Sida.] 



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WISSADVIiA 



' Underslirubs, more or less beset with soft hairs. Leaves palraately lobed. 

 imrescence lax, panicled. Bracteoles 0. Calyx of 5 sepals which are free 

 above tubular below. Petals 5, connate below and adherent to the tube of 

 tne stamens. Staminal-tuhe divided at the apex into numerous filaments. 

 ^f^/^5 as many as the cells of the ovary. Ripe carpels 5, many-seeded, 

 ^j^^^' dehiscent, often with a transverse false partition. Seeds 1-3 in 

 ff . ^^^> lower descending, upper ascending.— Distrib. Species 5 or 6 

 |ropical American, and one common in all the hotter parts of the globe. 

 ^ iiabit they differ from the species of Sida and Ahutilm. 



Hook. N'i 



1. 182. 



w ^^^^^ y^nn a raise partition. Mo^i, m uciv* re. j top. jijn 

 W periplocifolia, Thwaites Enum. 27» W. zeylanica, Medih; Miq. 



\ Kf^ Tir!-' ^' P*- 2, 147. Abutilon periplocifolium, G. Don Gen. Syd. 



K'rrf'r^ ^- ^™^^- i- 55. Sida periplocifolia, Z.; DC. Frodr. i. 407; 



lio^^jiL Ind. iii. 172 ; Wall Cat 1861, B, C, D. 



isW n^*^ ^"^ India, naturalized in Ceylon, and very common in the south of the 

 Suffi t ™^' "^^^^^ Tropical Africa and America. 



|i 2 • — -^"^, luuic ur less aenseiy cioinea wuu steiiaie loraeiiiuiu. -jutrat/ea o— « --v 

 ,«-jn. and upwards, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, cordate-oblong, entire, 

 3 in i" 77 " ^*^^^ point; petiole 1 in. blowers yellow, in lax panicles. Peduncles 

 ^_._-» jointed near the top. Calyx campanulate, o-cieft. Fetalf exceeding the caljx. 



«^Penng into 



a 



Biver , "^^^ '^"e top. Lalyx campanulate, o-clett. J'etal-'i exceeaing me cai^x. 

 thp \f 1 -^ . .^^"^^' ^^"^^ longer than the calyx.— Roxburgh says this is a native of 



Vfp 7 *'^^"^'' '"^"^ y''^^^' ^ beautiful hemp. 

 t.74 f i' ^Sy("'i^c«» t>C. Prodr. i. 467; leaves narrow, slightly scabrid above.— PZu/j. 



'^^^•^•^I^illMorUEltk.i.i.^J.2. 



oiifc L^^*^^^AULTiANA, peduncles not exceeding the petiole, carpels with- 

 T. ' A^^ partitions. Sida Leschenanlti.ana. DC Prodr. I 468. Abutilon 



«'*cc ter . r^^^' cordate-ovate, acun 



^rmh nT^A ' P^'^^^^c^ed, many-flowered. Peduncles 1-2 in. x««.o u^^-.^c.^. -^--^^ 



P*rtition« • :r^ ^"^^^^ ^b^s plant agrees with Wissadvla, but it is destitute of the false 

 ^us in the carpel. 



Herbi 



5. ABVTZZiONv Gdsrtn. 



lirubs more or less covered with down. 

 Inflorescence axillary or terminal 1 



or 



lyx 



of 5 val w ^ ^^* Inflorescence axillary or terminal Bracteoles 0. talyj. 

 Wow l?i^ f ^'^^^' tubular below. Corolla of 5 petals, free above connate 

 apex ini- ^^^^^^^ *^ the tube of the stamens. Staminal-tabe divided at the 

 lir^ 7„ ^^^erous filaments. C'ar^e^Zs 5-oo . AS'^yto as many as the carpels. 



^eds 



^eniform 



ascending, lower descending.— Distkib. About /Q 



except ir? i. ^f9P^^^l ^r subtropical. As a genus hardl 

 ^^Uallv L .* ^^^ i» tlie larger flowers, which hitter 



open m the evening, while 



Sidas 



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^^an 



!®vef;oifn**f^,*''^*'«». Schlecht. ... „ ^ , . u 



W stw , "^'^^'^^te with a long acumen, fiknieats free nearly to the 

 I ow,uunal-tubfi with o ^;„r» ^f i,.,;^o of +i,o tAn mmels 3 awned. Don, 



Hort. Berd. iL 264; 



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