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cate at the apex: fruit 10-12 mm. broad: carpels shorter oar ae calyx-lobes, beaked 
seeds finely pilose. 
On dry prairies, Texas and adjacent Mexico. Spring to fall. 
7. Abutilon incànum (Link) Sweet. Perennial, felty or rat'aer thinly pubescent. 
Stems erect, 5-15 dm. tall, branched: leaves rather numerous: blades ovate, 2-10 cm. 
long, acute, or the larger ones acuminate, dentate, cordate: petioles as long as the blades 
or shorter: peduncles solitary in the axils: calyx not accrescent, reflexed at maturity ; 
lobes triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the tube, finally reflexed : petals yel- 
low, 6-10 mm. long: carpels 8-9 mm. high, naked, surmounting the calyx: seeds minutely 
pubescent. 
In dry soil, Arkansas to Texas and Arizona. Alsoin adjacent Mexico. Spring and summer. 
8. Abutilon párvulum A. Gray. Perennial, more or less densely pubescent with 
stellate hairs and often somewhat hirsute. Stems diffusely branched at the base ; branches 
spreading or decumbent, 2-6 dm. long, simple or branching: leaves variable in size; 
blades ovate to suborbicular in outline, 1-5 em. long, obtuse to acutish, dentate, and often 
3-lobed, cordate; petioles shorter than the blades: peduncles solitary, surpassing the sub- 
tending leaves: calyx 2-4 mm. long ; lobes ovate, acuminate, ribbed, with the tube finally 
reflexed : petals brick-red, 4-6 mm. long: carpels nearly 1 cm. high, with erect tips. 
In dry soil, Colorado to Texas and Arizona. Spring and summer. 
9. Abutilon Texénse T. & G. Perennial, minutely but densely velvety tomentose. 
Stems erect or ascending, 3-9 dm. tall, much branched: leaves numerous ; Tisos ovate 
or ovate-lanceolate, 0.8-2 cm. long, obtuse or acutish, serrate, truncate to cordate at the 
base, prominently nerved beneath; petioles à as long as the blades or shorter : peduncles 
longer than the subtending petioles: calyx campanulate, 4-5 mm. high; lobes triangular 
or triangular-ovate, about as long as the tube, acute: petals red, 7-10 mm. long : fruit ovate 
or globose-ovoid, 6-8 mm. high : carpels with erect merely acute tips. 
In dry soil, Texas. Spring and summer. 
2. GAYOIDES Small. 
Perennial, often vine-like herbs, with pubescent foliage. Leaves alternate: blades 
mostly broadest below the middle, commonly toothed, often crenate, cordate: petioles 
commonly shorter than the blades. Flowers perfect, on more or less elongated axillary 
peduncles. Involucel wanting. Sepals united below. Petals 5, distinct. Carpels nu- 
merous, l-celled. Styles slender. Stigmas terminal. Ovules 2-6 in each cavity. Carpels 
membranous, bladder-like at maturity, rounded at the apex. Seeds 2-3 in each cavity. 
alyx villou 3 . G. crispum. 
QUI Miei a e z G. imberbe. 
1. Gayoides crispum (L.) Small. Velvety and more or less villous. Stems 
branched at the base, the branches diffuse, 3-7 dm. long, with diverging or ascending 
branchlets : leaf-blades ovate, 2-6 cm. long, acuminate, crenate, cordate, rominently 
nerved beneath ; petioles usually less than 3 as long as the blades: peduncles s ender, vari- 
able in length: pedicels more or less strongly refracted: calyx villous ; lobes ovate a 
triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, barely } as long as the petals: petals yellow or whitish, 
10-12 mm. long, obovate, or spatulate-obovate : fruit 1.5-2 cm. jouet carpels bladdery, 
about 12, veiny, discolored: seeds glabrous. [Abutilon crispum (L.) Medic. 
In dry or sandy soil, Texas to Arizona and Mexico. Throughout the tropics. 
2. Gayoides imbèrbe (Griseb.) Small. Minutely velvety. Stems sometimes erect, 
branched at the base, the branches vine-like, diffuse or trailing, 3-9 dm. long, divergently 
branched : leaf-blades ovate, 1-5 cm. long, acute or rather obtuse, crenulate, cordate, ru- 
gose beneath ; petioles much shorter than the blades or almost wanting : peduncles com- 
monly as long as the subtending leaves or longer: pedicels finally bent at an angle : calyx 
merely velvety, not villous ; lobes lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate : petals Teller 
or yellowish, orbicular-obovate : fruit 1.5-2 cm. thick: carpels bladdery, somewhat hispi 
above: seeds glabrous. [Abutilon crispum var. imberbe Griseb. ] 
In sand, peninsular Florida and the Keys, Texas and New Mexico. Also throughout the tropics. 
3. WISSADULA Medic. 
Perennial upright herbs, resembling species of Abutilon. Leaves alternate: blades 
broadest below the middle, entire or toothed. Flowers perfect, in terminal ample, or nar 
row panicles. Involucres wanting. Sepals 5, partially united. Petals 5, yellow or 
whitish, distinct. Carpels 5, transversely 2-celled or sometimes imperfectly 2-celled or 
