864 The Philippine Journal of Science 1921 
It would seem that Burman’s specific name should be adopted 
for this Asiatic and Madagascar species. 
VITACEAE 
LEEA Royen 
LEEA INDICA (Burm. f.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 14 (1919) 245. 
Staphylea ? indica Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 75, t. 24, f. 2. “Habitat 
in Indiis.” 
Aquilicia sambucina Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 211. 
Leea sambucina Willd. Sp. Pl. 1 (1797) 1177. 
From the description and figure Burman’s species is clearly 
identical with the widely distributed form currently known as 
Leea sambucina Willd., the latter being based on the Linnean 
binomial, and the Linnean binomial in turn typified by Bur- 
man’s description. 
MALVACEAE 
ABUTILON Tournefort 
ABUTILON PERSICUM (Burm. f.) comb. nov. 
Sida persica Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 148, t. 47, f. 1. “Habitat in 
Persia.” 
Sida polyandra Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 50, Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 
173. . 
Abutilon polyandrum Schlecht. in Link Enum. Hort. Berol. 2 (1822) 
264. 
Burman’s species is clearly identical with Abutilon polyan- 
drum (Roxb.) Schlecht. to which it is reduced by Masters in 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 325. Burman’s specific name 
should be adopted for the species. 
SIDA Linnaeus 
SIDA ACUTA Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 147. “Habitat in India.” 
This is the earliest valid name for this very common and 
widely distributed species; it was later described by the younger 
Linnaeus as Sida carpinifolia Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 307. 
SIDA RACEMOSA Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 148. 
Sida mysorensis W. & A. Prodr. (1834) 59. 
No habitat is cited. This species has been reduced to Sida 
glutinosa Cav., probably from confusion of Cavanilles’s species 
with Sida mysorensis W. & A. The description applies very 
closely to Sida mysorensis W. & A., and it is believed that Bur- 
man’s specific name should be retained for the Indo-Malayan 
form generally referred to the latter. 
