, an ambiguous title, which means either Ne¬ 
groes or Nobles. It was given to, or assumed by the 
Ethiopian and other African slaves, who were first intro¬ 
duced into India by Barbek Shah, king of Bengal, about 
the middle of the 15th century. He had at one period 8000 
of them, well mounted and armed, in his service; and 
having by experience found them courageous and attached, 
he promoted several of them to high rank in his army, and 
to other important situations. This example was attenvards 
imitated by the sovereigns of Gujerat; and the Dekkan, 
and many of these people, who, if they had fallen into the 
hands of Europeans, would have been condemnd to servile 
drudgery, became the associates of princes and governors 
of provinces. Nay, even their females were much esteemed 
for their fidelity and amiable manners. They also became 
ready converts to the Mahometan religion. In the course 
of time the men lost their character of fidelity, and even 
usurped the authority ot their masters. In Bengal several of 
them attained sovereignty; but the persons most conspicuous 
in history are those who were employed by the kings of 
Bejapore, and afterwards by the Mogul emperors, as ad¬ 
mirals of the fleet. The first of these, named Siddee Jore, 
was not only admiral, but military governor of the town of 
Dundah Rajipore, and the fortress of Gingerah, with a con¬ 
siderable extent of territory along the sea-coast He was 
assassinated by order of the king of Bejapore. On this 
event, which took place in 1661, his successor, Siddee 
Sambole, deserted, and made an offer of his services, and 
that of the fleet manned by his countrymen, to the emperor 
Aurungzebe, on condition of retaining the whole of the 
territory in their possession. This overture was readily 
accepted, and Siddee Sambole was appointed the Mogul's 
admiral, with a large stipend on the revenues of Surat. They 
were of considerable service to Aurungzebe in his wars with 
the Mahrattas; but were excessively troublesome to all then: 
other neighbours, frequently entering the harbour of Banbay, 
and remaining there in spite of the British. In 1679, Siddee 
Cossim succeeded to the command, and seems to have been 
a man of much milder manners than his predecessors. His 
fleet consisted of 2 large ships, 3 frigates, and 15 stout 
gallivats or rowing vessels, with 700 soldiers on board. 
Besides their vessels of war, they had a number of ships 
employed in traffic; and although they acknowledged the 
admiral as their chief, the captains preserved the distinct 
command of their own crews and dependents, whilst an 
aristocratical council determined the general welfare of this 
singular republic. 
The decline of the Mogul authority, internal dissensions, 
and the rise of European power, have reduced the Siddees 
to a very insignificant state. And although they still possess 
a small portion of the sea-coast, and the town of Dundah 
Rajipore, this territory may be considered merely as a pri¬ 
vate estate; and they are now subject to the British authority. 
As they generally intermarried, they are easily distinguished 
from the natives of Hindostaa, although they have not the 
woolly hair of negroes. They still continue to carry on a 
traffic with Arabia and Africa; but their vessels seldom visit 
the European ports of India. 
SIDDINGTON, a village of England, in Cheshire; 5 
miles north-by-west of Congleton. Population 448. 
SIDDINGTON, a parish of England, in Gloucestershire; 
2 miles south-south-east of Cirencester. 
S1DDO, a harbour on the west coast of the island of 
Sumatra. Lat. 5. 8. N. long. 95. 27. E. 
SIDE, s. [pbe. Sax; sijde, Dutch.] The parts of 
animals fortified by the ribs. 
When two boars with rankling malice meet. 
Their gory sides fresh bleeding fiercely fret. Spenser. 
Ere the soft fearful people to the flood 
Commit their woolly sides. Thomson. 
Any part of any body opposed to any other part—The 
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