56 : MALVACEJE. ABUTILON. 
204. (3) A. erispum (G. Don:) leaves cordate, acuminated, crenated, 
whitish and slightly velyety, upper ones nearly sessile: pedicels solitary 
slender, bent downwards when in fruit: calyx reflexed: fruit globose in- 
flated, membranaceous ; carpels 12-13, not awned, waved and curled, hairy 
on the back.— Wight ! cat. n. 185.—Sida crispa, Linn.; DC. prod. 1. p. 469; 
Spr. syst. 3. p. 119; Wall.! L.n.1857.—8ida montana, Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. 
tab. 1491.— Dill. Elth. t. 5. f. 5.——Gingie hills. Coromandel. 
205. (4) A. Indicum (G. Don:) leaves cordate, somewhat lobed, soft, 
shortly tomentóse, unequally toothed: stipules reflexed: pedicels erect, 
longer than the petiole, jointed near the flower: calyx segments ovate, acute: 
corolla patent: capsule truncated, evidently longer than the calyx: carpels 
11-20, acute, not awned, hairy.—« ; leaves scarcely acute.— Wight ! cat. n. 
190. b.—Sida indica, Linn.; DC. prod. 1. p. A71 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 119; Wall.! 
L. n. 1859 ; Cav. diss. 1. t. 7. f. 10.—8; leaves more or less acuminated.— 
Wight! cat. n. 190. a.—8. populifolia, Lam.; DC. prod. 1. p. 470; Spr. syst. 
3. p. 119 ; Wall.! L.n.1858.d. f. ; Cav. diss. 1. t. 7. f. 9.—8. Beloere, L Her. 
— S. Eteromischos, Cav. diss. 5. t. 128. f. 2.— Rheed. Mal. 6. t. 65; Rumph. 
Amb. 4. t. 11; Pluk. t. 120; f. 5. 
Between these varieties there are no certain limits, nor can we well dis- 
tinguish S. vesicaria, Cav., a Mexican plant. The duration is of no con- 
sequence, the Indian plant being biennial, triennial, or even perennial, ac- 
cording to circumstances. 
206. (5) A. Asiaticum (G. Don:) branches pubescent, not hairy: leaves 
cordate, acute or acuminated, toothed, velvety on both sides: pedicels longer 
than the petiole, jointed near the flower: calyx-segments ovate, with a long 
point: eapsule hairy, truncated, scarcely so long as the calyx: carpels about 
20, acute, not awned.— Wight! cat.n. 192.—Sida Asiatica, Linn.; DC. prod. 
1. p. 470 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 119; Cav. diss. 1. t. T. f. 2; and diss. 5. t. 128. 
fF. 1.—8. populifolia, Wall.! L. n. 1858h. l 
There is no character to separate this from the last except the larger calyx, 
and that we fear is of minor importance. ad 
207. (6) A. hirtum (G. Don:) branches pubescent, sprinkled with horizon- —— 
tal hairs: leaves cordate acuminated, toothed, under side tomentose and 
hairy on the nerves: pedicels longer than the petioles, jointed near the — 
flower: calyx segments ovate with a long point: capsule very hairy, trun- 
cated, scarcely so ee as the calyx: carpels 15-20, acute, not awned.— 
Wight! eat. n. 188.—Sida hirta, Lam.; DC. prod. 1. p. 470; Spr. syst. 9. 
p. 119.—8. pilosa, L’ Her —S. populifolia, Wall. L. n. 1858. g. 
208. (7) A. graveolens (W. & A.:) branches pubescent, sprinkled with 
horizontal hairs: leaves cordate, round with a short sudden acumination, 
toothed, velvety on both sides: pedicels about the length of the petioles, 
jointed near the flower: calyx-segments ovate with longish point: corolla at - 
length reflexed: capsule hairy, truncated, rather longer than the calyx: 
carpels 25-30, acute, not awned.—Wight! cat. n. 191.—Sida graveolens, 
Roxb. hort. Bengh. p. 505 in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1492; DC. prod. 1. p. 4185 
Spr. syst. 3. p. 118 ; Wall.! L. n. 1856.—8. tomentosa, Wall.! L. n. 1852.5. — 
(from Gonga-chora only).—Rumph. Amb. 4. p. 29 (good), t. 10 (not good). — — 
Perhaps this, and the three preceding, are mere varieties of one and the 
"id species ; they seem, indeed, to pass by insensible gradations into each 
other. 
209. (8) A. tomentosum (W. & A.:) branches pubescent and very hairy* 
leaves round, cordate, obtuse or acute, tomentose on both sides, toothed: ; 
pedicels stout, jointed near the flower, usually arranged in an axillary nearly 
. leafless raceme : calyx very tomentose, segments short and broad but with a 
ong point: petals very obliquely obcordate: capsule globose, depressed OF 
concave, not truncated, very tomentose, shorter than the calyx: carpels reni- 
