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snbglobose or camp anulate, green. S^ah orbicular. Peials i-^ 

 persistent after flowering. Anthers extrorsc. Drupes 2 J in., i 

 compressed. 



2. S. leptandra, Hook f. ^ T. FL Inil i. 209; 

 oblong acuminate glabrous base rounded, petals elliptic-ol 

 ments elongate. 



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SiKKiM Himalaya ; alt. 6-7000, ft. J. P. H. ^ ; 



A slinxb- Leaves thinly coriaceous, very variable in size and usually 3-4 by l-I J 

 in., rarely 6 by 3 in., beautifully reticulated between the few oblique nerves. 

 Peduncles 1-2 in. Flowers campanulate, greenish-purple. Sepals 5, rounded. 

 Petals I in. long, punctate. Filammts ligulate, anthers extrorse. Drupe as in S. 

 campanulata. 



* Flowers in 5- or more^lowered cymes or panicles. 



3. S. purpurea, Hook. /. 8f T. FL Ind. i. 209 ; leaves oblong long- 

 acuminate base usually roimded young puberulous, cymes S-S-flowered, petal* 

 acute, filaments broadly subulate. S. parviflora, Wall, Cat. 1001^ in part. 



Khasu Mts, ; alt. 4-6000 ft. *Wallich, etc. ' 



Leaves 2-3 by ^1 in., often 6 by 2\ in. on the flowerless brancbes, glabrous, 

 thinly coriaceous ; nerves oblique, uniting far within the margin. Peduncles long,. 



irregularly branched. ^ Flowers small, puxplish.^^ Sepals ovate, subacute. Petals 

 ovate-lanceolate, 5 -nerved. Drupe as in S. campanulata. 



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4^ S. malabarica, Bedd. tc. PL Ind. Or. i. 177 ; leaves elliptic- 

 oblong acuminate margins waved base rounded, cymes very short 2-6- 

 flowered, petals elliptic obtuse, filaments subulate. ^ 



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WKSTEKN i'ENiNSULA; Auamaliay hiUs, alt. d-401)0 it., Heddome. 



A climbing shmb, quite glabrous. Leaves 3-5 by 1-1| in., thinly coriaceous, 

 pale, margin cartilaginous; nerves many, spreading, much, reticulated beneatb;. 

 petiole |— 1 in. Peduncle \-i in. Flowers — in. diam. Sepals small, ovate, acute, 

 ciliate. Petals glabrous. StaTnens shorter than the petals. , Filaments slender. 

 Jjiihers didymous, cells diverging. Ovules subcoUateral. Drupe ^ in., reniform, 

 reticulated. — Beddome figures the petals as connate at the base. 



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part] leaves ovate or oblong acuminate margins waved, cymes dichotomous 

 7^11-flowered, stamens imequal. Hook./. *§- T. FL Jnd. i. 210. . ' ^ 



Subtropical and Temperate Himalaya ; from Kmuaon to Sikkim, alt. 3-6000 ft^ 



. A climbing shrub ; branches very slender, tips puberulous. Leaves 2-4 by 



J-1^ in., thinly coriaceous, glabrous, pale beneath, nerves almost horizontaL Bracts 



minute, ciliate. Flowers minute. Sepals ovate, ciliate. Petals narroTrly oblong, 



6-nerved. Filaments ligulate. Drupe |-^ in., obovoid, oblong or subglobose ; stono 



compressed. 



6. S. lanceolata, Colehrooke in Trans. Linn. Sac. xii. 355 t. 14 f 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate base acute or obtuse, cymes long-peduncled corym- 

 bose many-flowered, petals ovate-lanceolate, stamens included. WalL in 

 JRoxL FL Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 300; Cat.QQdi munie Mus. Dot. 368: Hook. 



f T. FL Ind. i. 210. 

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A climbing slirub. Leaves 4-7 by 1^-2^ in., shining above, glaucous beneath, 

 thinly coriaceous, nerves nearly horizontal, petiole }-J in. Pedunctes l|-2 in.r 

 riender, sometimes supra-axillary. Flowers greenish, sweet-scented. Sepals ovate, 

 acute. Petals I in., subacute. FilaTncnts subulate. Anthers iutrorse. Drupe | in , 

 pulpy, blue; stono rugose, compressed. 





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