fTissadula.] xxv. Malvaceae (masters). 183 



Mozamb. Distr., Dr. Meller ! 



Found also ia the W . Indies, Brazil, and perhaps in India. 



5. ABUTILON, Ggertn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 20r). 



Bractlets 0. Calyx 5-cleft. Column divided at the apex into numerous 

 filaments. Ovary 5-co-celled, each with 1-3 or rarely more ovules. Styles 

 as many as the cells of the ovary. Ripe carpels united at the base or sepa- 

 rate, rounded, beaked or truncate at tlie summit. Seeds reniform, ascending 

 or horizontal. — Herbs or shrubs covered with down. Leaves cordate, angled 

 or lobed. Flowers axillary or terminal. — DC. Prod. i. 4G7, sect. Sidce. 



A widely distributed genus whose species are found throughout the tropics of both hemi- 

 spheres. It is, however, only artificially separated from Sida iu the carpdlary awns being 

 directed outwards, not upwards, and iu the possession usually of more than one ovule in 

 each cell of the ovary. This latter is, moreover, an uncertain mark of distinction. The 

 number of carpels is generally greater in Abutilon than in Sida. 



In India, with the exception of A. fruticosum^ the species of Abutiloti expand their 

 flowers in the evening; the Sidas^ on the other hand, flower in the daytime. 



Eipe carpels rounded or reniform at the top. 



Branches (especially the upper ones) angular 1. A. angulalum. 



Branches usually terete. 

 Carpels rounded, awned. 



Peduncles as long as or longer than the adjacent leaf . . . 'I. A. asiaiicum. 

 Peduncles shorter than the adjacent leaf. Stem downy and 



villose Z. A. graveolens. 



Carpels rounded, without awns. 



Flowers in large, loose, terminal, much-branched panicles . . 4. A. lomjicuspe. 

 Flowers solitary, axillary, or, if panicled, densely so, and 

 with short pedicels. 



Plant downy h. A. ylaucum. 



Plant downy and with spreading hairs "i. A. graveolens. 



Ripe carpels acute at the top, prolonged into 2 long awns. 

 Ripe carpels with (ultimately) long spreading points. 



Ripe fruit cylindrical, much longer than the calyx G. A. macropodum. 



Ripe fruit pateriform, not more than twice as long as the calyx. 



Leaves ovate, acuminate, downy 1. A. zanzibaricum. 



Leaves 3 -lobed, hispid ^. A. ramosum. 



Ripe carpels with erect, not spreading points 'J. A. indicum. 



Ripe carpels truncate, with short prolonged points. 



Flowers small. Calyx shorter than the ripe fruit 10. A. bidentalum. 



Flowers large (^ in. across). Calyx nearly equal to the ripe fruit . 11. A. hirtum. 

 Ripe carpels not seceding from the axis, truncate, acute, but without 

 prolonged points. 



Calyx deeply 5-cleft, villose \'2. A. auritum. 



Calyx shortly 5-cleft, downy 13. A.fruticosum. 



1. A. angulatum, Mast. A tall perennial with angular branches, 

 covered with whitish down. Leafstalks longer than the leaves, wliich arc 

 roundish, cordate, acute or acuminate, slightly serrated, 5-7-nerved, paler on 

 the lower than on the upper surface. Stipules subfalcate, reHexed. Panicle 

 terminal, loose, muck branched, ultimately leafless. Peduncles jointed, 

 shorter than the petioles. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-cleft ; segments ovate, acute, 

 submucronate, much shorter than the yellowish corolla. Fruit subglo))os«-, 



