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A small shrub, 2-3 ft. Leaves 2| in., lanceolate or narrow lanceolate, narrowed 

 at both ends, sparsely minutely bristle-serrate ; petiole J in. Fruit ^ in. diam., sub- 

 globose. — The closely allied Malayan species have the cross secondary nerves very 

 conspicuous ; by which they differ from the present fleshy seashore plant. 





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Large villous shrubs; branches round. Leaves petiol^d, ovate or lanceolate, 

 entire, 5-7-nerved, with scattered hairs above, villous beneath. Florvers minute 

 (in very small axillary clusters in the Indian species). Ca/j/a:-^w5e campanulate, 

 densely hairy ; lobes 4, very small. Petals 4, minute, glabrous. Stamens 8, 

 equal ; anthers attenuate at the top, opening with one pore, scarcely produced at 

 the base ; connective with or without a short spur. Ova7'y nearly free, 4-celled ; 

 style filiform, simple ; ovules many. Capsule opening by 4 large pores at the 

 ^inrnit. ^ Seeds exceedingly minute, cuneate-obovoid. — Distrib. Species 3 ; 

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 pending subadpressed soft hairs, calyx-tube with ascending hairs. Kurz For. 



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I^vesQ by 4 in. ; petiole 2 in. Clusters of flowers | in. Fruit J in., ellipsoid. 



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 J^^ opBosite, equal or unequal, from round to linear, entire or serrulate, 

 ^ner\ed. Flotoers in racemes or scorpioid spikes, mostly red. Cahjx-tuhe 

 ^^nipanulate or long-funnel-shaped ; teeth 3, short. Petals 3, acute or obtuse. 

 ^am«w 3 (in S. obliqua G), equiil ; anthers obtuse or attenuate at the top, 

 j Jf.*Vthe base shortly divaricate; connective without appendage. Ovary 

 tW ^5' *^®l^ed, glabrous at the apex ; style simple, fiUform ; ovules many, 

 J^entas axile. Capsule obovoid, trigonous, elongate funnel-shaped, or cam- 

 rnwate, opening at the top by 3 valves. Seeds very many, smooth or covered 

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