40 ABUTILON. 



short, capsules 12-15 hairy bicorne 3 seeded. 

 — Sida ahutilon L. aiid all the Botanists, but 

 with many varieties, perhaps species ? all an- 

 nual with small yellow flowers. 



Var palustris. Stem 2 to 6 feet, leaves 

 crenulate, peduncles triflore, 2 sterile. Swamps 

 of Carolina. Vernal. Elliot, 



Var. ruderale. Stem 2 to 6 feet, leaves 

 nearly entire, peduncles 3-5flore. Common 

 among rubbish, in woods and old dry fields 

 from New England to Kentucky. Estival. 



Var. unijioruni Raf. Stem pedal or less, 

 simple, few leaves, nearly entire, peduncles 

 uniflore, or only one flower. In waste grounds, 

 rare. 



W^hether our American varieties are identic 

 with those of Europe, Sibiria, India &.c. is 

 doubtful : the European has stem 5 feet high, 

 large entire leaves, peduncles uniflore, calix 

 canaliculate (fee. 



2. A. DECARPUM Raf. Sida ahutiloides Ja- 

 quin. Lavatera ! Americana L — Tomentose, 

 leaves cordate acuminate, crenate, peduncles 

 uniflore as long as petiols, 10 capsules 3 seeded. 

 — In South Florida, Stem 3-4 pedal. Hardly 

 different from some of the varieties above, but 

 capsules less on longer peduncle. Mistaken 

 for a Lavatera and deemed fruticose by Lin- 

 neus, a double blunder. 



3. A. cRispuM Raf. Sida crispa L. &.c, ap- 

 pears to differ from the others by white flowers, 

 a multilocular inflate cristate fruit: certainly 

 no Sida : Michaux and Elliot did not s ee it, 

 must be examined again. It probably belongs 

 to Cristaria, Leaves oblong cordate, acu- 

 minate and crenate. In Florida and Baha- 

 ma. 



