The general practice sanctioned by that of Mr. AITON, is to consider this species as tender; Mr. MILLER says it is very hardy, and recommends it to be planted in the open border, a treatment likely to suit it in mild winters; there is, however, one part of his account evidently erroneous, he describes the root as perennial, and the stem as herbaceous, this is not only contrary to LINNÆUS's specific description, but to fact, the stalk being undoubtedly shrubby. As this plant in the course of a year or two is apt to grow out of form, it is advisable either to renew it frequently by seed, which it produces in abundance, or to keep it closely cut in. It flowers from the middle of summer till towards the close, and is propagated readily either by seeds or cuttings. Is no novelty in this country, having been cultivated by Mr. JAMES SUTHERLAND in 1683[1]. [330] SIDA CRISTATA. CRESTED SIDA. _Class and Order._ MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. _Generic Character._ _Cal._ simplex, angulatus. _Stylus_ multipartitus. _Caps._ plures 1-spermæ. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ SIDA _cristata_ foliis angulatis, inferioribus cordatis, superioribus panduriformibus, capsulis multilocularibus. _Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 964. Syst. Veg. ed. 14. Murr. p. 623. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 444. Cavanill. Diss. 1. t. 11. f. 2._ ABUTILON Lavateræ flore, fructu cristato. _Dill. Elth. t. 2._ ANODA hastata. _Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 1040._ [Illustration: _N^o. 330_] DILLENIUS has figured and described this plant in his _Hortus Elthamensis_ as an _Abutilon_: LINNÆUS in his _Sp. Pl._ has ranked it with the _Sida_'s, in which he has been followed by Prof. MURRAY, Messrs. AITON and CAVANILLE; but Prof. GMELIN, in the last edition of LINNÆUS' _Syst. Nat._ has made another new genus of it, by the name of _Anoda_; as his reasons for so doing are by no means cogent, we join the majority in continuing it a _Sida_. It flowered in the garden of Mr. SHERARD, at Eltham, in 1725, and was introduced from Mexico, where it is a native: Mr. AITON considers it a stove plant, as he does the _Tropæolum majus_, and other natives of South-America; strictly speaking they may be such, but if raised early, and treated like other tender annuals, this plant will flower and ripen its seeds in the open ground, as we have experienced at Brompton. It grows to the height of three feet, or more, producing during the months of July and August a number of blossoms in succession, which are large and shewy; the stigmata in this flower are curious objects, resembling the heads of Fungi in miniature. [331] KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA. NARROW-LEAV'D KALMIA. _Class and Order._ DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. _Generic Character._ _Cal._ 5-partitus. _Cor._ hypocrateriformis, limbo subtus quinque corni. _Caps._ 5-locularis. _Specific Character and Synonyms._