Abutilon.~] XXV. MALVACEAE (MASTERS). 187 



ovate, acute, scarcely acuminate, minutely toothed, slightly pilose and villose 

 on both surfaces. Flowers in small axillary panicles. Peduncles longer 

 than the petioles, jointed above. Calyx 5-fid ; segments deltoid, acuminate, 

 shorter than the ripe fruit, which latter is subglobose, truncate, depressed. 

 Carpels 16-20, 3-seeded, compressed, truncate at the apex and 2-dentate, 

 one tooth directed outwards, the other towards the centre of the flower. 



Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schim-per! Soturba, Schweinfurth ! Kordofan, Sennar, fide 

 "ebb. 

 Found also in Arabia. 



11. A. hirtum, Don, Gen. Syst. i. 503. A tall, erect, perennial plant, 

 whose branches are covered with down, interspersed among which are a few 

 brownish spreading villi. Leaves on long stalks, ovate- cord ate, acute, sub- 

 acuminate, coarsely serrate, 6-7-nerved, downy on both surfaces. Stipules 

 persistent, subulate. Peduncles simple or branched, axillary or terminal, 

 about the length of the leafstalk, articulate near the top. Calyx subglobose, 

 5-fid, its segments oral, cuspidate, equalling the ripe carpels. Petals large, 

 bright orange, hairy at the base. Fruit truncate, depressed. Carpels 12 or 

 more, oblong, truncate above and terminating in 2 short teeth, 1 looking 

 outwards the other towards the centre of the flower. Seeds 3 m each carpel. 

 -Sida hirta, Lam. Diet. i. 7. Abutilon heterotrichum, Hochst. PI. Schimp. 

 Abyss. A. Kotschyi, Hochst. in Webb, Frag. Fl. iEthiop. 52. 

 Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper I Plowden! Kordofan, Kotschyi White Nile, v. 



Harnier 1 



Mosamb. Distr. Zambesi, Senna, Tette, Peters. 



The same species occurs on the coast of Venezuela, where a specimen was collected by 

 Busehell, and which is now deposited in the Hookerian herbarium. 



12 A. auritum, Mast. A perennial, covered for the most part with 

 fine down, intermingled with which are a few villi. Leaves on very long 

 hispid stalks, orbicular, cordate, acuminate, dentate, downy on both surfaces, 

 villous or hispid along the nerves. Stipules large oblique, broadly ovate- 

 lanceolate. Inflorescence a terminal, ultimately leafless, panicle; pedicels 

 short, jointed below the middle. Calyx hispid, deeply 5-parted ; segments 

 ovate-lanceolate. Ripe fruit cylindrical, truncate, umbihcate longer than 

 the persistent calvx. Carpels 20, not seceding, oblong, subrostrate blackish 

 membranous, dehiscing along the dorsal suture, each 3-seeded Seeds covered 

 with tufts of stellate hairs.— Sida aurita, Wall. Cat. n. ISoO . 

 . Upper Guinea. Wellington, Sierra Leone, Dr. Kirk ! This is identical with Wal- 

 "ch's plant above cited. 



13. A. fruticosum, GuilL et Pen. Fl. Seneg. i. 73. A much branched 

 rigid perennial or undershrub, densely covered with fine white down Leave* 

 small, on short stalks, cordate-ovate, acute, denticulate covered with soft 

 whitish down on both surfaces; stipules linear. Peduncles ***»*£^ 

 longer than the petiole, 1-3-flowered, jointed. Calyx ball the length oi the 

 corolla; calvx-lobes ovate, acute. Fruit cylindrical, trunc a e> J • 

 long, freely shorter than the calyx. Carpels 10 persistent each one ob- 

 H, truncate, with no beak, splitting down the back. Seeds 8-8 m each 

 c »rpel, tuberculate.— A. mkrophyllnm, Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 70. t. xv. A. aen- 



