Tab. 5717. 



ABUTILON VEXILLAKJUM. 



Standard-floivered Abutilon. 



Nat. Orel. Malvaceae. — Monadelphia Polyandkia. 

 Of ,i. Char. (Fide supra, Tab. 4840.) 



Abutilon vexittarium ; frutex glaber, ramis gracilibus, foliis gracile petio- 

 latia cordato-lanceolatis grosse serrato-dentatis venosis, stipulis sub- 

 foliaceis oblongis pauci-dentatis lobulatisve, floribus axillaribus solitariis 

 gracillime pedicellatis pendalis, calyce ampullaceo rubro 5-alato breviter 

 5-fido, lobis triangularibus acumiuatis, corollas tubo calyce incluso, 

 lobis stramiueis exsertis ovatis acutis, antheris numerosisaimis exsertis , 

 multiseriatis in conum oblongura confertis stigraatibusque purpureis. 



Abutilon vexillarium. Morren in Belt/. Hortic. Octnh. 1864, p. 289./ 1G. 

 ex Lemaire, lllustr. Hortic. t. 432. 



Sid a Leopoldi, Sort. 



A most elegant warm greenhouse plant, published first by 

 Morren in 1864, but of which the native country, though 

 said to be South America, seems to be entirely unknown ; 

 and there are no native specimens in the Herbaria at Kew. 

 It flowered in the Palm House of Kew in March of the pre- 

 sent year, and had a most attractive appearance, from its grace- 

 ful habit, and the vivid contrast of the red calyx and sulphur- 

 coloured corolla. 



Desck. A very slender, graceful, glabrous shrub. Branches 

 spreading, leafy. Leaves almost pendulous from the very 

 slender, spreading petioles, two to three inches long, cordate- 

 lanceolate, coarsely toothed, bright green above, paler below. 

 Stipules persistent,' oblong, obtuse or acute, irregularly lobu- 

 late or toothed. Flowers numerous, solitary from the axils 

 of the leaves, pendulous from very slender pedicels an inch 

 long. Calyx one inch long, narrow flagon-shaped, bright red, 

 obtuse at ^he base, narrowly five-winged, with five short, 

 acute, triangular teeth. CoroUa-tnbe enclosed 11^ the calyx- 

 tube; lobes short, exserted, twisted, ovate-acuminate, pale 

 sulphur-coloured. Staminal tube very slender, twisted: 



July 1st, ISGS. 



