98 ^XT. MALVACEAE. 



9. Abutilon ramosum, Giiill., Perr. et A. Rich., Fl. Senegamh. v. 1 

 (1830) p. 68. Shrubby, erect, 4-5 ft. high, with ash-colored bark, 

 minutely hairy. Leaves 2-5 in. in diani., cordate, angular, often sub- 

 trilobate ; petioles 2-4 in. long ; stipules subulate, .V in. long. Pedicels 

 \-l\ in. long, frequently divided into 2 branches near the top, jointed 

 not far below the calyx. Calyx \-\ in. long, divided to the middle, 

 viscous-pubescent; lobes ovale, cuspidate. Corolla '^ in. in diam., 

 yellow. Fruit short, cylindric; carpels 8-10, glutinous-pubescent, ^ in. 

 long, acute, mucronate. Seeds dull, furfuraceous-dotted. Fl. B. l.v. 1, 

 p. 328 : E. Bak. in Journ. Bot. v. 31 (Lond. 1893) p. 75; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 127. A. sidoides, Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 18. — Flowers : Dec. 



A rare plant. Guj.\rat : Ahmedabad, Cooke I C.ambay; Dahclll Sinb : Karachi, 

 Woodr ow.~TiiSTRiR. Tropical Africa. Arabia. 



10. Abutilon fruticosum, GuilJ., Perr. et A. Rich., FL Senegamh. 

 V. 1 (1830) p. 70. A much-branched rigid undershrub, closely hoary. 

 Leaves i-2 in. long, deeply cordate, ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, often 

 regularly creuate, sometimes loothed ; petioles ^H in. long. Pedicels 

 i-l| in. long, axillary, scattered, slender, jointed near the top. Calyx 

 ^ in. long, divided more than half way down ; lobes ovate, acute or 

 mucronate. Corolla ^ in. in diam., yellow. Fruit ^ in. long, cylindric ; 

 carpels 10, grey-tomentose, truncate, not beaked. Seeds small, brown, 

 dotted with minute white hooked hairs. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 328 : 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 1, p. 836: E. Bak. in Journ. Bot. v. 31 (Lond. 

 1893) p. 214; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 127.— 

 Flowers : Aug. -Sept. Unlike other Abutilons, the flowers open at 

 mid-day {Dalzell MS. in Herb. Kew.). Vebn. Pat-til. 



SiND : Dalzelll; Jemadar ka Landa, near Karachi, Sfocks, 371!; Malir, near 

 Karachi, Woodr ow ! 



11. Abutilon cornutum, T. Cooke. Erect, 2 ft. high, grey-tomen- 

 tose. Leaves orbicular, 2^-3 in. in diam., cordate, very shortly acuminate, 

 subobtuse, shghtly crenate-denticulate ; petioles up to 3^ in. long; 

 stipules j\ in. long, densely pubescent. Pedict^ls ^ in. long, slender, 

 jointed above the middle. Calyx ^ in. long, divided more than half way 

 dovvn ; lobes ovate with a long mucro. Corolla spreading, flat, 9 lines 

 in diam., expanding in the evening. Carpels 8-10, stcllately hairy, J, in. 

 long, truncate, with strong mucro. Seeds brown, furfuraceous-dotted. 

 A. cornutum, Dalzell MS. in Herb. Kew. 



Sixd: Dalzell 8! ; Karachi to Mugger Peer, Perry \ 



The following is grown as an ornamental plant and is connnon in 

 gardens throughout the Presidency : — 



Ahitilon striatum, Dicks, in Lindl. Bot. Keg. (1839) Miscell. p. 39. 

 A slender erect branching shrub, glabrous even as to the young parts. 

 Leaves long-petioled, broadly ovate, 3- or obsoh'tely 5-lobed ; lobes 

 acuminate or subcuspidate, irregidarly coarsel}' serrat(> ; stipules 

 narrowly linear, oblanceolate, acuminate, s])reading, subpersistent. 

 Jlowers axillary, large, ro.sy with white streaks. Dalz. & (libs. Suppl. 

 p. 8 Oris. Fl. B. W. Ind. p. 79; K. Schum. in Mart. FL Bras. v. 12, 



