lis XXII. Malvaceae. [AhutUon. 



at least, very small. Stamens very numerous, the slender column much longer 

 than the calyx. Capsule as long as the calyx, truncate at the top ; carpels about 

 10 to 12, persistent angular, or scarcely pointed at the upper outer edge.— Siao 

 micropetala, R. Br. Herb. 



Hab.: Hilla about Shoalwater Bay, B. Brown. 



5. A. otocarpum (eared capsule), F. v. 21. in Trans. Phil. Soc. Vict. 1855, 

 13, and in Hook. Kew Journ. viii. 10 ; Benth. Fl. Amtr. i. 202. " Ballan-boor," 

 Cloncurry, Palmer. A tall shrub, densely clothed with a soft velvety tomentum, 

 the branches and petioles almost villous. Leaves deeply cordate, orbicular or 

 broadly ovate, mostly Ij to 2^in. long, rarely acuminate, crenate, very soft and 

 thick. Pedicels much shorter than the leaves, often crowded at the ends of the 

 branches. Calyx 4 to 6 lines long, very prominently 5-angled, deeply divided 

 into very concave, almost boat^shaped, strongly keeled, acuminate lobes, making 

 the calyx intruded at the base. Petals slightly exceeding the calyx. Capsule 

 villous, shorter than the calyx-lobes, narrowed at the top, depressed in the centre ; 

 carpels about 10, rather obtuse or scarcely pointed on the upper outer edge. Seeds 

 3 or fewer. 



Hab.: Stokes Range, on Gilbert River. 



The natives peel the bark off, scrape it clean with mussel shells; and use it for making strong 

 netting ior game. — Palmer. 



6. A., subviscosum (somewhat viscid), Benth. Fl.Austr. i. 202. Apparently 

 shrubby, with much of the aspect of A. indicum., but the branches, petioles, and 

 pedicels greener and. clothed with a viscid stellate pubescence intermixed with 

 longer hairs. Leaves broad, deeply cordate, abruptly acurtiinate, 8 to 4in. long, 

 irregularly toothed, softly but sparingly pubescent above, tomentose and whitish 

 underneath. Pedicels short. Calyx with slightly prominent angles, pubescent, 

 deeply divided into acuminate lobes about fin. long. Petals exceeding the calyx, 

 but imperfect in our specimens. Capsule shorter than the calyx-lobes, consisting 

 of about 5 erect carpels, acuminate with rather long points. 



Hab.; Subtropical regions of the interior. 



7. A. indicum (Indian), G. Don, Gen. Si/st. i. 504 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 202. 

 A tall biennial or perennial, clothed with a whitish tomentum, usually very close 

 and short. Leaves cordate-orbicular, irregularly crenate, toothed or almost lobed, 

 usually acuminate, attaining sometimes 5 to 6in., the upper ones much smaller. 

 Pedicels shorter than the leaves. Calyx campanulate, 5 to 6 lines long, angular 

 in the bud, the ribs scarcely prominent when in flower, deeply divided into 

 acuminate lobes. Petals yellow, longer than the calyx. Capsule hairy, exceeding 

 the calyx, truncate, and attaining sometimes 7 or 8 lines diameter at the top ; 

 carpels about 20, acute-angled or minutely acuminate at their upper outer edge, 

 like all the preceding species not readily separating at maturity. Seeds 3 or 

 fewer in each carpel. — Sida indica, Linn.; DC. Prod, i, 471 ; Wight, Ic. PI. t. 12 ; 

 Sida asiatica, Linn.; DO. Prod. i. 470 ; Abutilon asiaticum, G. Don, Gen. 

 Syst. i. 508. 



Hab.: Keppel Bay and Shoalwater Bay, Percy Island, Port Denison, Gulf of Carpentaria. 

 The species is widely spread over tropical Asia and Africa. 



8. A. auritum (ear-form of stipule), G. Don, Gen. Syst. i. 500 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. i. 208. A tall herb or perhaps undershrub, softly clothed with a soft 

 tomentum. Stipules broad, semisagittate, often 4 to 6 lines long, and persistent. 

 Leaves deeply cordate, acuminate, denticulate, 2 to 4in. long, softly pubesoent- 

 tomentose above, white underneath. Flowers rather small, of a brown-reddish 

 yellow, on very short pedicels, in almost leafless, terminal, branching racemes or 



