Ofi XXV. M AI.V AfF.T. 



Very common on the Ghats. Konkan : Stocks \, Law \; Par, Graham; W. Ghats, 

 widely, Woodrow. S. M. CorNTRv: Belgaum, EUchie, 60 !— Distuib. S. Africa, 

 Java. 



2. Abutilon Ranadei, Woodr. et Stapt\ in Keiv Bull. (1894) p. 99. 

 An iiudei'slu'ub, 4 I't. bigh, densely and minutely stellately tomentose. 

 Leaves uj) to 7 by G in., coidate, ovate, acuminate, distantly tootbed ; 

 petioles stout, 2-4 in. long-. FloAvers axillary, solitary; pedicels ^-H 

 in. long, jointed near tbe flower. Calyx |-| in. long ; base campanulate; 

 lobes ovate-lanceolate, nciite, as long as the tube. Petals H by ^ in. 

 long, orange-yellow, purple-veined at base. Stnmiual-tube I in. long, 

 glabrous; tilaments exceedingly short. Carpels 5, acuminate, raucro- 

 nate, | in. long, densely shortly hairy all over. Seeds large, dusky-black, 

 furfuraceous-dotted. AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v, 11 (1897) p. 126. 

 — Flowers : Jan. 



A rare plant, named after N. B. Eanade, for many years keeper of the Herbarium 

 at the College of Science, Poona, who died of the plague in 1897. Konkan : Ambe- 

 ghat, on the Katnagiri and Kolliapur Koad. Ttanaclc I, Wooclroiv !, Cool'e ! 



3. Abutilon indicum. Sweet, Hort. Brit. v. 1 (1827) p. 54. Su£- 

 frutescent, minutely hoary-tomentose. Leaves up to 3^ by 2 in., 

 cordate, o\ate, acuminate, toothed, rarely subtrilobate ; petioles 1^3 in. 

 long ; stipules § in. long, linear, acute, deflexed. Pedicels often 1-2 in. 

 long, axillary, solitary, jointed very near the top. Calyx \-^ in. long, 

 divided to the middle ; lobes ovate, apiculate. Corolla 1 in. in diam., 

 yellow, opening in the evening. Staminal-tube hairy at the base ; 

 filaments long. Carpels usually 15-20, longer than "the calyx, Avith 

 a distinct small acute point, hairy, ultimately shining, dark brown. 

 Seeds brown-black, densely and minutely scrobiculate. Fl. B. T. v. 1, 

 p. 326; AA'ight, Ic. t. 12; Grab. Cat. p. 15; Dalz. & Gibs. p. IS; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 145 ; E. Bak. in Journ. Bot. v. 31 (Lond. 1893) 

 p. 213; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 126; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 16. A. graveohns, (>rali. Cat. p. 15. — In 

 flower most of the year. Veen. Mndra; Pctdri. The seeds are used in 

 native medicine as a demulcent. 



A^ery common, especially in the Decean, where it is abundant along the roadsides. 

 KoxKAN : Law'., Stocks'.; Bombay, Ccqjf. Gcliiri/el Df.ccan : Ahmednagar, Cooke I 

 S. M. Countuy: Belgaum, liitclnv, (33! Sind : Jemadar ka Landa, near Karachi, 

 Stocks, 493 ! 



4. Abutilon asiaticum, G. Don, Gen. Syst. v. 1 (1831) p. 503. 

 Eathor more tnmcntos(! tbaii A. indicum. Calyx densely clothed Avith 

 long Moolly hairs. Flowers 2 in. in diam., orange-yellow. Carpels 

 acuminate, shaggy on the hack when ripe. Seeds smootli. Otherwise 

 as A. indicum. Fl. B. 1. v. 1, p. 320 ; (irah. Cat. p. 15 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 1, p. 144 ; E. Bak. in Journ. Bot. v. 31 (1893) p. 214; AVatt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 15. 



Bombay: Capt. Gehurnel ; in gardens, Bombay, Graham. 



I have only seen one specimen from Bombay marked as above, in Herb. Kcw. 



5. Abutilon bidentatum, A. liicli. Fh Abyss, v. 1 (1847) p. 68. 

 Erect. Leaves cordate, ovate, acuminate, toothed ; lower petioles 4-5 

 in. long. Carpels about 2(», J-^ in. long, black, moderately grey- 

 woolly, tips acuminate. Otherwise as in A.indicvtn, from which it 



