\\v. mat.vack.t:. <).") 



n. B. I. V. 1, p. 348 ; Dal/,. & Gibs. p. 24 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 20 ; 

 Woodr. in Joimi. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 128.— Flowers : Aug.- 

 Dec. Veen. Vdraug. 



Comiuou on the Ghats, Bal-ell if Gibson. Konkan : Ghdts, Talbot ; Amboli Ghat, 

 Cooke ! Deccan ; Khaudala and Sattara Ghats, Cooke ! Kanaka : North Kanara 

 Ghats, Talbot. 



5. ABUTILON, Tournef. 



Tomeutose herbs or shrubs. Leaves cordate, ovate, toothed or slightly 

 lobed, long-petioled. Peduuclcs axillary (uppermost riiiiuing into a 

 raceme in A. poIyanJrum &c.), l-flowered (in A. ramosimi often 2- 

 flowered), jointed near the flower. Flowers yellow. Involucral bracts 0. 

 Staminal-tube divided at the top into numerous, antheriferous fila- 

 ments. Car])els 5-25; styles as many as the carpels, long; stigmas 

 capitate. Eipe carpels separating from the short central axis, rounded 

 on the back, dehiscent, truncate, pointed, apiculate or with a short 

 oblique or horizontal mucro, 3-5-seeded, Seeds reniform, dark brown. 

 — DisTRiB. In nearly all warm regions ; species 170. 



Carpels 5. 



Staminal-tube very short, densely hairy 1. A. poly and mm. 



Staminal-tube long, glabrous 2. A, Ranadei, 



Carpels more than 10, usually 15-20. 



Carpels pointed or with a distinct macro. 

 Carpels ^-^ in. long. 



Cai'peis hairy, ultimately glabrate, shining 3. A. indlcum. 



Carpels densely hairy, ultimately shaggy 4. A. asiaticum. 



Carpels ^-^ in. long 5. A. bidentattim. 



Carpels obtuse, without a mucro. 

 Corolla 2 in. in diam. 



Fruit globose, densely silky-villous 6. A. muticum. 



Fruit roughly hairy 7. A. graveolens. 



Corolla i in. in diam 8. A. crispuni. 



Carpels S-lOr 



Carpels -J in. long ; fruit short, cylindric. 



Carpels beaked 9. A. ramosum. 



Carpels hardly beaked, truncate 10. A. fruticosmn. 



Carpels i in. long ; fruit ovoid 11. A. cormdiim. 



1. Abutilon polyandrum, Wvjht et Am. Froth: (1834) p. 55. 

 An erect nndershrub, 4 ft. high. Leaves up to 9 by 7 in., roundish or 

 ovate, cordate, long-acuminate, irregularly toothed, tomentose beneath, 

 the young leaves velvety; petioles 3-4 in. long. Eacemes terminal, 

 8-15 in. long; pedicels 1-21 in. long, jointed near the flower; bracts 

 (at the base of the pedicels) i-1 in. long, lanceolate, toothed. Calyx- 

 lobes §-^ in. long, lanceolate, tomentose. Corolla li in. in diam., 

 orange-yellow, purple-veined near the base. Staminal-tube very short, 

 densely hairy ; filaments long, free almost to the very base. Carpels 5, 

 acuminate, mucronate, a little longer than the calyx. Seeds smooth, 

 brown. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 325 (excluding syn. Schlecht) ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 15; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 17; E. Bak. in Journ. Bot. v. 31 (Lond. 1893) 

 p. 270 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 126 ; AVatt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 17. — Flowers : Nov.-Jan. Vern. Madam. 



Ahutilon poliiandrum, G. Don, Gen. Syst. v. 1 (1831) p. 500, is evi- 

 dently a misprint for Ahutilon polyantimm and was nothing more than 

 Sida imljjantha, Schlecht, a remote species. 



