ABU'TILON STRIA’TUM. 
; “STRIATED ABUTILON. 
oR _ -DICOTYLEDONE. 
Natural division 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
ee 
NATURAL ORDER, MALVACE:, 
THALAMIFLORE, o> & (or divisions 
DECANDOLLE. this Plant ot 
No. 144, 
GENUS. Asvtiton. Diztenivs. Caryx quinquefidus ecalyculatus, per- 
sistens, Purana quinque, hypogyna, equalia patentia. TAMINA crebra, 
monadelpha; tubo stamineo unguibus petalorum adnato. ANTHERZ# renifor- 
mes, uniloculares. OvyaRrrum superum, 5 multiloculare; ovula tria, rarius pine 
x 
» integra. 
rarissime obsolete lobata. Sripun# petiolares gemine. PErpuNcuLtI x axilares 
solitarii, rarius gemini, uni- bi- aut multi- ee) interdum s spic 
Coro._# flave, albide aut purpur Kuyra: in Humboldt F iecnty 
Nova Genera et specie od Piawtatedh, Vol. VP 210. 
SPECIES. Axsvuriton striatum. Dickson. Fortis trilobis serratis glab- - 
riusculis basi subcordatis: lobis acuminatis ; pedunculis enna eee 
mis, floribus —— Site retusis, stylis octo. Lin : Mis. No, 53. 
CHARACTER OF THE Genus, ABuTILoN. Catyx five-cleft, desti- 
tute of an involucre (or external series of bracts resembling a lesser 
calyx;) persistent. Prtaus 5, hypogynous, equal, spreading. Sra- 
‘MENS numerous, monadelphous; tube of the stamens adhering to the 
base of the petals. ANreeee kidney-shaped, one-celled. Ovary 
superior, 5- or many-celled. Ovuxes three, seldom more, in each cell, 
attached to the central axis, and generally ina single row. Sty.es 
corresponding in number with the cells. StieMmas capitulate. Cap- 
_SULE formed of 5 or more cocci; each coccus 3, seldom 4-6-seeded, 
ening into two valves. 
_-DEscRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, ABUTILON StriatumM. STEM 
pe four feet high, scarcely shrubby, smooth, glaucous, branched, 
a branches slender. Leaves alternate, stipulate, petiolate, smooth, 
about two inches long, subcordate at the base, lobed, lobes acute, 
a y toothed. Ftowers axillary, solitary, pedunculate, pedun- 
cles a. than the leaves, at first erect, afterwards deflexed, flowers 
consequently drooping. Caiyx somewhat angular, 5-cleft, segments 
lanceolate, acute. CorotLa campanulate, petals 5, blunter than the 
