Atttiilon.] XXVI. MALTACK^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 327 



Erect, perennial. Leaves 2J-3 by 2 in., downy on botli surfaces, lower petioles 4-5 

 in. Peduncles 14-2 in. Sepals ovate, acute. Calyx-tube cup-shaped. Bipe fruit 

 i in. diam. Carpels oblong, glabresoent, twice the length of the calyx. 



5. A. g^raveolens, W. & A. Prodr. i. 56 ; branche."! covered with 

 clammy pubescence mixed with spreading hairs, leaves orbicular-cordate 

 abruptly acuminate velvety on both sides, stipules falcate, peduncles as 

 long as the petioles, sepals ovate acuminate, carpels 20 or more rounded 

 hairy. Mast, in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 184; Thwaites Enum. 27. Sida gra- 

 veolens, Rooob. Hort. Beng. 50, Fl. ; Ind. iii. 179 j DC. Prodr. i. 473; Wall. 

 Gat. 1856, D, E, F, G. S. hirta. Wall. Oat. 1852, B partly. 



North-West peotincbs, Sindh, Nilghierhis Mts., and Ceylon. — Disteib. Belu- 

 chistan, Java, Tropical Africa and Australia. 



Leaves sometimes lobed ; petiole almost as long as the blade ; stipules liaear, reflexed. 

 Flowers large, orange coloured, with a darker centre, ultimately reflexed. Petals ob- 

 cordate. Carpels truncate, rather longer than the calyx, not awned. — The fresh plant, 

 "according to Eoxburgh, has a strong unpleasant smell. There is no constant difference 

 between'this and the following form, but the var. hirtwm is usually more densely hispid, 

 and its carpels are more awned and scarcely exceed the calyx. 



Vae. 1. kirtum, G. Don Gen. Syst. i. 503 (sp.) ; stem copiously hispid, pubescence 

 brownish, leaves subacabrid above, stipules linear-subulate, carpels about 20, acute, 

 hairy, about the length of the calyx, — Abutilon hirtum, W.& A. Prodr. i. 56 ; Wall. Oat. 

 1856; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 145. Sida hirta. Lam. Diet. i. 7 ; DO. Prodr. i. 470 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 1858 G ; Cav. Diss. t. 129. S. pilosa, L'Ser. Stirp. 130. 



6. A. muticum, G. Don Gen. Syst. i. 502 ; pubescent and hairy, leaves 

 roundish-cordate, sepals broad cuspidate, «arpels about 20 renif orm awnless 

 downy shorter than the calyx. Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 836. A. tomentosuin, 

 W. & A. Prodjr. i. 56 ; Thwaites Enum. 27 ; Dalz. & GiJbs. Brnnb. Fl. 18. 

 A. glaucum, Don Gen. Syst. i. 504; Mast, in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 185. 

 Sida glauca, Cav. Ic. 1, 8, t. 11. S. hirta. Wall. Cat. 1852 B partly. S. vil- 

 losa, Wall. Gat. 1866 C. S. asiatica. Wall. Gat..l852 D. S. mutica, Delile 

 Flor. Egypt. 60, n. 45. S. tomentosa, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 50; Fl. Ind. iii. 

 178 ; Wall. Cat. 1852 A, C, D, E. 



North- West provinces, and Westeen Peninsula, Stocks, Edgeworth, &c. Ceylon, 

 Tangalle, Thwaites. — Disteib. Affghanistan, Trop. Africa, Egypt. 



Annual or suffnitescent. Leaves tomentose on both surfaces, toothed ; petioles 2 in. ; 

 stipules lanceolate, reflexed. Peduncles as long as the petiole, stout, jointed near the 

 flower, usually arranged in axillary nearly leafless clusters. Flowers large, orange. 

 Calyx very tomentose, divided halfway down. Petals obliquely triangular, often lobed. 

 Fruit globose, depressed at the summit. Seeds 3, scabrous. 



7. A. ATicennae, Gaertn. Carp. ii. 251 ; leaves orbicular-cordate with a 

 long point, peduncle shorter than the petiole, sepals free nearly to the base, 

 carpellary awns ultimately widely spreading. Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 836. 

 Sida Abutilon, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 470 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 178. 



North- West India, Sindh, Kashmie, and Bengal. — Disteib. N. Abia and westward 

 to S. Europe, and also in N. America. 



Annual, herbaceous, softly tomentose. Leaves 3-4 in. ; petiole 3 in. Peduncles 1 in., 

 solitary, axillary. Sepals ovate, acute. Petals yellow, hardly exceeding the sepals. 

 StaminaUube very short. Carpels 15-20, much exceeding the sepals, oblong, trun- 

 cate, hispidulous or pubescent, with 2 long horizontal spreading ciliolate awns. Seeds 

 pilose. 



8. A, crlspuxn) G. Dm Syst. i. 502; pubescent and hairy, leaves 

 cordate roundish acuminate-crenate upper petioled or nearly sessile, fruit 



