Flora Medica

MALVACEAE.Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 95.SIDA.Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, without an involuted. Ovarium5- or many-celled, with a solitary ovule in each cell. Styles 5,or more, according to the number of cells. Stigmas capitate.Capsule consisting of 5 or more 1 -seeded, often 2-valved cocci.Radicle superior. W. and A.279. S. cordifolia Linn. sp. pi. 961 . Cav. diss. i. 1 9. 1. 1 3. f. 1.DC. prodr.i. 464. W. and A. i. 58. (Rheede. x. t. 54.)East Indies.Shrubby. Leaves cordate, roundish or ovate, obtuse, or scarcelyacute, bluntly serrated, velvety or tomentose. Pedicels jointed nearthe flower, axillary, solitary, from twice as short to twice as long as thepetiole, occasionally arranged in very short axillary almost leaflessyoung branches. Carpels 9-10, with 2 setaceous downward-pointinghairy beaks, as long as the carpel itself. W. and A. The leavesmixed with rice are given in India to alleviate the bloody flux.280. S. acuta Burm. ind. 147. Cav. diss. i. t. 2. f. 3. DC.prodr. i. 460. W. and A. i. 57. S. lanceolata Willd. sp. pi.111. 736. S. Stauntoniana DC. prodr.i. 460. (Rheede. x. t. 53.)East Indies.Shrubby. Branches without tubercles under the leaves : leaves narrowlanceolate, acuminated, glabrous, or slightly sprinkled above andon the nerves beneath with bristly hairs, coarsely simply serrated, theserratures patent:stipules ^linear-acuminate, stiifish, striated withseveral longitudinal nerves, ciliated, often longer than the petiole:pedicels axillary, solitary, not shorter than the petiole, nor longer thanthe stipules ; jointed above the middle ;sometimes arranged in a shortaxillary almost leafless branch : carpels 5-9, birostrate. W. and A.Root intensely bitter and considered a valuable stomachic. Ainslie.%* Various species of this genus, especially Sida carpinifolia, areused in Brazil in the same way as Marsh Mallow in Europe.ABUTILON.Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, without an involucel. Ovary 5- ormany-celled, with 3, rarely more, ovules in each cell. Styles 5or more. Stigmas capitate. Capsule composed of 5 or more, 3-or rarely 4-6-seeded, 2-valved cocci. Leaves cordate. Pedunclesaxillary, solitary or rarelyin pairs, 1-2 or many-flowered;sometimes by the abortion of the upper leaves forming terminalspikes. W. and A.281. A. indicum G. Don Mill. diet. i. 504. W. and A. i. 56,Sida indica Linn. sp. pi 964. Cav. diss. i. t. 7. f. 10.141