1. Abutilon.] 19. MALVACEM. [2. Sida. 



on very slender peduncles two to three times the length of 

 the subtending petioles, and usually deflexed at the joint. 

 Head of carpels truncate exceeding in diam. the fruiting 

 calyx, usually with short awns on the shoulders, stellately 

 hairy. 



Waste ground and usually near villages in all the districts but rather 

 local. Fl. r. «. and np to December, Fr. chiefly Nov.- t Jany. Ripe 

 seed, however, also collected in June, and it probably flowers at most 

 times of the year. 



L, usnally dentate and acuminate (var. populifolium, W. and A.), some- 

 times lobed, H-3". Stipules small deflexed. Petiole fths as long 

 as the blade. Peduncles solitary axillary l£-2i" sometimes appearing 

 sub-panicled before the leaves develop. 



3. A. graveolens, W. and A. Barkanghi, H. 



Suffruticose 3-6 ft. high, the whole plant covered with 

 a tomentum much as in A. indica, bat also with glandular 

 pubescence and long soft hairs on the branches, peduncles, etc. 

 Fls. 1|" diam. orange with a crimson centre, on solitary 

 axillary peduncles together usually with another flowering 

 branchlefc. Head of carpels rounded, muticous or rnucronate, 

 densely pubescent. Fruiting calyx as broad as the fruit. 



Similar localities to A indicum. Singbhum, frequent. Manbhum, 

 Ball. Palamau (common near Japla). Fl. Aug.-Dec. Fr. Oct.-Jany. 



L. orbicular cordate, entire crecate or slightly toothed 3-6" diam. 

 Petioles 3-6." Stipules spreading or reflexed. Peduncles usually l-^-2 v 

 stout Carpels 2-3-seeded. Seeds with a yellow pubescence. 



2. Sida, L. 



Undershrubs or sub-herbaceous,, with simple or lobed 

 leaves, distinguished from Abutilon by habit (smaller size 

 generally), smaller flowers (rarely 1") generally a paler 

 yellow with usually only 5 carpels and not more than 10. 

 Fruiting head of carpels small not depressed at the top, and 

 carpels awned near the apex, seed solitary. The sepals 

 are connate below into a 5-angled or 10-nerved cup persistent 

 long after the seeds have dropped. 



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