: ABUTILOX 



ABOTILON (name of obscure origin). Malvdceip. 

 'lowering Maple. Attractive coolhouse shrubs and 

 ■iiiilciw plants. Lvs. long-stalked, often maple-like: tts. 

 iMi naked 5-cleft calyx, 5 separate obovate petals, many 

 tamens united in a column about the many-branched 



style. Of very easy culture in conditions which are suit- 

 able for geraniums or fuchsias. Usually grown in pots, 

 but sometimes bedded out in summer. Dwarf and com- 

 pact varieties suitable for bedding are becoming popular. 

 The tall varieties are adaptable to growing on rafters 

 or pillars. A . 



striatum and A. ._, 



Thompsoni are " ^ 



the commonest 

 type forms. Prop, 

 by greenwood cut- 

 ting.s at any sea- 

 .son, preferably in 

 late winter or 

 early spring ; also freely by > 

 horticultural varieties, some 

 doubt hybrids, are in common cultivation. 

 Following are well known : Arthur Bel- 

 sham, red, shaded gold. Boule de Neige, 

 pure white, very free. Eclipse, foliage 

 marbled green and yellow: tls. of fair size; 

 sepals scarlet; petals orange-buff : suited 

 for baskets and vases: ».toTmotA.mL'ga- 

 fiolamicum (.inother Eclipse is known). 

 Erecta, pink orange-veined erect fis. Gol- 

 den Bell, deep yellow, free-floweriug. Golden Fleece, 

 pure yellow, free-flowering. Mary Miller, deep rose 

 pendulou.s fls. Mrs. John Laing, purplish rose. Rosa;- 

 flora, pinkish rose. Royal Scarlet, rich, shining scarlet. 

 Santana, deep red. Savitzii, dwarf, with white-edged 

 foliage: useful for bedding. Snow .Storm, semi-dwarf, 

 pure white. Souvenir de Bonn, lvs. large, deep green, 

 not mottled, but edged with a broad white margin: dis- 

 tinct and .striking: a useful bedding plant. Splendens, 

 bright red. 



A. Leaves proyninently Jobed, mostly maple-like or 



vine-like. 



B. Corolla widely open or spreading. 



D&rwini, Hook. f. Strong pubescent shrub S-.i ft. : 



lvs. velvety pubescent beneath, thickish, 5-0-ribbed, the 



ABUTILON 



lower ones lobed to the middle, the upper ones shallow- 

 .S-lobed: fls. 1-3 at a place, orange with blood-red veins. 

 Brazil. B.M. 5917. — Blooms in both winter and summer. 

 Much hybridized with other species. A. grundijibrum 

 and --1. eonipaetum are garden forms ; also A. fiorihun- 

 rfiim, Hort., R. H. 1881: 350. . 

 BB. Corolla mostly lunger and contracted at the mouth. 



striatum, Dicks. Fig. 4. Glabrous throughout: lvs. thin, 

 deeply 5-lobe(l, the lobes long-pointed, rather closely ser- 

 rate, sometimes small-spotted: fls. rather small and slen- 

 der, hanging on peduncles 4-6 in. long, red or orange, 

 with brown-red veins, the stamens scarcely or not at all 

 exserted. Brazil. B.M. 3840. P.M. 7: 53. -One of the har- 

 diest species, blooming continuously. 



Thbmpsoni, Hort. Fig. 5. Graceful but strong-growing 

 plant: lvs. vine-like, mostlyS-lobed, the middle lobe long- 

 pointed, thin and usually glabrous, mottled with green 

 and yellowish blotches: fls. medium size, yellow or 

 orange with red veins, the column of stamens conspicu- 

 ously exserted in tlie single forms. R.H. 1885: 324. G.W. 

 70:133.— Blooms in summer and winter. An offshoot of 

 A. stria tian, or a hybrid with that species. In the double- 

 fld. form, the fls. are open-spreading. Cions often convey 

 the variegation to the stock. Common and valuable. 



vendsum, Lemaire. Very strong grower: lvs. large, 

 deeply palmate-lobed and strongly toothed: fls. large, 3 

 in. long, on peduncles 10-12 in. long. Mex. B.M. 4463. 

 — A showy species. 



AA. Leaves not lobed^ cordate, but prominently toothed, 



sometimes angled. 



B. Corolla ifide-spreading. 



insigne, Planchon. (.4. Igneum, Hdrt.). Lvs. medium 

 size, crenate-dentate, acuminate, villous pubescent un- 

 derneath : fls. large, flaring-mouthed, white with very 

 heavy and rich veining and markings of purple and red, 

 on slenilerliaiigingpeduncles. New Granada. B.M. 4840. 

 Gn. 18: L'tl.'l. — Xtt-y showy; common. 



longiciispe, Tlorhst. White-canescent shrub, with long- 

 acuminate, bn)a<I-<M..rd;iteand blunt-toothed long-stalked 

 lvs., felt-like below: blue veiny wide-open fls. on mostly 

 many-branched axillary peduncles. Abyssinia. — Re- 

 cently introduced by S. Cal. Acclimatizing Assoc, from 

 seed collected by .Schweinfurth and distributed from 

 Berlin in 1893. 



megapotdmicum, 

 M Hil. & Naud. 

 ( i. vexillftrium, 

 Morten). Fig. 6. Droop- 

 ing habit : lvs. rather 

 small, lance - ovate, 

 acuminate, sharp-ser- 

 rate : fls. 2-3 in. long, 

 on short drooping 

 stalks, the long calyx 

 bright red, the pro- 

 truding petals lemon- 

 yellow, the column of 

 stamens conspicuously 

 protru<ling. Trop. Am. 

 B.M. 5717. Gn. 37: 745. J. H. HI. 18: 359. -A strikingly 

 handsome species. Common in windows and baskets. 

 There is a variegated-leaved variety. Genet ally mis- 

 spelled mesapotamicum. 

 A. arbdreum, Sweet. Lvs. cordate, touieutose: fls. pale yellow. 



Abutilon 

 Thompsi 



double (X %). 



