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calyx lobes broadly ovate, finely tomentose; petals 3 cm. long; carpels 1.5 cm. 

 long, rounded at apex, stellate-hirsute. 



5. Abutilon peyritschii Standi. 



Aiutilon macranthum Peyr. Linnaea 30: 59. 1859. Not A. macranthum St. 

 Hil. 1825. 



Veracruz ; type from Zacuapan. Guatemala. 



Small tree ; leaves rounded-cordate, 5 to 20 cm. long, abruptly acuminate, 

 deeply cordate at base, green and glabrate above, finely stellate-pubescent be- 

 neath ; calyx brown-tomentose, the lobes oblong-ovate ; petals 3 cm. long, yel- 

 low, purplish at base. 



6. Abutilon notolopliium A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 5 : 175. 1861. 

 Ahutilon goldmani Baker & Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 5: 170. 1899. 

 San Luis PotosI and Veracruz. 



Leaves rounded-cordate, 7 to 21 cm. long, abruptly acuminate, deeply cor- 

 date at base, green and glabrate above, finely stellate-tomentose beneath; 

 flowers axillary or umbellate ; sepals densely tomentose ; petals 3.5 cm. long, 

 yellow ; carpels 1.5 to 2 cm. long, stellate-hirsute. 



7. Abutilon yucatanum Standi., sp. nov. 



Type from La Vega, Yucat.1n (Goldman 634; U. S. Nat. Herb. No. 397004). 



Stems, peduncles, and calyx densely covered with an orange-brown tomen- 

 tum ; leaves broadly cordate, 8 to 17 cm. long, acuminate, deeply cordate at 

 base, entire, green above, beneath finely stellate-pubescent ; peduncles axillary, 

 8 to 12 cm. long; calyx 2.2 cm. long, densely stellate-tomentose, the lobes 

 acute ; petals narrow, 4 to 4.5 cm. long ; carpels 12 or more, 1.2 cm. long, 

 gtellate-tomentose. 



8. Abutilon hirtum (Lam.) Sweet, Hort Brit. 1: 53. 1826. 

 Sida hirta Lam. Encycl. 1: 7. 1783. 



Tamaulipas and Tabasco, and probably elsewhere; reported from Veracruz. 

 Southern Florida, West Indies, and tropical Asia and Africa. 



Stems minutely tomentulose and long-hirsute ; leaves orbicular-cordate, 

 acute, dentate, stellate-velutinous, calyx lobes broadly ovate, cuspidate, tomen- 

 tose; petals 1.5 cm. long; carpels numerous, 1 cm. long, stellate-hirsute. 

 " Bot6n de oro " (Veracruz, Seler) ; " buenas tardes " (Porto Rico). 



9. Abutilon percaudatum Hochr., sp. nov. 



Type from Rfo Verde, San Luis Potosi [Palmer 19; U. S. Nat. Herb. No. 

 470873). 



Stems pilosulous with simple hairs ; leaves ovate to rounded-cordate, 7 to 

 10 cm. long, deeply cordate at base, shallowly crenate, thinly stellate-pubes- 

 cent ; calyx lobes lance-ovate, coursely pubescent ; petals 1 cm. long ; carpels 

 1 cm long. 



10. Abutilon parvulum A. Gray, PI. Wright. 1 : 21. 1852. 



Chihuahua and Soiiora. Western Texas to Arizona and Colorado ; type 

 from Texas. 



Plants usually herbaceous, the stems stellate-pubescent, 30 to 60 cm. high ; 

 leaves ovate-cordate, 2 to 5 cm. long, obtuse or acute, coarsely dentate, green, 

 stellate-pubescent ; petals orange-yellow ; carpels 8 mm. long, minutely stellate- 

 tomentose. 



11. Abutilon wrightii A. Gray, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 6: 162. 1850. 



Sonora and Coahuila. Western Texas ; type collected along the Rio Grande. 



Stems chiefly herbaceous, 20 to 60 cm. high, densely hirsute; leaves broadly 



cordate, 2 to 4 cm. long, obtuse or rounded at apex, deeply cordate at base, 



