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4- ABUTILON PEDUNCTJLARE. t 



A. frutescens; foliis subrotundo- ovatis , acuminatis, profunde cordatis, repando- dcntatis 

 supra puberulis, subtus molliter canescenti- tomentosis 5 pedunculis axillaribus, solitariis' 

 uniflons, longissimis ; capsulis subao-coccis, sub 20 - rostratis. 



Crescit in umbrosis ad ripam fluminis Amazonum, inter Otamaya et Tomependa, 

 alt. 190 hex. f, Floret Augusto. 



F»utm .ramis herbaceis, tcretibus, pilosis, medulla alba farctis; pilis mollibus, albidis, patentissimo- 

 ex.s. touji alterna, petiolata, subrotundo-ovata, acuminata, profunde cordata , lobis rotundatis 

 approximatis , margme repando-dcntata, dcntibus obtusis, reticulato-subseptemnervia, ncrvis subtus 

 prom.ncutibus, mcmbranacea, supra viridia pilisque minutis stcllulatis adpressis conspersa , subtus canes- 

 centia ct molhter tomcntosa, 4 -i pollices longa, 3-3-f pollices lata. Petiol. sesqui-aut bipollicares , pilis 

 patcnt.ssmns mollibus albidis densissime obsiti. Shpuu petiolan» gemin», lanceolat*, obtusiuscuke 

 a b.do-tomcntosa-, rcflcx*, 2 4-3 lincas longx. Pedcncc li axillarcs, solitarii , uniflori , longissimi , f.liformes 

 ebractcat., teretes, pubescenti-pilosi , 5-8 pollices longi. Flohes pcnduli (ex Bonpl.), magnitudine floris 

 talv.-n Alcea;. Calyx campanulatus , quinquef.dus , canescenti-tomcntosus, mcmbranaccus , laxus per- 

 s.stcns; laciniis ovatis , angustato-acuminatis, squalibus, crcctis. Petala quinque, calycem vix duplo 

 supcrant.a, oblongo-spathulata , multincrvia. purpurea , glabra, asqualia, basim versus margine hirsu.a. 

 Stam.na crcberrima, corolla breviora. Filamenta in tubum connata, apice libera; tubus teres, glabcr, ruber 

 bas. unguibus petalorum adnatus. Ovar.um supcrum, subglobosum, sericeo-tomentosum. Styh circitcr 20' 

 cap.llacc., mfcrnc connati, glabri, flavi. St.gmata crassiuscula. Caf-scla hemisphxrica, apicc truncato- 

 deprcssa sub^o-rostrata, subao-angulata , sub 2 o-cocca , scriceo-hirsuta, calyce persistcntc tccta ipsoque 

 d.m.d.o brevior, magnitudine fructus Abutili vulgaris ; coccis oblongis, compressis, acutis, coriacco-charta- 

 ee.s, umlocularibus, 3-4-spermis, bivalvibus, latcribus inter seconnatis. Semina roniformia, h-cvia, glabra ; 

 m specimine nostro immatura. 



Diffcrt a Sida reQexa Cav. : foliorum forina, pedunculis multo longioribus ramisque pilosis et numero 

 stvlorum. 





5. ABUTILON petiolare. f 



A. frutesccns (?)■ ramis petiolisquc reflexo-pilosis; foliis longe petiolatis, subrotundis, 

 profunde cordatis, acuminatis, duplicato-dentalis, moliibus, supra pubesccntibus, subtus 

 albo-tonientosis; floribus axillaribus, unifloris; capsulis polycoccis, apice truncato-angulatis. 



Crescit in Regno Novo-Granatensi. £ 



KAML-uteretes, Isves, herbacei , medullosi, pilis mollibus patenti-reflexis obsiti. Folia alterna, longc 

 petiolata, subrotunda, acuminata, profunde cordata, lobis rotundatis, approximatis, subduplicato-dentata, 

 reticulato-venosa, subdccemnervia , uervis venisque subtus prominentibus, membranacca, supra molliter 

 pubcscentia et viridia, subtus mollitcr albo- tomentosa , piiis stcllulatis, 4t pollices longa, 54-3{poIliccs 

 lata. Petioli 4-G-pollicares, teretiusculi, pilosi; pilis mollibus, albidis, patenti-reflexis. Stipll* petiolares 

 lincarcs, acuminata;, crectx , birsutaj , quatuor lincas longa:, decidux. Flores axillarcs , solitarii, pcdun- 

 culati , magnitudinc floris Abutili vulgaris. Pedunculi terctes , pilis mollibus patentibus dcnsissime obsiti" 

 subpollicares ; fructifcri triplo longiorcs, recti. Calyx hemisplnericus, profunde quinqucfldus, subquinquc , 



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