4 ABUTILON 



ABtTTILON (name of obscure origin). MalvAcece. 

 Flowering Maple. Attractive coolhouse shrub.s and 

 window plants. Lvs. lonK-.stalked, often niaple-lilte: fls. 

 with nalsed 5-cleft calyx, 5 separate obovate petals, many 

 stamens united in a coluTiin about tbe raany-branched 



style. Of^er^ . 

 able for geranii 

 but sometimes 1 



I tn h 11 I II 11\ f,rimn in pots, 

 d out lu sumiuti Dwarf and com- 

 pact varieties suitable for bedding are becoming popular. 

 The tall varieties arc idaptable to growing on rafters 

 or pillars 4 



striatum and A. , 



Thompsoni are 

 the commonest 

 type forms. Prop, 

 by greenwood cut- 

 tings at any sea- 

 son, preferably in 

 late winter or 



early spring ; also freely by seeds. Many 

 horticultural varieties, some of them no 

 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: fls. of fair size; 

 sepals scarlet; petals orange-buff : suited 

 for baskets and vases: a form of ..1. mega- 

 potamicum (another Eclipse is known). 

 Erecta, pink orange-veined erect fls. Gol- 

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

 pure yellow, free-flowering. Mary Miller, deep 

 pendulous fls. Mrs. John Laing, purplish rose. Rosffi- 

 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 prominently lohed, mostly maple-like or 



vine-like. 



B. Corolla widely open or spreading . 



D&Twini, Hook. f. Strang pubescent shrub 3-5 ft. : 



Its. velvety pubescent beneath, thickish, 5-9-ribbed, the 



ABUTILON 



lower ones lobed to the 1 

 3-lobed: fls. 1-3 at a pla( 

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

 Much hybridized with other species. A . grandijibrum 

 and A. compdctum are garden forms ; also A. floribun- 

 rfi<»i,Hort.,R.H. 1881: 350. 



BB. Corolla mostly longer and contracted at the mouth. 

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

 deeply 5-lobed, the lobes long-pointed, ratherclosely ser- 

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

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

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

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

 diest species, blooming continuously. 



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

 plant : lvs. vine-like, mostly 3-lobed, the middle lobe long- 

 pointed, thin and usually glabrous, mottled with green 

 ■• i^h bloti'hes: fls. medium size, yellow or 

 I II il \ ■ II -, I li" column of stamens conspicu- 

 fi.rms. R.H. 1885:324. G.W. 

 - ill . Ill I- and winter. An offshoot of 



, "I- ;i h I" [1 w iTh that species. In thedouble- 

 le Hs. are open-spreading. Cions often convey 

 tion to the stock. Common and valuable. 

 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 prominentli/ toothed, 

 sometimes angled. 

 B. Corolla wide-spreading. 

 inaigne, Planchon. (A. igneum, Hort.). Lvs. medium 

 size, crenate-dentate, acuminate, villouspubescent un- 

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

 heavy and rich veining and markings of purple and red, 

 on slenderhangingpeduncles. New Granada. B.M. 4840. 

 (ill. 18: 2G3. — Very showy; common. 



longicuspe, Hochst. VTliite-i-anoseint slirub,with long- 

 acuminate, broad-riinlil. nil 1 IumI Im,,!1i. .1 Imig-stalked 

 lvs., felt-like bel.iM : i . U. ,,n mostly 



many-branched :i\il i, . \i --iiiia. — Re- 



cently introducedlv ^. I ,,,,.\ III M , .^ A-soc, from 

 seed collected bv >cliin.iulunu aii.l .i; -i i il.uted from 

 Berlin in 1893. 



orange w 

 ouslyeXM 

 70:133.- 

 A. striata 

 fld. form. 



I-ig Droop 

 ing habit lvs rather 

 ■-mall, lance - ovate, 

 acuminate, sharp-ser- 

 rate : fls. 2-3 in. long, 

 on short drooping 

 stalks, the long calyx 

 bright red, the pro- 

 truding petals ■ 

 yellow, the column of 

 picuously 

 protruding. Trop. Am. 

 . III. 18: 359. -A strikingly 

 in windows and baskets. 



rdate, tomentose: lis. pale yellow. 



