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differs chiefly in the slightly smaller fruit, a difference whieli might 

 perhaps disappear if a larger number of specimens were available for 

 examinaticu. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 326. Sida bidentata, Hochst. 1. c. 



Ko.NKAN : Stocks I — DisTRiB. Tropical Africa, Arabia. 



6. Abutilon muticum. Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2 (1830) p. 65. A 

 tomentose undershrub. Leaves up to 3-4 in. in diam., cordate, roundish- 

 ovate, very shortly acuminate, rarely obtuse, velvety on both surfaces, 

 irregularly toothed ; petioles 1-3 in. long ; stipules lanceolate. Pedicels 

 i-2 in. long, axillary, solitaiy, stout, jointed near the flower. Calyx 

 \ in. long, divided to the middle, very villous ; lobes broad, shortly 

 acuminate. Corolla 2 in. in diam., orange-\elIow ; petals often lobed. 

 Fruit globose, depressed at the summit, densely silky-villous. Carpels 

 about 25, not beaked. Seeds 3 in each carpel, clothed with minute 

 shining hairs. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 327; E. Bak. in Journ. Bot. v. 31 

 (Lond. 1893) p. 214 ; Trim. Fl. CevL v. 1, p. 145; Woodr. Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1897) p. 126 ; Watt, JDict. Ecou. Prod. v. 1, p. 17. A. to- 

 mentomm, W. & A. Prodr. p. 56 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 18. — Flowers : Jan.- 

 June. Vebx. Kasili ; Kurandi. 



Widely distribiitccl tbrougbout tbe Presidency. Konkan : Stocks'. Deccan : 

 V!i(le]j, Woodrow; Fooun. Cooke I ; "Nasik, JVoc/drou' I ; T.a.sa]gaox\, Bcma del Gujarat: 

 Surat, Dahetl '. Sinb : Karacbi to Mugger Peer, Perry \ ; jfiaracbi, Cookel 



7. Abutilon graveolens, Wight et Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 56. Stems 

 with long spreading scattered hairs, and also with a sticky covering of 

 much shorter hairs. Leaves 2-3 in. in diam., deeply cordate, shortly 

 acmninate ; petioles 1-2 in. long. Pedicels jointed above the middle. 

 Calyx-lobes more pointed than in A. muticvm and not so villous. Corolla 

 large, orange-yellow. Carpels 15-20, acute, not awned. Seeds with 

 minute, shining, stellate hairs. Fl. B. 1. v. 1, p. 327 ; 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; not Grab. Cat. 

 p. 15. — Flowers in the cold season. Veen. Barkanrjhi. 



Sind: Sebwaii, JVoodrow. — Distrib. Extends from tropical Africa to Queensland. 

 There is no specimen of tbj.s plant from Sind or from Bombay in Herb. Kew. 



8. Abutilon crispum, Medik. Medv. Fam. (I787)p. 29 {cryspum). 

 A large annual, more or less hairy ; young parts tomentose. Leaves 

 2|-3 by 2 in., ovate, cordate, acuminate, crenate-toothed ; petioles g-lg 

 in. long. Pedicels 5-1t, in. long, axillary, solitary, or 2 together of 

 different lengths, filiform, jointed above the middle, bent down in fruit. 

 Calyx 5 in. long, divided below the middle ; lobes lanceolate. Corolla 

 I in. in diam., yellow. Fruit i in. in diam., globose, bladdery, wrinkled ; 

 carpels 10-12, awnless, when ripe sparsely hairy with a silky lustre on 

 the sides. Seeds very small, reniform, brownish-black with scattered 

 minute glistening hairs. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 327 ; K. Schum. in Mart. 

 Bras. V. 12, part 3, p. 382, t. 70 ; E. Bak. in Journ. Bot. v. 31 (Lond. 

 1893) p. 213; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 146; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1897) p. 127.— Flowers: Oct.-Nov. 



A rare plant. S. M. Country : Dbarwar, JVoodrow ; Badami, Cooke ! — DisTnin. 

 In most tropical and subtropical regions. 



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