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Anthers long attenuated or acuminated upicards. 



t Pldnts icith distinct stents^ the leaves ofedchpair not very uneqiiaL 

 § Species of Ceylon and the South Deccan Peninsula, 



12. S. robusta. Am, in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 308 ; stem attainiuj;^ 

 21 in. sliaggy with rufous-brown hair, leaves cordate-ovate sessile with long 

 rufous hairs above and on the nerves beneath, capsule nearly \ in. campanulate 



^trigonous hispid-scabrous 6-nerved, pedicel about \ in. Naud. in Ann, Sc, Nat. 



■ser, 3. XV, 327 ; Triana in Ti'cins. Linn, Sac. xxviii. 76. 



Ceylon; Walker; Adam's Peak, alt, 5000-7000 ft. Thwaltes No. 42G partly. 



Branches ascending, round, with harsh or soft hairs. Leaves ^ in., nearly entire. 

 Calyx'tvhe with many spreading hairs. Petals | in., elliptic, acute, purple. Anthers 

 attenuated, long. Capsules 3-6 to the raceme, nearly sessile. Seeds with raised 

 .points, raphe excm'rent on one side near the top. 



Vah. gldbricazdis , Thwaites ms. ; stem 4-angular nearly glabrous, leaves sessile 



nearly glabrous beneath. — Ceylon ; at Boputalanda, Central Provinces, Thwaites No. 

 '3955. 



13. S. Karveyi, Thicaites Enum. 107 ; stem 18 in. erect with ascending 

 * quadrangular branches nearly glabrous, calyx-tube glabrous, anthers subacumi- 

 nate but much shorter and less attenuate than in S. robust a. 



Ceylon, Central Province, alt. 6000-7000 ft. ; Thwaites No. 2974. 



Leaves | in,, rhomboid-oblong, unequal-sided, obtuse or sulxjorvlate at the base, 



glabrous on both surfaces, denticulate; petiole about— in. Racemes short. Petals 



^ in., elliptic, acute, purple. — Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76 has erroneously 



called this species S, Hartwegi, and altered the naming of Thwaites' examples so as 



■'to confase it with No. 12 S. rohusta. 



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■ 14. S. affinis, Am. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 307; stem 4-12 in. 

 omnching nearly glabrous, leaves ovate and ovate-lanceolate serrate, capsule 

 i"i in. funnel-shaped trigonous 6-ribbed smooth usually shorter than the pedi- 

 •<»1- Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 325; Thwaites Enum. 109; Triana in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76. 



Ceylon, Central Province, alt 4000 ft. ; Thwaites ; Gardner, Walker. 

 ' Leaves ^ in, (sometimes much smaller), thin, sparsely pilose above, minutely glan- 

 dular-dotted and sometimes thinly hairy beneath ; petiole f in. Calyx-tube n^rly 

 glabrous, or with a few lax hairs. Petals ^ in., ovate, acute, mauve. Anthers oblong, 

 •attenuated upwards, ^^with raised points, raphe excurrent on one side near the 

 top. — See the remarks under No, 4 S. zeylanica. 



Var. rostrata, Thwaites Enum. 108 (sp.); anthers more attenuated, leaves less 

 serrated, flowers usually a deeper colour.— Ceylon, alt. 1000-2000 ft. ; Thwaites No, 

 2644. 



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rhombifolia, Thtcaites Enum. 108 ; glabrous, s 

 narrovp-ed at both ends crenate-sen-ate, capsule \ 

 B-ribbed about as long as the pedicel. 



in, funnel-shaped 



Cbytok ; at no great elevation, Thwaites. 



Leaves 1 in., 3-nerved the lateral nerves near the margin, minutely glandular- 

 Punctate; petiole I in. Petals 1 in., purple-mauve. Seeds -with raised points, raphe 

 ^current on one side near the top. 



16. S. amabilis, Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76 ; branches 

 ^oody round with scattered asceadinff bristly hairs, leaves oblong petioled 



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nerved subentire with scattered brisfly hairs on both surfaces, capsule | 

 toel-shaped or somewhat campanulate tngonous G-ribbed smooth. 



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