Tas. 4840. 
ABUTILON INSIGNE. 
Handsome-flowered Abutilon. 
Nat. Ord. Matvace®.—MonaApDELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Involucellum nullum. Calya 5-fidus, seepius cupuleeformis, laciniis 
westivatione valvatis. Corolle petala 5, hypogyna, obovata, seepius inzequilatera, — 
unguibus imo tubo stamineo adnato, eestivatione convolutiva. Tubus stamineus — 
basi dilatata fornicata ovarium tegens, superne angustatus, columneeformis, apice — 
in filamenta plurima filiformia divisus, rarius simul infra apicem antherifer. da- 
there reniformes, sinu affixee, versatiles, rima semicirculari aperte, bivalves, se ito 
manifesto. Ovarium sessile, quinque-multiloculare. Ovula in loculis 4—9, angul 
centrali inserta, adscendentia et pendula. Styli loculorum numero, filiformes, 
basi plus minus coaliti ; s¢igmata capitata. Capsula penta-polycocca, coccis hand 
secedentibus, apice introrsum rima apertis. Semina in loculis pauca v. abortu 
solitaria, reniformia v. subhippocrepica ; festa crustacea, emarginature sinuum- 
bilicata. Hmbryo intra albumen paucum subcarnosum homotrope arcuatus ; co- 
tyledonibus foliaceis, ‘petiolulatis, basi auriculatis, sepe plicato-involventibus.— 
Herbm, suffrutices v. frutices, nonnulle arbores, in regionibus tropicis et subtropicis 
totius orbis crescentes ; foliis alternis, petiolatis, cordatis, dentalis v. rarissimé lo- 
batis, stipulis lateralibus geminis, pedunculis axillaribus, solitarits 0. pluribus, 
uni-multifloris, infra apicem articulatis, interdum floribus spicatis v. racemosis, 
rarissime corymbosis. Endl. 
AsuTILon insigne ; fruticosum, ramis petiolis pedunculis calycibusque pubi stel- 
lata ferruginea obsita, foliis sublonge petiolatis cordatis subangulatis gross 
serratis reticulatis pubescentibus, stipulis parvis subulatis, racemis nutanti 
bus paucifloris, calyee campanulato 5-fido, lobis ovatis acuminatis, petal 
euneato-obovatis amplis albis pulcherrime venis rubris pictis inferne ap- 
proximatis, laminis patentibus crispatis, ovariis globosis tomentosis. = 
Axsurtion insigne. ‘“ Planchon, MSS. in Van Houtte, Fl. des Serres, 0. 6. p. 11. 
#551. Walpers, Annal.v.2.p. 157. 
The Royal Gardens of Kew are indebted to Messrs. Lowe, of 
the Clapton Nursery, for the possession of this very desirable 
stove shrub,—a native of New Granada, and introduced into 
Europe by Mr. Linden. It has the advantage, too, of bearing 
its lovely flowers when the plant is not more than one or two. 
feet high, and these flowers continue some time in perfection, ap-— 
pearing with us in January. The ground-colour of the large 
MARCH Ist, 1855. 
