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S'^da.] XXVI. MALYACEJE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 323 



8 Africr" ^^'"''^'''^*! Carnatic and the Dckkan, Wight, &c.— Disteib. Abyssinia, 



ereot ^°f^ i^"<|e_rslirub, with a thick rootstock. Branches intricate, decumbent or 

 ioli'f .5* 3 '"■' sparingly covered with stellate hairs , petiole very short. jFlou-ers 



ill vVi^-' ^'^^''t'y petioled. Se2Mh 5, connate below the middle in a cup shaped 

 luue. retals pmk. Carpels ultimately dehiscing along the inner edge. 



■ A S. spinosa, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 460; shrubby, erect, branches often 



iin spiny tubercles below the variable leaves, which are hoary beneatii, 



E J;' r\^ ^^^^*- S. alba, L. ; W. & A. Prodr. l 58 ; DC Prodr. I.e. ; 



SVI -4^"^; "^- 174; Thwaites Fnum. 28; JDalz. dc Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 17. 



Vclh^i V^l^^.Gai. 195, not of Linn. S. alnifolia, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 4(il ; 



aX: d z • "^- 174 ; W. <k A. Prodr. I 58 ; Wall. Cat. 1873. S. glan- 



• Hof' ^^' ^.^■'^^- P^^dr. i. U. S. Boriara, Wall. Cat. 1872. 



Ti-,,J„ ^"^ V^^^^ of India, from the Noeth-West provinces to Ceylon. — Dlstiub. 

 irimics generally. ■ 



Bomitlm* * * ^"'' °^^*^ obovate or linear-lanceolate, obtusely serrate, base corJatCj 

 "fquallinr ^"°'^^*® ': petiole i in. Peduncles solitary or clustered, jointed near the flower, 

 tube r °'^ ^,^^^^'^'"S the petiole. Sepals deltoid, connate below into a cup-shapjd 

 ^ • Carpels membranousj, scarcely longer than the calyx. 



tos'^e fv,^'^®^J****^®®' ^"^^^- ^ ^'^'"^- ^^- '^^"^fl'- i- 71; a cano-tomcn- 

 7~ftip" 11 j^" ' ^^^^^^ oblong-ovate obtuse, calyx-tube angular, carpels 

 OlhV'im ^wned, beaks connivent. Boiss. Fl Orient. I 835 ; Mast, in 



' Leave, Y^l provinces and Sindh.— Disteib. Arabia, Tropical Africa. 

 St^Pu'eiV 1 '"■' ^'■e"''*c, downy on both surfaces ; petiole shorter than the blade, 



••jwrter ,, '"''^["^"""'.ate, scarcely so long as the petiole. Ptdancles solitary or twin, 



"an the petioles. Flowers yellow, small. Carpels indehiscent, or nearly so. ,. 



nearW Vl*' k'^'****®"*' ^- >' ^^- ^^'<^^^- ^- ^^^ ' ^" undcrshrub, leaves 

 than th V*"f ^'^^^"^^^ acuminate serrate, stipules linear-subulate longer 

 sepals tr- P^ 1 ^' peduncle jointed in tlie middle as long as the petiole, 

 Wan' riff ^^^^^r^^^^^^y calyx-tube subglobose, carpels 5-9 rugose awned. 

 Wdi nh ?J1- S- acuta, Barm. ; Cav. hiss. i. t. 2, f. 3 ; DC Pnjdr. I Ain ; 

 m'd-^n ^' 2. 3, 4, 5; Poxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 171 ; W. d; A. Prodr. i. 57; 

 1868 a Q i ^''^^- ^^- 17 ; Thwaiies Enum. 27 ; Wiyld Ic. t. 95 ; Wall Cat. 

 -Ok* if ^- j^^ceolata, Poxb. I.e. lib; Wall. Cat. 1868 F. S. stipulata, Cav. 

 DC I'r 4 ^^'' ^G- Prodr. i. 460; W. dt A. Prodr. l.c. S. Stauntoniana, 

 GeneHi /'^^.P^"*. ^our. ex W. d; A. /.c— Kheede, DoH. Mai. x. t. 53. 



generally '"*'*"l'"ted throughout the hotter parts of India. — Disteib. Tropics 



"natn^nmi /-earn ahont 2-3 in., linear-lanceolate ; petiole tV'iV i"- ! stipules 

 '«''gili of tb T" "'' ^^^'■'^^ ^''"es longer than the petiole. Petal.'! yellow, twice the 

 '" Ascribed I ^'^:'~-'^'^*^''"'^°"e'8 S. comp-ressa, from Nipal, which I have not seen, 

 ** ^^^ petiok '"'o ^^^ ^<^''™s hoary beneath, and the peduncles three times as long 



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'"g at th^ K '**^**°"^' ^^'"'^- / shrubby, erect, leaves polymorphous taper- 

 W as t), ', P^duiiole longer than the peth.le, carrels lOawned or not, as 



"idely r t 'k aood; ukj. jrroar. i. id2. 



^«7 v-iriSr • ^'^ throughout India.— Disteib. Tropics of both hemispheres. 

 S^^e or less r1 ?''''".^""ial' glabrous or with scattered stellate hairs. Leaves generally 

 *S (he peti.l il^' ""'^''''" «''^« ^^'ary, rarelv green; stipules linear-setaceous, hmger 

 "•"lered at ^^' f^^'^nde rarely less than 'twice as long as the petiole, axillary or 



-r^ ends of the blanches. Flowers yellow; rarely white. S>pals delt oi 





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