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*ABUTÍLON vitifolium. 
Vine-leaved Abutilon. 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. MALVACEX. 
ABUTILON, Gaertn. — Involucellum nullum. Calyx quinquefidus, 
swpius cupuleeformis, laciniis sestivatione valvatis. Corolle petala 5, hypo- 
gyna, obovata, seepius inzequilatera, unguibus imo tubo stamineo adnata, 
eestivatione convolutiva. Tubus stamineus basi dilatata fornicata ovarium 
obtegens, superne angustatus, columneeformis, apice in filamenta plurima, 
filiformia divisus, rarius simul infra apicem antherifer ; anthere reniformes, 
sinu affixze, versatiles, rima semicirculari aperte, bivalves, septo manifesto. 
Ovarium sessile, quinque-multiloculare. Ovula in loculis 4-9, angulo centrali 
Inserta, adscendentia et pendula. Styli loculorum numero, filiformis, basi 
plus minus coaliti; stigmata capitata. Capsula penta-polycocca, coceis haud 
secedentibus, apice introrsum rima apertis. Semina in loculis pauca v. abortu 
solitaria, reniformia v. subhippocrepica, testa crustacea, emarginature sinu 
umbilicata. Embryo intra albumen parcum, subcarnosum homotropé ar- 
cuatus ; cofyledonibus foliaceis, petiolulatis, basi auriculatis, sese plicato-in- 
volventibus. Herbee, suffrutices v. frutices, nonnulle arbores, in regionibus 
tropicis et subtropicis totius orbis crescentes ; foliis alternis, petiolatis, cordatis 
dentatis, v. rarissime obsolete lobatis, stipulis lateralibus geminis, pedunculis 
axillaribus, solitariis v. pluribus, uni-multifloris, infra apicem articulatis, inter- 
dum floribus spicatis v. racemosis, rarissime corymbosis.—Endl. gen. 5292. 
A. vitifolium ; foliis cordatis 5-7-lobatis lobis acuminatis serratis, pedunculis 
petiolo longioribus ramoso-umbellatis, carpellis 9 apice longè biaris- 
tatis.— DeCand. Prodr. 1. 472. sub Sida. 
Abutilon vitifolium, Presl. relig. Hank. 2. 116. 
Sida vitifolia, Cav. ic. 5. 428. 
This fine Malvaceous plant is a native of Chili, whence 
it appears to have been introduced about the year 1836, by 
Captain Cottingham of Dublin. It was noticed in this work 
‚in July 1840, when it was stated that it had proved quite 
hardy in Ireland, having stood in a south border, without 
protection for three years. Under such circumstances it 
must be a noble looking shrub, for it is said to maintain a 
stature of six feet, and to become one mass of blossom. 
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