Abutilon flanaganii A.Meeuse

A low much-branched shrub 25-40 cm tall apparently perennial, covered on the vegetative parts, pedicels and calyces with a short smooth velvety tomentum which is canescent except on the upper leaf-surface, in addition longer more or less patent pilose hairs are sometimes found at the very base of the lower leaf-surface, stems, on the petioles and on the pedicels, more often in tufts at the apex of the petiole. Stems terete, slender but firm to wiry, glabrescent, the bark ultimately somewhat wrinkled. Leaves broadly ovate-cordate, sometimes very faintly 3-lobed. shortly acuminate obtuse and generally minutely mucronate, irregularly crenate, repand or serrate to subentire, 2-5 cm long and 1.5-4 cm broad, dark green (drying dark olive brown) and very shortly velvety above, the paler lower surface with fine prominent main veins; petioles slender, 2-5 cm long; stipules subulate, 4-6 mm long. Flowers solitary, axillary; pedicels slender, up to 5 cm long articulated in upper 10 mm. Calyx deeply dissected; tube cupuliform, about 3 mm long, lobes lanceolate to triangular-lanceolate, carinate by the prominent midrib, apiculate-aristate, about 7 mm long. Petals yellow, glabrous or nearly so except the densely ciliate narrow base. Staminal column stellate-hirsute at the apex of the conical dilated basal portion. Fruit discoid, 4-5 mm high and about 9 mm in diam., of 9-13 subquadrate 1-seeded, 3-4 mm high and 5 mm broad mericarps which are horizontally truncate at the upper edge forming an acute or somewhat mucronate angle of about 90° with the dorsal side, are rounded at the basal dorsal angle and have a subterminal ventral tooth which is almost level with the apical edge. Seed finely punctate-verruculose, about 2 x 1.5 mm.