86 24. MALVACEJE. 



[Sida spinosa, Linn., a common tropical plant, is recorded from 

 Canton by Osbeck, Voy., Eng. ed., i. p. 329.] 



1. Abutilon Avicennae, Ocertn. Fruct. ii. p. 251, t. 135. fig. 1 ; 

 Debeaux, FL Shangh. p. 20, et Fl. Tchef. p. 33 ; Hance in Journ. 

 Bot. 1883, p. 298 ; Franchet, PL David, p. 59. 



Sida Abutilon, Linn- Sp. Pi. ed. 1, p. 685 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 470. 



Sida tiliaefolia, Fisch. Cat. Hort. Gor. ex DC. Prodr. i. p. 470 ; Bunge, 

 Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. p. 9. 



Chihli: Peking (Bretschneider ! Shantung: Chefoo (ex 

 Debeaux) ; Kiangsu : Shanghai (Maingay !) ; Anwhei : Wuhu 

 {Bulloch ex Hance) ; Chekiang (Fortune !) ; Kiangsi : Kiukiang 

 (Shearer !) ; Shensi (Piasezhi ex Maxiniowicz MSS.). Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Widely dispersed in Asia and extending westward to the 

 south of Europe ; also in Africa, North America, and Australia, 

 but often existing only as a colonist. Often cultivated for its fibre. 



2. Abutilon indicum, 0. Bon, Gen. Syst. i. p. 504 ; Benth. Fl. 

 HongTc. p. 33. 



Sida indica, Linn., et Sida asiatica, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, p. 964 ; DC. 

 Prodr. i. pp. 470 et 471. 



Abutilon cysticarpum, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 157. 



Abutilon graveolens, Seem. Bot. Voy. l Herald,' p. 365, non Wight 

 et Am. 



China, without locality (Millett !) ; Shantung : Chefoo (hb. 

 Forbes !) ; Chektang : Ningpo (hb. Forbes) ; Kwangtung (Tate I), 

 Pakhoi (Plat/fair !) ; Hongkong (Hance !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. 



[Malachra ? Urena, DC. Prodr. i. p. 441 ; JJrena polyflora, 

 Lour. El. Cociiinch. p. 417, Canton, has not been identified.] 



1. Urena lobata, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 692 ; DC. Prodr. i. 

 p. 441 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 416 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 34. 



Urena diversifolia, Walp. Rep. v. p. 89. 



Urena sinica, xantbii facie, Dill. Hort. Elth. p. 340, t. 319. 



Common in the warmer parts of China, extending northward 

 to Shanghai ; and very widely spread in the warm regions of both 

 hemispheres. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



2. Urena procumbens, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 692 ; Lour. FL 

 Cochinch. p. 417 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 441. 



China. 



