Abutilon.] xxv. Malvaceae (masters). 185 



pels about 20, obtuse, reniform, 1 -seeded, ultimately seceding from the axis. 

 — Sida longicuspis, Hoclist. PI. Schimp. Abyss. S. acuminata, R. Br. in Salt, 

 Abyss. App. 65. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia, Salt ! Schimper ! 

 Mozamb. Distr. Mount Chiradzura, Dr. Sleller! 



5. A. glaucuxn, fVebb in Hook. Fl. Nigrit. 109. A tall perennial or 

 undershrub with cylindrical, downy branches. Leafstalks about as lon;^ as 

 the leaves, which latter are roundish or slip^htly angular, cordate, acuminate, 

 irregularly dentate, 7-9-nerved, downy on both surfaces. Panicles axillary 

 and terminal. Floral leaves deciduous. Peduncles jointed, scarcely as long 

 as the petioles. Calyx cup-shaped, its 5 segments ovate, cuspidate, some- 

 times deltoid and acuminate, shorter than the corolla. Petals pinkish with a 

 deeper coloured spot at the base. Fruit subglobose, depressed at the top, 

 very downy, exceeding the persistent calyx. Carpels 20 or more, ultimately 

 seceding, membranous, reniform, beakless, each 2-3-seeded. — A. asiaticum, 

 Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 67, nonLinn. Sidaglaiica, Cav. Ic. i. 8. t. 11. S. 

 mutica, Delile, 111. Fl. Egypte, 60, n. 45. S. pannosa, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. 

 App. 65, an Forst. ? Abutilon muticum, Webb, Frag. Fl. iEthiop. 51. A.pan- 

 nosum, Webb, 1. c. 



Upper Guinea. Senegarabia, Heudelot ! Bninner ! 



Nile Iiand, SpeJce and Orant ! Sennar, Kotschy ! Nubia, Solurba, ScJitceinfurth ! 

 Abyssinia, Salt ! Petit ! 



A widely distributed plant, occurring in Egypt, the Cape de Verde Islands, Affghauistan, 

 and the hotter parts of Asia. 



Webb, in the ' Niger Flora,' showed that the Abutilon asiaticum of Guillemin and Perrottet 

 was referable to the same species as the Sida mutica of Delile, both names however being 

 superseded by the prior one of Cavauilles, S. glauca, hence Webb's name of A. glaucum. 

 Subsequently, in the ' Fragmentum Florulae jEthiopise,' Webb considered that the Senegal 

 plant belonged to Abutilon or rather to Sida pantiosa, Forst. Where Forster published 

 this species is not known to me. R. Brow^n, however, as shown by a ms. note to one of 

 Salt's specimens ii\ the British Museum, was of the same opinion. Webb, further, in the 

 last-named publication seeks to distinguish A. muticum from A.pannosum, on the ground 

 of certain slight differences in the form of the stipules, sepals, colour of tlowers, etc. ; but 

 none of these differences (unless it be the colour of corolla) are constant even on the same 

 specimen. Hence it has not been thought advisable to adhere to Webb's latest views, but 

 to those expressed in the ' Niger Flora.' 



6. A. macropodum, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 69. ^ 14. A low- 

 growing, much-branched, suffrutescent perennial, the younger shoots and 

 leaves downy. Petioles 1-2 in. long, equalling the leaves, which are cordate, 

 roundish, obscurely 3-lobed ; lobes broad entire or crenate. Stipules linear. 

 Pedicels nearly as long as the leaves, simple, solitary, axillary, 1 -flowered, 

 thickened at the apex, jointed. Sepals ovate, acute, slightly cuspidate, 

 downy, much shorter than the ripe fruit, which is cylindrical, truncate, 

 scarcely an inch long, about an inch across, and consisting of 20 or more 

 membranous, readily-separable carpels, each terminated by two awns, which 

 are at first erect and ultimately spread horizontally. Seeds large ; columella 

 thick cylindrical or clavate, longer than the calyx. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet ! 



Apparently a well-marked species as to its habit and the great comparative size of the 

 ripe carpels. 



