260 BENGAL PLANTS. [Abi 
155. ABUTILON POLYANDRUM Schlecht.; F. B. I. i. 325; BE. 
A. 98. Sida polyandra F. I. iii. 173. 
Chota Nagpur, very common. 
An erect woody herb. 
156. ABuTILoN Inpicum G. Don; F. B. I. i. 326; E. D. A. 88 
Sida indica F. I. iii. 179. 
Everywhere, a very common weed. es 
An erect woody herb. Beng. Petari, jhampi; Hind. 
Jhampi, kanghani; Santal, Miru baha. 
157. ABUTILON AVICENN® Gaertn.; F, B. I. i. 327; E. D. A. 82 
Sida Abutilon F. I. iii. 178. ; 
Bengal, Dacca, &e.; somewhat rare. 
An erect herb. 
94. Wissadula Medik. 
Undershrubs ; stems and palmately lobed leaves usually softly 
hairy. Flowers in lax terminal panicles; bracteoles 0. Sepals 6, 
= 
below. Stamens numerous, connate in a tube below, divided above 
into separate antheriferous filaments. Carpels usually 5, whorled 
l-seriate ; styles as many as carpels. Frwit consisting of 5 many 
seeded, beaked, dehiscent ripe carpels, each with usually a trent 
verse dissepiment. Seeds 1-3 in each loculus, the lower suspene" 
the upper ascending. 
58. WIssapULA ROsTRATA Planch. ; FF. B. 1.4.08he Ei 
Ww. Sida periplocifolia F. I. iii. 178. : 
C. Bengal, an occasional escape; elsewhere cultivated 
but not commonly. 
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95. Pavonia Cav. 
Herbs or undershrubs, with entire, angled or lobed more oF less 
pubescent leaves. Flowers axillary or clustered at the ends of the 
branches; bracteoles 5 or more, free or forming a tube below the : 
calyx. Calyz 5-partite. Petals 5, adnate below to base of 
d a 
without, truncate or 5-toothed at the apex. Ovary 5-locular; lo 10, 
i rarely opposite the petals; styles ™ 
of ripe carpels that separate from the axis but may themsel¥es 
