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MALVACEAE 
ABELMOSCHUS Medicus 
ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS (Linn.) Moench. Meth. (1794) 617; Saf- 
ford 171. 
Hibiscus esculentus Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 696. 
G. E. S. 199. 
The okra is probably a native of tropical America, now cultivated in all 
warm countries. 
ABELMOSCHUS MOSCHATUS Medic. Malv. (1787) 46. 
Hibiscus abelmoschus Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 696. 
McGregor 457, G. E. S. 405, locally known as camang. 
Probably a native of tropical Asia, now in all tropical countries. 
ABUTILON Tournefort 
ABUTILON INDICUM (Linn.) Sweet Hort. Brit. (1826) 54; Safford 172. 
Sida indica Linn. Cent. Pl. 2 (1756) 26. 
G. E. S. 175, locally known as malbas or matbas. 
The specimen reported from Guam as “Sida maura Link” (manifestly a 
misprint for Sida mauritiana) by Endlicher (Ann. Wien. Mus. 1 (1836) 
132; Safford 374), belongs here. Dr. Ulbrich has kindly examined the 
material in the Berlin herbarium, and although not finding Chamisso’s 
specimen, he finds other plants, so named, and indicated as “ex Herb. Link,” 
which are the same as Abutilon indicum Sweet. 
Probably a native of tropical Asia, now in all tropical countries. 
GOSSYPIUM Linnaeus 
GOSSYPIUM BRASILIENSE Macf. Fl. Jam. 1 (1837) 72; Watt Cotton 
Plants (1907) 295, pl. 49, 50. 
Gossypium barbadense W. F. Wight ex Safford in Contr. U. S. Nat. 
Herb. 9 (1905) 285, non Linn. 
G. E. S. 285, locally known as algodon. 
From the Philippine native names and other data given by Safford there 
is no doubt in my mind but that the species he included as Gossypium 
barbadense is really G. brasiliense Macf. 
GOSSYPIUM ARBOREUM Linn. Sp. Pl. (1758) 693; Safford 285. 
The determination of the Guam material is probably incorrect. There 
are no Guam specimens in our collection agreeing with the figures and 
descriptions of this species, and it is quite unknown from the Philippines. 
G. E. S. 83, 397, two collections apparently representing the same species, 
may be the same species as the plant referred to G. arborewm Linn. by 
Safford, but I have no means of determining the fact; they represent a 
species quite different from Gossypium arboreum Linn., which I am unable 
to determine with satisfaction. 
HIBISCUS Linnaeus 
HIBISCUS MUTABILIS Linn. Sp. Pl. (1758) 694; Safford 294. 
G. E. S. 260, locally known as mapola. 
A native of tropical Asia, now in all tropical countries. 
