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ABUTILON. 
short, capsules 12-15 hairy bicorne 3 seeded. 
— Sida abutilon L. and all the Botanists, but 
with many varieties, perhaps species ? all an- 
nual with small yellow flowers. 
Var palustris. Stem 2 to 6 feet, leaves 
crenulate, peduncles triflore, 2 sterile. Swamps 
of Carolina. Vernal. Elliot. 
Var. ruder ale. Stem 2 to 6 feet, leaves 
nearly entire, peduncles 3-5flore. Common 
among rubbish, in woods and old dry fields 
from New England to Kentucky. Estival. 
Var. uniflorum Raf. Stem pedal or less, 
simple, few leaves, nearly entire, peduncles 
uniflore, or only one flower. In waste grounds, 
rare. 
Whether our American varieties are identic 
with those of Europe, Sibiria, India &, c. is 
doubtful : the European has stem 5 feet high, 
large entire leaves, peduncles uniflore, calix 
canaliculate &c. 
2. A. decarpum Raf. Sida abutiloides Ja- 
quin. Lavatera ! Americana L — Tomentose, 
leaves cordate acuminate, crenate, peduncles 
uniflore as long as petiols, 10 capsules 3 seeded. 
— In ^outh Florida, Stem 3-4 pedal. Hardly 
different from some of the varieties above, but 
capsules less on longer peduncle. Mistaken 
for a Lavatera and deemed fruticose by Lin- 
neus, a double blunder. 
3. A. crispum Raf. Sida crispa L. &c, ap- 
pears to differ from the others by white flowers, 
a multilocular inflate cristate fruit: certainly 
no Sida : Michaux and Elliot did not see it, 
must be examined again. It probably belongs 
to Cristaria. Leaves oblong cordate, acu- 
minate and crenate. In Florida and Baha- 
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