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1, S. tenera, Eoi/le HI. 215, t. 45; stem 2-4 in. erect little^ivided, 

 pedicels 0-^ in., anthers short ohlong truncate hardly narrowed at the top 

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Subtropical Westerx Himalaya, Eoyle, EdgewortK Chota Nagpobe, alt, 



1000-2000 ft., abundant; C. B. Clarke, , - 



Stent weak, sometimes winged, puberuloiis or minutely pubescent, ^ Leaves ^--^ \n., 

 ovate, nearly entire, equal or unequal, with a few scattered lax hairs ; petiole less 

 than ^ in. Calyx-tube puberulous and with a few scattered lax hairs ; teeth (at time 

 of flowering) ovate, acute, as long as broad. Petals i in., ovate, acute, rose-purple. 

 Capsule nearly \ in., trigonous, elongate funnel-shaped, ribs between the angles very 

 obscure, often narrowed at the base so as to be subsessile. Seeds ovoid, smooth ; 

 raphe not excurrent— Wallich has distributed with Koyle's 5. tenera, a Tavoy plant, 

 S. stricta, B,nA Eoyle has not detected the error. The pubescence of the stomas 

 given in the figure of Royle is very unlike nature. Triana has named Eoyle s on- 

 ginal specimen '^potius 8. brachyandra, Naud." a Manilla species, and has made 

 Edgeworth's specimen and some Khasian ones of S, stricta the type of 8, tenera. 



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2. S. stricta, Hooh. in Sot. Mag. t 4394 ; stem 3-7 in. erect often 

 branched^ pedicels in fruit often nearly \ in., anthers ovate much narrowed at tne 

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Khasia Mts., alt, 3000-4000 ft., plentiful. Pegu to Tenasserik, frequent. - 



Stem more or less puberulo -pubescent, and also with long lax spreading hair . 

 Leaves \-\ in., lanceolate or elliptic, narrowed at each end, with scattered lax hairs. 

 Calyx-tube puberulous and with a few scattered lax hairs, teeth broader *^!*°, ^" 

 Petals ^ in., obovate, rose-purple. Capsule \ in., trigonous, elongate fdnnel-8hap^» 

 rib§ between the angles very obscure. Seeds ovoid, smooth ; raphe not excuirent. 

 The type of this species is S. burmannica Wall. Cat. 4098, but the striking form ^. 

 stricta was first published and the name must therefore be maintained. The ^^® ,* 

 Bottleri Wall, is a Courtallum species and widely different, but Wallich seems » 

 hand-and-eye distribution to have mixed the present species with it. ^' j' - 



Var. typica; leaves with a few denticulations, uppermost sometimes i" "*'^*^5. 

 4, often purplish beneath. — Moulmein ; Lobb No. 347 ; Parish, No. 427. ^ f va 



Vak. burmannica, Wall. Cat. 4098 ; leaves usually entire or nearly so. ^'}^f^jj 

 Wall. Cat. 4098 yar%; Kur^ in Journ. As. Soc 1877, pt. ii. 78. S. Eottlen, f^«»r 

 Cat. 4097 partly. Sonerila sp. 5 Griff. Notul. iv. 676. 



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3. S. erecta, Jack in Mai. Misc. et in Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 63 ; stem ^\^^ 



firm erect with oT^noRifA brflnphpa vAPOTnoa aommd, flowfirs sessile, caps 



long 



409; 



points, raphe shortly excurrent and overtoppinof the seed. Wall Cat* 4<Jy-^ » 

 Benn.^ PL Jav. Bar. p. 217; Miq. Fl. Ind Bat. i. pt. i. mS', Nat<d. m ^"^• 

 Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 324 j Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 75. 



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 Stem bifariously hairy. Leaves f in., equal or unequal, lanceolate, ^.f\iQ-^g' 

 at.the base, hairy on both surfaces, subentire or minutely denticulate, sessile *^?^ jj^, 

 petioled on the same plant. Racemes 2-6-flowered. Calyx-tube minutely P^^.^^ a^ 

 Petals \ in., ovate, acute, rosy. Anthers ovate, much narrowed upwards, -f'''* « 

 in., \ in, apart. 



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W. 4- A. Prodr. 322 ; branches quadrangi" 

 ovate narrowed upwards, capsule \ in- 1^^?? 



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aubtngonous with G prominent ribs. Am, in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mog- • ^ . 

 (Ceylanica); H^aud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 321; Thwattei ^««^- * 

 Triana in Tram. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 75. ' ^ f - ' '-' *-;--^_ '^ 





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