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4. NAPÆA, Clayt

Flores dioici. Involucellum nullum. Calyx teres 5-dentatus. Tubus stamineus simplicissimus, in stamina 15-20 uniserialia solutus. Cætera Malvæ.—Herba procera; foliis palmato laciniatis, radicalibus maximus; floribus parvis, umbellato-fasciculatis, albis.

N. DIOICA, Linn. Spec. 2. p. 686, & Amœn. 3. p. 18; Gray, Man. Bot. N. U. S. p. 69, & Gen. Ill. 2. t. 225. Sida dioica, Cav. Diss. 5. p. 278. t.132. f. 1; DC. Prodr. 1. p. 465; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 1. p. 234 & p. 681.—A well marked genus, as founded by Clayton: but Linnæus subsequently added a second species (N. hermaphrodita and N. laevis; the Althæa ricinifolia, Herm. Lugd. p. 22. t. 23. Sida napæa, Cav l.c.), which is a true Sida in all its technical characters. The latter, Hermann states to have been raised from seeds brought from Virginia; but as it has long been widely diffusesd in cultivation, while it has nowhere been found wild in the United States, I suspect that it is not of North American origin.

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