Abutilon.} MALVACEAE, 45 
cordate, 1'/2—31/2‘  1—2‘, acuminate or obtuse, with bluntish serratures, 
thick with prominent nerves, tomentose below, greenish above, on petioles 
of '/s—1/s of their own length. Pedicels crowded on short branc es, 
either single, with a short accessory glomerule, or 2 or 3 together, 1—2‘ 
long. Calyx 3”, tomentose, thick, angular, with deltoid lobes, the base 
of the median nerve Gitekensd: Corolla as in no. 2. Carpids 8—9, 
slender, 2—3” long, terminating in 2 erect subulate beaks of more than 
half their own a with appressed hairlets. — Benth. Fl. Hongk. — 
Griseb. Fl. W. Ind. p. 76. 
rm corresponds Nis a. of Grise bach, as reported from S. America and India. 
m to pass into each other where they occur together 
. S. Meyeniana, Walp. Rel. Meyen. p. 307; Repert. V, 94. — A shrub, 
4—6 ft. high, the young shoots sparingly covered with a scattered 
stellate pubescence, otherwise glabrous and green. Leaves broadly ovate, 
—3' X 4/4—2', on petioles of 1/2 their length, acute, deeply serrate, 
mostly cordate, thin membranous, glabrous on both vires Stipules setaceous, 
minutely pubescent, 3”. tee 1/.—11/2‘, articulate in the upper third, 
Single, or 2 or 3 together and then generally ee above the base. 
Calyx 3—5”, thin, saliplaticete, with broad caudato-acuminate lobes. 
Petals twice as long or more, deep yellow. Carpids 7—9, short and 
thick, with 2 subulate teeth which diverge after pees and are as 
long as the bodies of the carpids or longer. — Gray, l. c. p. 164. — 
S. ulmifolia, Hook. & Arn. 1. c. p. 79. — Some plants are ceaieached with 
pee ap and have a hoary calyx. 
ests of all islands Not eS from elsewhere, but nearly allied to 
for : 
Ss. ulmifotia, Cay., from tropical Ameri 
+ 5. S. spinosa, L. — DC. Prod. I, 460, — Subherbaceous, 1—2 ft. high, 
erect, minutely pubescent. Leaves oblong- or linear-lanceolate, bluntish, 
axillary, single, or 2 or 3 together, 4—8“ long, articulate above the middle. 
yX membranous, 3” long, the ovate-acute lobes 1/s of its length, 
Petals a little longer, pale yellow. Carpids 5—8, 2” long, with two dorsal 
tubercles, the subulate beaks as long as their bodies, pubescent. — 
S. angustifolia, Lam. — Griseb. Fl. W. ans Rs 
ear Honolulu at the base of levcengatgt? hill. 
which has also found its way to parts o 
4, ABUTILON, Gaertn. 
Calyx without involucre. Staminal column ending in filaments. Carpels. 
5 or more, each with several ovules, and when ripe united below, but 
Se actives from tropical America, 
Roa psc nt islands. 
