100 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [Proc. 4TH SER. 
MALVACEAE 
Abutilon Gaertn. 
A. depauperatum (Hook. f.) Anderss. (1), 230, (2), 98. 
Sida depauperata Hook. f. (3), 232. A. Anderssonianum 
Garcke in Anderss. (1), 230, (2), 98, t. 15, f. 1; Rob. (1), 
173.—Asincpon IsL.: occasional low bushes around 650 ft. 
(no. 1960). ALBEMARLE IsL.: Iguana Cove, Snodgrass and 
Heller. The sterile specimen collected at this place by Snod- 
grass and Heller and called Sida cordifolia by Robinson 1. c. 
no doubt belongs to this species; Tagus Cove, low bushes 
around the base of the mountain at 200 ft.; Villamil, common 
bushes below 500 ft. (no. 1961). BArrtneton Ist.: Snod- 
grass and Heller. BinvuoEe Ist.: Snodgrass and Heller. 
CHARLES IsxL.: bushes 2-3 ft. high around 450 ft. (no. 1962). 
CuHaTHam Ist.: Wreck Bay, bushes 2-3 ft. high in shady 
places around 300 ft. (nos. 1963-1964). Duncan IsL.: occa- 
sional low shrubs at 1300 ft. (no. 1965). GARDNER ISL. (near 
Hoop Isu.): Snodgrass and Heller. Hoop Ist.: common 
bushes in the interior of the island (no. 1966). INDEFATIGA- 
BLE Isx.: north side, Snodgrass and Heller. ‘Tower Ist.: 
occasional bushes (no. 1967). The principal differences be- 
tween this species and A. Anderssonianum, as given by Garcke 
1. c., are the number of carpels, the number of seeds in each, 
and the shape of the lobes of the calyx. One specimen in the 
collection has seven carpels, which is intermediate in number 
between the two species, and there is considerable variation in 
the shape of the calyx lobes throughout. The fact that A. 
depauperatum has 3-5 seeds in a carpel, and A. Anderssonian- 
um always 3, is hardly sufficient ground for the formation of 
two distinct species. It is likely that the specimens described 
as A. Anderssonianum are more mesophytic than the typical 
A. depauperatum. Endemic. 
A. crispum (L.) Medic. Malv. 29 (1787). Sida crispa L. 
Sp. Pl. 685 (1753).—Cuampion Ist.: J. R. Slevin collector 
(no. 1971). Cartes Ist.: occasional at 450 ft. (nos. 1972- 
1973). DaprHNE IsL.: (no 1970). Further distr. tropical re- 
gions. 
A. sp.—INDEFATIGABLE Ist.: Academy Bay, occasional low 
bushes on the lower parts of the island, differing from A. de- 
