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utrinque glaberrima, margine integerrima vel rarius minute serrulata. | 
Amenta lateralia, pedunculo semipollicari insidentia, patentia, foliis 
2—7 parvis integris oblongis suffulta ; mascula 11 pollicem longa, recti- 
uscula, rachi hirsuta, squamee testaceo-pallide, stamina gemina, fila- 
mentis squamas subtriplo superantibus glabris filiformibus, antheris 
minutis flavis; am. fem. laxe flexuosa, 2-3 pollices longa, rachis 
hirsuta, squame obtusiuscule apice fusciores, capsule lineam longe 
сопісе tenuiter incano-sericee, nectario ventrem capsule tegente, 
stylo luteo ad medium fisso, stigmatibus infuscatis. 
Primo obtutu, S. айфе nostre similis, abunde autem differt capsulis et 
squamis, necnon foliis. 
7. S. BABYLONICA, L. Sp. Pl. 1773; Апаз. (1. c. p. 472. no. 2); Don, 
Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 59.— S. japonica, Thbg., Ands. (1. c. p. 501. по. 27). 
Hab. Kera, Tunbury, Jacquemont ; Narainhetty Nepalis, Hamilton. 
8. S. PYcNosTACHYA, Ands. Amentis sessilibus foliis nullis suffultis ; 
staminibus monadelphis, antheris quadrilocularibus; squamis arctis 
obtusiusculis apice fuscioribus basi pilosis; capsulis sessilibus ovatis 
glabris, stylo subnullo, stigmatibus brevibus erectis bifidis; foliis 
lanceolatis obtusis basi angustatis planis integerrimis utrinque glabris 
vel junioribus subtus presertim sericeis. 
Hab. Yn India orientali : Gauskar, reg. alp., alt. 13,000 ped. (Thomson). 
Frutex fere orgyalis. Rami ramulique divaricati, cortice atro-violaceo 
obsolete glaucescenti-irrorato lucido obducti. Stipule obsoletissimz 
aut cito caduce. Folia fere 2 pollices longa, supra medium vix semi- 
unciam lata, basin versus sensim angustata, apice obtusata, omnino 
plana, submollia, margine integerrima, juniora pilis brevibus adpressis 
utrinque albo-sericea, adulta glabrata, utrinque lete viridia costa 
dilutiori venisque ex siccatione fuscescentibus rectiusculis subsimpli- 
cibus percursa; petiolus 2} lin. longus, puberulus. Gemme ovato- 
rotundatz, fusco-castanez, omnino glabre. Amenta lateralia præ- 
cocia, arrecto-patentia, pedunculo 2-3 lin. longo villoso insidentia, 
bracteis minimis dense tomentosis suffulta, densiflora, obtusa. Amenta 
mascula, 1} pollicem longa, cylindrica, rachis hirsuta; squamz spa- 
thulato-ohovate filamentum ad medium tegentes, brunnescentes, 
pilis longis albidis conspersæ ; filamenta duo concreta pallide flava, 
basi parcissime pilosa; anthera quadrata aurea. Amenta fem. excur- 
vata, 15-2 pollices longa, cylindrica vel apicem versus fere incrassata, 
valde densiflora; rachis pilosa; squams obovato-rotundate basi ful- 
vescentes, pilis longis hirsutee, supra medium castaneo-fusce, glabre 
vel pilis pallidis ciliate, capsulis plus quam duplo breviores; nectarium 
punctiforme, glabrum, pilis conditum, basin capsule vix attingens ; 
capsula sessilis, 13 lin. longa, ovato-oblonga, basi gibba, acutiuscula ; 
stylus brevissimus in stigmata brevia bipartita arrecta cyathi instar 
dilatatus, flavus. 
Est in tribu sua habitu prorsus peculiari, hine ad S. rubram, staminibus 
