AbuiUon.'] XXV. MALVACE.E (MASTERS). 18? 



ovate, acute, scarcely acuminate, minutely toothed, sli<,Mitly pilose and villose 

 on both surfaces. Flowers in small axillary panicles. IVduncles lonj^er 

 than the petioles, jointed above. Calyx 5-fid ; se^nnents di-lloid, acuminate, 

 shorter than the ripe fruit, which latter is subglobose, truncate, depressed. 

 Carpels 16-20, 3-seeded, compressed, truncate at the apex and 2-dentate, 

 one tooth directed outwards, the other towards the centre of the llower. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Sc/iitn/ier ! Soturba, Schiceinfurth ! Kordofaii, Sinuar, fide 

 Webb. 

 Found also in Arabia. 



11. A. hirtum, Bon, Gen. Si/st. i. 503. A tall, erect, perennial plant, 

 whose branches are covered with down, interspersed among wiiich are a few 

 brownish spreading villi. Leaves on long stalks, ovate-cordate, acute, sub- 

 acuminate, coarsely serrate, 6-7-nerved, downy on both surfaces. Stipules 

 persistent, subulate. Peduncles simple or branched, axillary or terminal, 

 about the length of the leafstalk, articulate near the top. Calyx subglobose, 

 5-fid, its segments oval, cuspidate, equalling the ripe carpels. Petals large, 

 bright orange, hairy at the base. Fruit truncate, depressed. Carpels 12 or 

 more, oblong, truncate above and terminating in 2 short teeth, 1 looking 

 outwards the other towards the centre of the flower. Seeds 3 in each carpel. 

 — Sldu hirta, Lam. Diet. i. 7. Abidilon helerolrichum, Hochst. PI. Schimp. 

 Abyss. A. Kotschyi, Hochst. in Webb, Frag. Fl. iEthiop. 52. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia, Schimpei' ! Plowden! Kordofan, Kotsclnj ! White Nile, v. 

 Uarnier ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Senna, Tette, Peters. 



'I'he same species occurs on the coast of Venezuela, where a specimen was coUcrtcd by 

 Buschell, and which is now deposited in the liookeriau herbarium. 



12. A. aurituxn. Mast. A perennial, covered for the most part with 

 fine down, intermingled with which are a few villi. Leaves on very long 

 hispid stalks, orbicular, cordate, acuminate, dentate, downy on both surfaces, 

 villous or hispid along the nerves. Stipules large, oblique, broadly ovate- 

 lanceolate. Inflorescence a terminal, ultimately leafless, panicle ; pedicels 

 short, jointed below the middle. Calyx hispid, deeply 5-parted ; segments 

 ovate-lanceolate. Kipe fruit cylindrical, truncate, umbilicate, longer than 

 the persistent calyx. Cai-pels 20, not seceding, oblong, subrostmte, blackish, 

 membranous, dehiscing along the dorsal suture, each 3-seeded. Seeds covered 

 with tufts of stellate hairs. — Sida aurita, Wall. Cat. n. 1860 ! 



Upper Guinea. Wellington, Sierra Leone, Dr. Kirk! This is identical wilh Wal- 

 lich's plant above cited. 



13. A. fruticosum, Gnill. et Perr. FL Seueg. \. 73. A much branched 

 rigid perennial or undershrub, densely covered with fine white dow n. Leaves 

 small, on short stalks, cordate-ovate, acute, denticulate, covered with soft 

 whitish down on both surfc\ces ; stipules linear. Peduncles solitary, axillar>-, 

 longer than the petiole, l-3-flowered, jointed. Calyx hall the length of ihe 

 corolla ; calyx-lobes ovate, acute. Fruit cylindrical, truncate, about j in. 

 long, scarcely shorter than the calyx. Carpels 10, persistent, each one ob- 

 long, truncate, with no beak, splitting down the back. Seeds 2-3 in each 

 carpel, tuberculnte.— y/. microphjllum, Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 70. t. xv. A. den- 



