42 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 
2 to 3 feet high, the hairs on the branches and petioles long and spread- 
ing. Leaves oblong-cordate, obtuse, rarely acute, crenato ; both surfaces, 
but especially the pale lower surface, softy hairy ; length 1'25 to 2 in., 
breadth ’8 to 1'25 : petiole slightly longer than the blade. Stipules 
linear, less than half the length of the petiole. Flowers '6 in. in diam., 
axillary, solitary ; corolla yellow ; peduncles jointed near the apex, 
varying in length, the lower longer, the upper shorter, than the petioles. 
Carpels boldly 3-angled, reticulate, sub-glabrous, crowned by 2 strong, 
divergent, retro-hispid awns. DO. Prod. i. 464, Roxb. FI. Ind., iii. 
177; Wall. Cat. 1849; W. & A. Prod. i. 58; Thwaites Enum. 28. 
Dalz. & Gibs. FI. Bombay, 17 ; Mast, in Hook. fil. FI. Br. Ind. i. 324, and 
in Oliver’s FI. Trop. Afr. i. 181 ; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 140. S. 
herbacea, Cav. Diss. i. 19, t. 13, f. I ; DC. Prodr. i. 463. 5. micans, 
Cav. Diss. i. 19, t. 3. f. 1. S. rotundifolia, Cav. Diss. i. 20, t. 3, f. 6, and 
Diss. vi. t. 194, f. 2 ; Wall. Cat. 1849, D ; DC. Prodr. i. 464. S. altlicei- 
folia, Swartz, Guill. & Per. FI. Seneg. i. 73. — Rheede Hort. Mai. x. t. 54. 
In Malacca : and probably in all the Provinces as a weed. Distrib. 
The Tropics generally. 
2. Abutilon, Gsertn. 
Herbs or undershrubs more or less covered with down. Leaves 
angled or palmately-lobed. Inflorescence axillary or terminal. Bracteoles 
0. Calyx of 5 valvate sepals, tubular below. Corolla of 5 petals, free 
above, connate below and adnate to the tube of the stamens. Staminal- 
tube divided at the apex into numerous filaments. Carpels 5-8. Styles 
as many as the carpels. Ripe carpels separating from the axis, awnod or 
not, 1- or more-seeded. Seeds reniform. Distrib. About 70 species, all 
tropical or subtropical. 
A. indicttm, G. Don. Gen. Syst. i. 504. An annual or perennial 
undershrub. Leaves broadly cordate, irregularly and coarsely toothed 
or sub-entire, pale and minutely pubescent on both surfaces, often 
with a few longer hairs intermixed, length 1 to 2 in., breadth. 1 to 2 
in. ; petiole usually longer than the blade. Flowers l in. in diam, axil- 
lary, solitary, the peduncles longer than the petioles, jointed near the 
top; corolla yellow. Sepals ovate, acute, shorter than the spreading 
petals. Carpels 15 to 20, longer than the calyx, truncate or with short 
spreading awns, tomentose at first, ultimately sub-glabrous. Seeds 
dark brown, minutely stellate-hairy. Mast, in Hook. fil. FI. Br. Ind. i. 
326; A. asiaticum, W. & A. Prodr. i. 56, not Sida asiatica, Linn. ; W. 
& A. Prodr. i. 56 ; Wight Ic. t. 12 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FI. 18 ; 
Thwaites Enum. 27; Mast, in Oliv. FI. Trop, Afr. i. 186; Miq. FI. Ind. 
