326 xxvi. MALVACI:JE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Abutilon. 



(;<'. ,SV< i. 500 ; W. A A. Pmdr. i. r>5 ; Tlwiilrs Ennrn. 27 ; Dah.. <( Ml*. 

 JBomb.Fl. 17; MI<I. F . Jnd. La. i. \*. 2, 144. Sida oxyphylla, W<i!l. Cut. 

 lr>0. 8. polyandra, Tfcajk //o/*. J&?{/. 50, /V. I, id. iii. 173; JFo#. t'a*. 

 1851, D, E, F. IS. persica, />/////*. /'/. Lid. t. 47, f. 1 ; Cav. Diss. i. t. 4, f. 1 ; 

 Z>G'. /Vorfr. i. 473. S. macrophylla, Wall Cat. 1851, D. 



NORTH-WEST PROVINCES, TROPICAL HIMALAYA, \\*KSTERX PENINSULA, LIRMA, 

 CKYLON. DISTRIB. Java, South Trop. Africa, Persia? 



Annual or perennial. Leaves 4-5 in., downy, especially beneath ; petiole 4 in. 

 Peduncle* clustered in small terminal racemes, jointe I near the top. Sepai lanceolate, 

 f'.. nriig a bed-shaped tube below. CoroRa 14 in. Jiam. CWr/W.s' hispid exceeding 

 the calyx, awns erect. 



2. A. asiaticum, G. Don Gen. fysf. i. 503; leaves rugose above 

 velvety beneath acute or acuminate, toothed, cordate at the base, sepals 

 ovate acute or acuminate, petals overlapping, ripe carpels about _'<) 

 hispid scarcely longer than the calyx, awns erect. ThwiHf* Fnnm. 27; 

 I)'. & A. Prod.L 56j M*L in Oliv. 'FL Tr t >. Afr. i. 184. Sida asiatica, 

 Linn. Sj>. !)f>l ; <'"<'. ' J)i**. i t. 7, f. 2, and v. t. 128, f. 1 ; Mi'/. Fl. ln<L lint. 

 i. j)t. 2, 14:>; /://</: Stop. Kid. 



\\'isiKi;N 1 ('i:vL<N. DisTiMH. Tnpirs of Lot h liomisplii-n's. 



Hcri'ai-'-ons or sutl'rntescriit. JjKtr-x :\ 1 in. and more, tmbflcabrid above, velvety 

 beneath ; stijmlcs linear, dclK-xi-d. /'< ilmtrlrx stout, jointed near the Ho\ver, longer 

 th.-i-i tin-, petiole. Flowers yellow, 2 in. diam. ('nl>/.i- eampanulate ('(ir^i Zx rarely 



niuticous. 



'I'he synonymy of this and the two following species is much confused. The .1. 



n^'"f ruin of Wigfit'a herbarium is indistinguishable from A. intli>-iun. of Don. The 



rug')se upper surface of the leaf menti"ni-d by I/IIeritier is one of the best marks of 



t'.ii.-. ipecies, the shape of the eal\ x-lobes, and the relative si/e and amount of pubes- 



uiorc variable. 



:j. A. indicum, (i. !)<> (,',-n. >>/. i. "><>l; leaves cordate nearly entire 

 or irregularly toothed covered on both surfaces with closely-felted white 

 down with few or no hairs intermingled, si-pals ovate acute, ripe carpels 

 1 2i> Imgur than the calyx glabresceiit truncate or shortly awned, awns 

 spreading. A. asiaticum, II'. ii-.l. Prodi: i. .";, n-it Sida asiatica, Linn.: 

 IT. (' .1 Prodr. i. "><; ; }\'i,f/if. /<: t. 12; Dah. ,(- (;U>*. ]><>,,it>. F/. is ; Thwaites 

 Enum. 27 ; J///'. in UH*': FL Tmj>. Afr. i. lsc ; Mi'/. Fl. lnd._ ttt. i. ].t. 2, 

 1 Hi. Sida indica, /,. ; I)L\ Prndr. i. 471 : f '<'. Jh**. \. p. 33, t. 7,1. 11) ; A'o.-//. 

 FL I nd. iii. 179 ; !!'///. Cat. L869, 1, 2, D, F. 



Generally distributed throughout tropical India (wanting in Malacca). CKYI.<>\, 

 Tt.iraitcx. DISTICH-,. Troj', 



Annual or perennial, titi/ndcs deflexed. Peduncles longer than the petioles, jointed 

 near the top. Flowers yellow, 1 in. diam., opening in the evening. 



VAI:. 1. pcpulijalium, \\'. ^. A. 1'rodr. i. .")(', var. ft: leaves more or less ac'iminate. 

 Abutilou populitblium, <1. Ihm (!<it. N//.--7 i. ;'>()'.'>; Sida. populi folia, Lnn.; ('itr. /-'/.s-<. 

 i. t. 7, !'. 1 J; 1>C. I'rodr. i. 470; /.a/'-/,. /'/. InJ. iii. IT.) \ \Vnll. Cat. 1858; Sida 

 I'.el n-re, L'IL-r. tiCu-p. i. 130. S. Eteromischos, Cav. Diss. ii. 55, and v. p. 275, t. 1U8. 

 Humph. And), iv. t. xi. ; J!lnI<: Hurt. Mid. vi. t. 65. 



Lamarck's plant is open to doubt, as the stem is described as purplish, and the stipules 

 as spirally twisted. 



4. A. bidentatum, HocJist. in A . Rich. FL Abyss, i. 68 ; leaves cordate- 

 *^'ate acuminate crenate-toothed, stipules short subulate, panicles axillary, 

 '^duncles shorter than the leaves, ripe carpels 20 smooth exceeding the 

 <lyx, awns spreading. Mast, in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 186. 



NoicTU-WEsr PROVINCES*, Edge wort h ; SINDU, Stocks ; I'ANJAB, T. Thomson; CON- 

 C,.VN. DJSTKIB. Tropical Africa and Arabia. 



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