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warts. Leaves black when dry. Fruit f—S, Finlaysonii, Wall. Cat] 4220, which ap- 

 pears to be nearly allied to this species, is not Indian. 



8. S. Rozburg-hil, Wall. Cat 4217; leaves 3-6 by |-2 in. oblong- v/ 



lanceolate or elliptic-oblong caudate-acuminate entire' or very faintly 

 serrate, flowers 3-6 in each axil, pedicels under \ in. petals yV in. roundly 

 oboyate, fruit l|-2 in. diam. smooth. "-■•'-- - - 



Bomb. Fl. 33. ? S. chinensis, Z. ; i,^, . ...... „... , k.. ^^^^.^.^^ 



Lour. DC. Prodr. i. 571. ? Indeterminata. Wall. Cat 4291. Johnia 



W, & A. Prodr. 105; Dalz. & Gibs. 



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BrancheJi pale-brown with wrinkled bark. Sepals glabrous, 

 Fruit globose, 2-3-seeded.— This is the true S. Boxburghii of Wall. Cat., 

 and seems to be confined to the N.E. of India, so that the specimen in Hynes Herba- 

 num alluded to by Wight & Arnott was probably not of his own gathering. . - , 



9. S, ovalis, Laws. ; leaves 3-4 by 1^-2 in. elliptic-obtuse or rounded 

 at both ends entire, flowers 3-6 in each axil, pedicels under | in. slender, 

 petals -fV in. ovate. 



Malacca, Maingay, 



A scandent shrub with smooth black pruinose branches. Leaves subcoriaceous, pale- 

 coloured. Fruit f 



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' 10, S. rubra. Laws. ; leaves 2-3 by 1-li in. elliptic-lanceolate pointed 

 *t both ends entire, fruit 1^ in. diam. rugose bright red. 



^- Malacca, Maingay. 

 A scandent? shrub with coarse pa!e-coloured branches. Flowers ? Fruit 2-8eeded. 



' n. S, reticulata, Wight El. i 134; leaves 2|-4 by 1-2^ in. elliptic or 

 subovate rounded at the apex or with a short obtuse point very faintly 

 Serrate or entire shining aoove finely reticulated beneath, flowers 6 in 

 f^h axil, pedicels under \ in., petals ovate acute \ in., fruit 2 in. diam. 

 tuberculate. Thwaites Enum. 53. M - ' f. .. ■ ■ 



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12. s. mexubranacea, Laws. ; leaves 3-6 by 1-2 in. elliptic entire, 



; Sikkim, Serb. Griffith; Khasia, 2-3000 ft., B.f. & T. 



/A scandent shrub with slender stems and branches. Branehes completely covered 



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^"1 sides. Flowers f Fruit 1^ in. diam., green. Seeds yellow in a subfleshy pulp. 

 j^Pparently intermediate between S. Boxburghii and S, viminea, but approaching the 

 ■*tter most closely. 



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 *nceolate obtusely subacuminate crenate. \ 



,^ERGUJ, Griffith; Moulmein, Griffith; Tenasserim and Andaman, Heifer.^ 

 fin ! ®*^''^"'i^'it shrub? with exceedingly slender branches. Leaves shining above, 

 j^^^ly reticulated beneath. Flowers 1-3 together, axillary or extra-axillary, flat, mem- 



*»0U8 or submembranous. Pedicels yVi ^^-t ^6^7 slender. Fruit f 



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