902 
acuminated, toothed, puberulous above, but clothed with white 
tomentum beneath; flowers solitary, terminal; capsule tomen- 
tose, 10-horned, 10-celled ; cells 4-9-seeded. h. S. Native of 
Brazil in the province of Rio Janeiro. Flowers flesh-coloured. 
Flesh-coloured-flowered Abutilon. Fl. Sept. Shrub 1 to 3 ft. 
34 A. mpe’rse (D.C. prod. 1. p. 469. under Sida,) leaves cor- 
date, acute, crenulate, white and velvety on both surfaces, upper 
leaves almost sessile ; pedicels solitary, 3-times longer than the 
petioles ; carpels 12-13, a little inflated, rather scabrous, or ciliat- 
ed, awnless. Native of Guadaloupe and St. Domingo. Resem- 
bles A. crispum, Lin. Flowers yellow. 
Beardless Abutilon. Shrub 2 feet. 
35 A. rurr’scens (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 205. t. 42.) stem 
shrubby, tomentose, rusty; leaves ovate-lanceolate, obtuse at 
the base, acuminated at the apex, toothed, smooth above, tomen- 
tose beneath; flowers corymbose; capsule subglobose, very 
villous, mutic, 13-16-celled; cells 4-9-seeded. h. S. Native 
of Brazil. Flowers yellow. 
Var. B, confértum (St. Hil. 1. c. p. 206.) leaves lanceolate, 
sublinear, more crowded and smooth than in var. a. Brazil at 
Villa Rica. 
Rufescent Abutilon. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 
36 A. cri’spum (Lin. spec. 964. under Sida,) leaves cordate, 
acuminate, crenated, rather tomentose, upper ones sessile ; pedi- 
cels solitary, longer than the petioles, when in fruit deflexed ; 
carpels 12-13, 3-seeded, inflated, awnless, undulately-curled 
with a hairy keel. ©. S. Native of Carolina, New Spain, 
Providence, Bahama Islands and Peru by the sea-coast.—Dill. 
elth. t. 5. f.5.—Cav. diss. 1. p. 30. t. 7. f. 1. and 5. t. 135. 
f. 2. S. amplexicaúlis, Lam. dict. 1. p. 7. Flowers white, small. 
Curled-fruited Abutilon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1726. Pl. 1ft. 
87 A. AMPLEXIFÒLIUM (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 469. under Sida,) leaves cordate, acuminate, 
crenated, upper ones sessile, stem-clasping; panicle terminal, 
many-flowered. YY. S. Native of Mexico. Flowers yellow. 
Fruit-bearing pedicels erect. 
Clasping-leaved Abutilon. Pl. 1 foot. 
38 A. Rivuba‘re (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 202.) stem suffruti- 
cose, terete, tomentose ; leaves cordate, oblong, obtuse, toothed, 
tomentose ; flowers umbellate ; capsule very villous, mutic, 10- 
12-celled ; cells 3-seeded. h. S. Native of Brazil in the 
province of Cisplatine on the banks of a rivulet called Rio del 
Samé. Flowers red. 
Rwwulet Abutilon. Fl. Dec. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
39 A. virca'tum (Cay. icon. 1. p. 53. t. 73. under Sida,) 
leaves cordate, ovate, acuminated, serrated, puberulous ; pedicels 
solitary, longer than the petioles; petals shorter than the calyx ; 
carpels 7-9, 2-awned, 3-seeded. h .S. Native of Peru. Flowers 
yellow. 
Twiggy Abutilon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. Shrub 3 ft. 
40 A. micra’ntHuM (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 208.) leaves cor- 
date, acuminated, toothed, tomentose beneath; flowers large, 
racemosely-glomerated ; capsule globose, mutic, very villous, 
12-celled ; cells 4-9-seeded. h.S. Native of Brazil. 
Small-flonered Abutilon. Shrub 2 to 6 feet. 
41 A. anporeum (Lin. fil. suppl. 397. Lher. stirp. p. 131. 
t. 63. under S7da,) leaves orbicular, cordate, acuminate, cre- 
nated, tomentose; stipulas ciliated; pedicels longer than the 
leaves; carpels 13-15, truncate, villous, 5-seeded. h. S. 
Native of Peru. S. Peruviana, Cav. diss. 1. p. 36. t. 7. f. 8. 
and 5. t. 130. S. grandifòlia, Poir. suppl. 1. p. 31. Flowers 
large, sulphur-coloured, or nearly white. 
Tree Abutilon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1772. Tree 12 feet. 
42 Å. MONTA`NUM (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 207.) stem shrubby, 
terete, branched, pubescent ; leaves cordate, acuminated, serrate, 
puberulous above, tomentose, and much paler beneath ; flowers 
MALVACEÆ. XXVIII. AsuTILON. 
axillary, solitary, and twin; capsule villous, mutic, 10-celled ; 
cells 4-9-seeded. h.S. Native of Brazil in the provinces of 
Rio Janeiro and Minas Geraes. Flowers purple. 
Mountain Abutilon. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
43 A. Mauritia‘num (Jacq. icon. rar. 1. t.137. under Sida,) 
leaves roundish, cordate, acuminate, toothed, tomentose beneath ; 
pedicels longer than the petioles ; carpels 30, 3-seeded, trun- 
cated, beaked, villous, longer than the calyx. h.S. Native 
of the Mauritius. S. planiflora, Cav. diss. 1. p. 32. t. 7. f. 4. 
and 5. t. 135. f. 1. Flowers orange-coloured. 
Mauritian Abutilon, FI. July, Sept. Cit. 1789. Sh. 3 ft. 
44 A. ATROPURPU`REUM (Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnea, 
1. p. 652. under Sida,) leaves orbicularly-cordate, acuminated, 
unequally crenate, pubescent above from simple and stellate 
hairs, tomentose beneath; stipulas leafy, unequally cordate ; 
panicle terminal ; pedicels much shorter than the petioles; car- 
pels about 10, truncate, acuminated, longer than the calyx. 
h.S. Native of Java. Flowers dark-purple. 
Dark-purple-flowered Abutilon. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
45 A. GLOBIFLÒRUM (Hook, bot. mag. 2821. under Stda,) 
smooth; leaves on long stalks, cordate, serrated, tapering 
much at the apex and entire; peduncles solitary, length of 
petioles ; calyx truncate at the base ; corolla subglobose. R. S. 
Native of the Mauritius. Stamens collected into a globe at the 
top of the tube, exserted beyond the corolla. Style tipped by 10 
capitate stigmas. Carpels 10. Flowers large, globose, cream- 
coloured. This is certainly a species of Periptera, or a new 
enus. 
j Globe-flowered Abutilon. Fl. Nov. Clt. 1825. Sh. 4 to 5 ft. 
46 A. vin1mFdL1um (Fisch. cat. hort. goren. 1808. D. C. 
prod. 1. p. 470. under Sida,) leaves roundish, cordate, with a 
broad recess, acuminate, toothed, soft, pubescent ; pedicels 
shorter than the petioles; carpels 15, hairy, 2-awned. ©. G. 
Native of China and Thibet. Willd. enum. 722. Jacq. fil. 
eccl. 1. f. 85. Flowers yellow. Leaves large. 
Lime-tree-leaved Abutilon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1821. PI. 
2 feet. 
47 A. mu’ticum (Delil. ill. æg. no. 633. under Stda,) leaves 
orbicular, cordate, somewhat acuminated, coarsely toothed, 
clothed with soft tomentum on both surfaces; pedicels shorter 
than the petioles ; carpels 25-30, hairy, awnless, scarcely longer 
than the calyx. Native of Upper Egypt. Flowers yellow. 
Awnless-capsuled Abutilon. Pl. 1 foot. 
48 A. circinna'tum (Willd. herb. ex Spreng. syst. 3. p- 119. 
under Sida,) shrubby; leaves roundish, cordate, acutish, nearly 
entire, tomentose ; peduncles 1-flowered, elongated ; capsule 
bladdery. hk. S. Native of South America near the river 
Amazon. Flowers probably yellow. 
Circinnate-leaved Abutilon. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 
49 A. speciosum (Willd. herb. ex Spreng. syst. 3. p. 119. 
under Stda,) shrubby; leaves cordate, acuminated, erenately- 
serrate, stellately-tomentose ; stipulas obsolete ; peduncles twin, 
elongated, 1-flowered; carpels mutic. h. S. Native of Brazi, 
and Cumana. Flowers rose-coloured. Perhaps a species 0 
Sida. 
Shewy Abutilon. Shrub 4 feet? . ; 
50 A. America‘num (Lin. spec. 963. under Sida,) leave 
cordate, oblong, undivided, tomentose; pedicels shorter t he 
the leaves; carpels 12, tomentose, acuminated, length of t 
calyx. h.S. Native of Jamaica. Flowers large, yellow. A 
American Abutilon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1733. Sh. 6 7 . 
51 A. Avice’nnz (Gert. ex D.C. prod. 1. p. 469.) aed 
roundish, cordate, acuminated, toothed, tomentose ; peduncle 
shorter than the petioles ; carpels 15, truncate, 2-beaked, hary 
3-seeded. . ©. H. Native of the South of F rance, Switzerlan , 
and both Indies. In North America from Pennsylvania to Carolina 
