230 MALVACEAE. Abutilon. 



2. M. Drummondii : stem and lower surface of the leaves minutely to- 

 mento?e; leaves broadly cordate, somewhat 3-lobed, coarsely and crenately 

 toothed; petiole about half as ]on<^as the lamina; flowers solitary on axillary 

 peduncles, or several together on short flowering branches ; involucel 8-leaved, 

 the folioles spatulatc, nearly as longas the calyx^ erect; column twice as long 

 as the corolla ; car))els connate. 



Texas, Drnmmond! — If 7 Stem tall, branching. Leaves 2-2i inches 

 long and of nearly the same breadth, somewhat velvety beneath. Flowers 

 as large as in M. arboreus, scarlet. Column very slender, a little declined: 

 stigmas hairy. Fruit (immature) red, subglobose, obtuse ; composed of 5 

 closely united carpels. 



7. GOSSYPIUM. Linn. ; Lam. ill. t. 586 ; DC. prodr. I. p. 456; W. f 

 Am. prodr. lad. Or. 1. p. 54. 



Calyx cup-shaped, obtusely 5-toothed, surrounded by a 3-leaved involucel; 

 the leaflets united and cordate at the base, deeply toothed and incised. Styles 

 united ; stigmas 3, sometimes 5. Capsule 3-5-celled, loculicidal. Seeds nu- 

 merous, imbedded in cotton. — Young branches and leaves more or less con- 

 spicuously covered with black dots ; the nerves beneath usually with one or 

 more glands. — Cotton-plant. 



1. G. herbaceum (Linn.): leaves 3-5-lobed, with a single gland below; 

 lobes mucronate ; cotton Avhite. — DC. prodr. 1. p. 456. 



Southern Stites & Florida! naturalized in some places. — Thirteen spe- 

 cies of Cotton are described by De CandoUe, and many more are enumerated 

 by some writers. Dr. Hamilton (Linn, trans. 13. p. 492), who is followed 

 by Wight & Arnott, reduces twelve of De Candolle's species to two, viz : 

 G. albuiTi (//am.): seeds and cotton both white ; and G. nigrum {Ham.)'. 

 seeds black, cotton white. G. Barbadense, which is said to be the " Sea Is- 

 land Cotton," is referred to the latter. 



8. ABUTILON. Dill. ; Lam. ill. t. 578 ; Kunth, syn. 3. p. 245. 



Species of Sida, Linn. ; DC. d^-c. 



Calyx 5-cleft, without an involucel. Ovary 5-many-celled, with 3 (or rare- 

 ly more) ovules in each cell. Capsule composed of 5 or. more 2-valved 3- 

 (rarely 4-6-) seeded carpels. Leaves cordate, rarely somewhat lobed. 

 Peduncles axillary, solitary or rarely in pairs, 1-2- or many-flowered; some- 

 times (by the abortion of the upper leaves) in terminal racemes. 



1. A. AvicenncB (Gsertn.) : leaves orbicular-cordate, velvety-tomentose, acu- 

 minate, crenately toothed; peduncles shorter than the petiole; carpels about 

 15, 3-seeded, inflated, truncate, obliquely birostrate, hairy. — Gcertn. fr. 2. p. 

 251. t. 135. Sida Abutilon, Linn.j Pursh,Jl. 2. p. 253 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 162 ; 

 DC. prodr. 1. p. 470; Darlingt. f. Cest. p. 397. 



Waste places and road-sides: introduced. July-Sept. — (T) Stem 2-5 feet 

 high, with spreading branches. Leaves deeply cordate, 4-6 inches in diame- 

 ter, with a slender abrupt acumination. Flowers usually solitary on axillary 

 peduncles, sometimes 3 or more on short flowering branches w/hich bear 1 

 or 2 small leaves. Corolla orange-yellow. Capsules large, the long beaks of 

 the carpels spreading in a radiated manner. 



