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2 to 3 feet high, the hairs on the branches and petioles long and spread- 

 ing. Leaves oblong-cordate, obtuse, rarely acute, crenate ; both surfaces, 

 but especially the pale lower surface, softy hairy ; length 1*25 to 2 in , 

 breadth 8 to l'2o : petiole sligiitly longer than the blade. Stipules 

 linear, less than half tlie lentrtli of the petiole. Flowers "6 in. in diam., 

 axillary, solitary; corolla yellow; peduncles jointed near the apex, 

 varying in length, the lower longer, the upper shorter, than the petioles. 

 Carpels boldly 8-anglcd, reticulate, sub-glabrous, crowned by 2 strong, 

 divergent, retro-hispid awns. DC. Prod i. 464, Roxb. Fl. Ind., iii. 

 177; Wall. Cat JSiO ; W. & A. Prod. i. 58; Thwaites Enura. 28. 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Fl. Bombay, 17 ; Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 324, and 

 in Oliver's Fl. Tt op. Afr i. 181; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 140. S. 

 herbacea, Cav. Diss. i. 19, t. 13, f. 1 ; DC. Prodr. i. 463. S. tnicans, 

 Cav. Diss. i. 19, t. 3. f. 1. S. rotundifolia, Cav. Diss. i. 20, t. 3, f. 6, and 

 Diss. vi. t. 194, f. 2 ; Wall. Cat. 1849, D ; DC. Prodr. i. 464. S. althcei- 

 folia, Swartz, Guill. & Per. Fl. Seneg. i. 73.— Rheede Hort. Mai. x. t. 54. 

 In Malacca : and probably in all the Pi'ovinces as a weed. Distrib. 

 The Tropics generally. 



2. Abutilon, Gaertn. 



Herbs or undershrubs more or less covered with down. Leaves 

 angled or palraately-lobed. Injlorescence axillary or terminal. Bracteoles 

 0. Calyx of 5 valvate sepals, tubular below. Corolla of 5 petals, free 

 above, connate below and adnate to the tube of the stamens. Staminal- 

 hihe divided at the apex into numerous filaments. Carpels 5-8. Styles 

 as many as the carpels. Ripe carpels separating from the axis, awned or 

 not, 1- or more-seeded. Seeds reniform. Distrib, About 70 species, all 

 tropical or subtropical. 



A. INDICUM, G. Don. Gen. Syst. i. 504. An annual or perennial 

 undershrub. Leaves broadly cordate, irregularly and coarsely toothed 

 or sub-entire, pale and minutely pubescent on both surfaces, often 

 with a few longer hairs intermixed, length J to 2 in., breadth. 1 to 2 

 in. ; petiole usually longer than the blade. Flowers 1 in. in diam, axil- 

 lary, solitary, the peduncles longer than the petioles, jointed near the 

 top; corolla yellow. Sepals ovate, acute, shorter than the spreading 

 petals. Carpels 15 to 20, longer than the calyx, truncate or with short 

 spreading awns, tomentose at first, ultimately sub-glabrous. iHeeds 

 dark brown, minutely stellate-hairy. Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 

 326 ; A. asiaticum, W. & A. Prodr. i. 56, not Sida asiatica, Linn. ; W. 

 & A. Prodr. i. 56; Wight Ic. t. 12; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 18 ; 

 Thwaites Enum. 27; Mast, in Oliv. Fl. Trop, Afr. i. 186; Miq. PI. Ind. 



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