Abutiloi^.] MALVACUJE. 8S 



Herbaceous or somewhat woody below, densely pubescent. Leaves2-4) 

 in. long, ovate, cordate, acute or acuminate, serrate, slightly hairy and 

 rugose above, velvety and with prominent veins beneath ; petioles li-1^ 

 in,. Stipules linear, deflexed. teduncles stout, longer than the petiole^ 

 jointed near the flower. Flowers yellow, 2 in. across. CaJi/a;-lobes ovaly 

 acuminate, 3-veined, ultimately deflexed. Eipe carpeZs about 20, hispid; 

 scarcely longer than the calyx ; awns short, erect. 



Bundelkhand (Edgeworth). Disteib. : G. Prov. to S. India and Ceylon, 

 and in the tropics of both hemispheres. The stems yield a good 

 fibre. Trimen remarks that in Ceylon specimens the ripe carpels are 

 never awned. 

 2. A. indicum, Sweet Hort. Brit, ed. /, 54 ; Royle III. 83. ; FJB.I. i. 



326 ; Wait E. D. A. asiaticum, W. ^ A. Prod. 56 (not Sida asiatica L }. 



D. Sf G. Bomh. FL 18, Sida indica, Linn. ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. Hi, 179. 



Annual or perennial. Leaves 1-2 in. long, broadly cordate, acute or 

 acuminate, irregularly and coarsely toothed or sub-entire, pale and mi- 

 nutely pubescent on both surfaces, often with a few longer hairs inter- 

 mixed ; petiole usually longer than the blade ; stipules deflexed. Flowers 

 1 in. in diam., axillary, solitary, their peduncles longer than the petioles 

 and jointed near the top. Cali/iK-lobes shallow, ovate, acute orapiculate. 

 Corolla orange-yellow ; petals spreading. Carpels 15 20, longer than the 

 calyx, with short spreading awns, tomentose at first, afterwards sub- 

 glabrous. Seeds dark brown, minutely stellate-hairy. 



A common weed, flowering during the greater part ^ of the year. Dis- 

 teib. : Hotter parts of India and throughout the tropics generally. From 

 the stems a strong fibre is obtained, and various portions of the plant arc 

 used medicinally. 



Vae. populif olium, W. 4" ^. I. c.; F. B. I. I. c. Sida populifolia, Larrik, r 

 Boxb. I. c.; Boyle I. c; leaves more or less acuminate. 



3. A. graveolens, W. Sc A. Trod. 56 ; Boyle III. 83 ; F.B.I, i, 327 ; 



Watt E. D. Sida graveolens, Boxb.; Fl. Ind. Hi. 179. Vern. Barlianghij 

 bara banghi (Cawnpore). 



A shrub, i-6 ft. high. Branches covered with minute glandular pubes- 

 cence mixed with long white spreading hairs. Leaves 2-3| in. long, orbi- 

 cular-cordate, sometimes lobed, abruptly acuminate, velvety on both 

 sides; petiole almost as long as the blade ; stipules linear-falcate, reflex ed, 

 deciduous. Peduncles as long as the petioles, jointed above the middle. 

 Flowers large, orange-coloured, with a darker centre, becoming pink when 

 old, ultimately reflexed. Sepals ovate, acuminate, densely pubescent. 

 Petals, obcordate. Carpels 20 or more, rounded, hairy, about as long as 

 the enlarged calyx. 



Dehra Dun, Hardwar, Etawah. Disteib. : Baluchistan, Sindh, C. Prov. 

 to S. India and Ceylon ; also in Java, Trop. Africa and Australia. A 

 fibre is obtained from the stems, and the roots, leaves and seeds aro' 

 medicinal. The fresh plant has often a strong and unpleasant smell. 



4. A.ramosum, (rwiW. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1,68; F.B,1. 32S, 

 A. aidoides, D. Sf Q. Bomb. Fl. 18. 



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