MALVACEAE. 



Determined by Alfred Rehdeb and E. H. Wilson, 



ABUTILON Gartn. 



L 

 L 



Abutilon sinense Oliver in Hooker's Icon. XVIII. t. 1750 (1888). 

 Diels in Not BoL Gard. Edinburgh, VII. 33, 291 {PL Chin, Forrest) 

 (1912). ~L^veill6, FL Kouy-Tcheou, 272 (1914). 



Western Hupeh; Patung Hsien, cliffs of Wushan Gorge, alt. 

 30-100 m., March 26, 1908 (No. 2023; shrub 1-3 m. tall, flowers 

 golden); same locality, March 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 1757); near 

 Ichang, A. Henry (No. 3822). Yunnan: Yung-ping Hsien valley, 

 April 1906, G. Forrest (No. 5026). 



This very ornamental species with deep yellow flowers is not common. A pic- 

 ture of this shrub will be found under No. 16 of the collection of Wilson's photo- 

 graphs and also in his Vegetation of Western China, No. 101. 



URENA L. 



Urena lobata Linnaeus, Spec, 692 (1753). — Loureiro, Ft Cochin. 

 416 (1790). — Hooker in Bot Mag, LVIII. t. 3043 (1831). — Bentham, 

 Ft Hongk. 34 (1861). — Masters in Hooker f.. Ft Brit Ind. I. 329 

 (1874). — Hemsley in Jour, Linn, Soc, XXIII. 86 (1886). — Giirke 

 & Diels in Bot Jahrh. XXIX. 469 (1900). — Dunn & Tutcher in Kew 

 Bult Misc, Inform, add. ser. X. 48 {Ft Kwangtung & Hongk.) 

 (1912). — Diels in Not Bot Gard. Edinburgh, VII. 223 (PZ. Chin. 

 Forrest) (1912). — L^veHl^, Ft Kouy-Tcheou, 275 (1914). 



Urena cana Wallich, Cat No. 1930 (nomen nudum) (1828). 



Urena diversifolia Schumacher & Thonning, in Afk. Danske Vidensk. Selsk, 



ser. 4, IV. 29 (Beskr. Guin. PI. 308) (1829). — Walpers in Nov. Act, Acad. 



Leop.-Carol XIX. Supp. 1, 304 (1843); Rep. V. 89 (1845). 



Western Szech'uan: valley of Tung River, roadsides, alt. 800 

 m., August 1908 (No. 2354; subshrub 0.6 m. tall, flowers pink); base 

 of Mt. Omei, sunny places, August 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4754); 

 without precise locality, A, Henry (No. 7180^). 



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