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MALVACEAE. XXVIII. ABUTILON. XXIX. NUTTALLIA. 



carpels 9-10, beaked, almost equal in length with the calyx, 

 3-seeded. Fj . S. Native of? Flowers yellow. 



Softest-leaved Abutilon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. Shrub 

 7 to 8 feet. 



70 A. GRANDJFLORUM ; erect, branched, pubescent ; leaves 

 cordate, lobately-toothed, roundish, on very long petioles ; pe- 

 duncles solitary, 1 -flowered ; carpels numerous, pubescent. Tj . S. 

 Native of Guinea. Flowers large, yellow. 



Great-flowered Abutilon. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



71 A. CORNU'TUM (Willd. enum. p. 724. under Siila,) leaves 

 ovate, cordate, toothed, clothed with soft pubescence on both 

 surfaces ; flowers panicled ; carpels inflated, horned. Tj . S. 

 Native of South America. Flowers yellow. Cells of capsule 

 5-6, 3-seeded. This plant belongs to section Oligocdrpce, 



Horned-capsuled Abutilon. Shrub 1 feet. 



72 A. PUBE'SCENS (Cav. diss. 1. p. 33. t. 7. f. 6. under Sida,) 

 pilose ; leaves roundish, cordate, acuminate, angularly-crenate, 

 tomentose ; pedicels longer than the petioles ; carpels 15, bi- 

 dentate, truncate, larger than the calyx, 3-seeded. Tj . S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Flowers whitish. 



Pubescent Abutilon. PI. 3 feet. 



73 A. ORBICULA'TCM (D. C. prod. 1. p. 471. under Sida,) 

 leaves ovately-orbicular, somewhat kidney-shaped, toothed, hoary 

 beneath ; pedicels longer than petioles ; carpels 13, younger ones 

 tomentose, blunt, adult ones smooth, bidentate. ^ . G. Native 

 of China. Flowers yellow ? 



Orbicular-leaved Abutilon. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 3 feet. 



74 A. I'NDICUM (Lin. spec. 964, under Sida,) leaves cordate, 

 somewhat lobed, soft ; stipulas reflexed ; pedicels erect, 3 times 

 longer than the petioles; carpels 13-15, 3-seeded, scabrous, 

 longer than the calyx. Q. S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Cav. diss. 1. p. 33. t. 7. f. 10. Abutilon elongation, Mcench. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Indian Abutilon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1739. PI. 2 feet. 



75 A. VESICA'RIUM (Cav. diss, 2. p. 55. 1. 14. f. 3. under Sida,) 

 leaves ovate, cordate, toothed, somewhat tricuspidate, white be- 

 neath ; pedicels twice as long as the petioles ; carpels 10, trun- 

 cate, awnless, acutish, 5-seeded. J?. S. Native of Mexico. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Bladdery- capsuled Abutilon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. 

 Shrub 3 feet. 



76 A. GLAU'CUM (Cav. icon. 1. p. 8. t. 11. under Sida,) leaves 

 roundish, cordate, acuminate, coarsely toothed, clothed with 

 soft glaucous tomentum ; lower pedicels shorter than the petioles, 

 upper ones longer ; carpels 12-15, obtuse, shorter than the calyx; 

 stem beset with glandular hairs, fj . S. Native of Senegal. 

 Flowers yellow. Carpels 1 -3-seeded. 



G7acous-leaved Abutilon. Fl.Jul. Aug. Clt. 1824. Sh. 3ft.? 

 77 A. A'LBIDUM (Willd. enum. p. 722. under Sida,) leaves 

 roundish, cordate, acuminate, toothed, hoary on both surfaces 

 from soft tomentum ; pedicels length of petioles; carpels 12-15, 

 truncate, acute, almost equal in length with the calyx. 1? . G. 

 Native of the Canary Islands. Sida, no. 340. Bory. ess. isl. 

 fort. Pedicels sometimes shorter, sometimes longer than the 

 petioles. Flowers yellow. Carpels hairy, many-seeded ? 



Whitish-leaved Abutilon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. Shrub 

 2 feet. 



78 A. CRASSIFOLIUM (Lher. stirp. 1. p. 125. t. 60. under Sida,) 

 leaves ovate, cordate, toothed, rather tricuspidate, hoary with 

 tomentum ; pedicels length of petioles ; carpels 9-10, 2-pointed, 

 3-seeded. Tj . S. Native of Hispaniola. S. tricuspidata, Cav. 

 icon. p. 30. t. 6. f. 5. Flowers yellow. 



Far. ft, tomentbsum (Cav. descr. 164.) branches 3 or 4-sided. 

 Native of America. 



Thick-leaved Abutilon. Shrub 2 feet. 



79 A. MOLLI'COMUM (Willd. enum. p. 725. under Sida,) leaves 

 ovate-oblong, cordate, unequally toothed, tricuspidate, clothed 

 with very soft tomentum ; pedicels shorter than the petioles ; 

 carpels 9, acuminate, inflated. T; . S. Native ? S. sericea, 

 Cav. descr. p. 164. Flowers yellow. Carpels 2-seeded. 



Soft-haired Abutilon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub 4 ft. 



80 A. VITIFOLIUM (Cav. icon. 5. p. 12. t. 420. under Sida,) 

 leaves cordate, 5-7-lobed ; lobes acuminate, serrate, tomentose 

 beneath ; peduncles longer than the petioles, branched, umbellate ; 

 carpels 9, 6-seeded, each with 2 long awns at the apex. T; . G. 

 Native of Chili. Flowers large, rose-coloured. 



Vine-leaved Abutilon. Shrub 6 feet. 



81 A. ACERIFOLIUM (Lag. nov. gen. p. 21. under Sida,) leaves 

 cordate, somewhat peltate, 3-5-lobed, unequally toothed, villous; 

 pedicels 1-flowered, longer than the petioles ; carpels 10-12, in- 

 flated, each with 2 awns at the base on the outside. Tj . S. 

 Native of New Spain. S. spinifex, and perhaps S. palmata of 

 Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex D. C. The whole plant is hispid. 

 Flowers blue. 



Maple-leaved Abutilon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



82 A. RI'GIDUM ; erect, branched; leaves oval, obtuse, usually 

 acuminated, unequally serrated on short petioles, white beneath 

 from pubescence ; pedicels solitary, 1-flowered, equal in length 

 to the leaves. ^ . S. Native of Guinea. Flowers large, 

 yellow. Perhaps a species of Sida. 



Stiff Abutilon. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



83 A. VELUTI'NUM ; erect, branched ; leaves ovate, acute, 

 serrated, somewhat cordate at the base, pubescent ; peduncles 

 solitary, 1-flowered, longer than the leaves. ^ . S. Native of 

 Guinea. Plant soft from pubescence. Perhaps a Sida. 



Velvety Abutilon. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



Cult. The species of Abiit'don will thrive well in any light 

 soil, and cuttings of them will root freely in sand or mould under 

 a hand-glass, in heat. Some of the species are rather ornamental 

 when in flower. 



XXIX. NUTTA'LLIA (in honour of Thomas Nuttall, F.L.S. 

 professor of mineralogy in the university of New Cambridge, 

 North America, an acute botanist, author of Genera of North 

 American Plants, &c.) Dick's mss. Hook. exot. fl. 3. t. 171. 

 Callirrhoe, Nutt. in journ. acad. n. sc. philad. v. ii. p. 181. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polydndria. Calyx naked, quin- 

 quefid. Anthers numerous. Stigmas numerous, filiform. Car- 

 pels numerous, 1 -seeded, disposed in a ring or whorl around the 

 central axis, not opening spontaneously as in Mdlva and Allhce'a, 

 Elegant plants, with pedate leaves, and rather large reddish- 

 purple flowers. Roots tuberous, rather fusiform. 



1 N. DIGITA'TA (Dick's mss. Hook. exot. fl. t. 171.) glau- 

 cous ; leaves subpeltate 6-7-parted, with linear-entire or 2- 

 parted segments, upper ones more simple ; peduncles long, axil- 

 lary, 1-flowered. I/ . H. Native of North America in prairies 

 in the Arkansa territory. Callirrhoe digitata, Nutt. 1. c. Sida 

 digitata, Spreng. 



Digitate-leaved Nuttallia. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



2 N. PEDA'TA (Nutt. mss. Hook. exot. fl. 3. t. 172.) leaves 

 lacineately-pedate, upper ones trifid ; flowers panicled. y.. H. 

 Native of North America in prairies in the Arkansa territory. 

 Sida pedata, Spreng. This plant differs from the last in the 

 panicled inflorescence. 



Pedate-leaved Nuttallia. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



Cult. These plants deserve to be cultivated in every collec- 

 tion on account of the elegance of their blossoms. They thrive 

 best in peat soil mixed with sand, or vegetable mould. They 

 may be increased by seeds, or sometimes by dividing the plants 

 at the root. They require shelter in severe weather. 



