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acute, glabrous or nearly so, denticulate or subserrate ; petiole 1-2 in. Racoiie often 

 subpaniculate with 8-14 ilowers and very hirsute. Ca/yx-^ii^c generally with much 

 lax brown hair. Anthers shortly beaked. Capsule definitely but lightly 6-ribbed, 

 erect, usually longer than its pedicel. Seeds with raised points ; raphe large, excurrent, 

 like a hood near the top of the seed on one side. ' 



21. S. grrandiflora, Wall, Ci?^. 4099; stems very "woody below branch- 

 ing round, leaves glabrous bristle-serrate 5-7-nerved from the base, petals |-| in. 

 elliptic acute mauve. Wight. Ic. t. 995 ; W.^A. Prodr, 322 ; £ot. Mag. t. 5364 ; 

 Bmn. PL Jav. Rar. 216 ; Tnana in Trans, Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76. 



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NiLGHiRis ; near Sisparah, Wighty Gardner, 



Leaves 1-2 in., crowded on the branchlets, oblong or elliptic, naiToweJ at both 

 ends, acute, not much acuminate ; petiole \~^ in. Racemes densely flowered ; pedun- 

 cles, short, terminal, Calyx-tuhe glabrous. Anthers much attenuated. Capmle \~^ in., 

 funnel-shaped, smooth, obsciu'ely ribbed. 



22. S- ele^ans, Wight Lc. t. 996-3; leaves piunate-nerved with a very 

 few scattered hairs above nearly or quite glabrous oeneath, raceme pubescent, 

 pedicel and calyx-tube hairy, capsule finally \\'ith its pedicel stiffly scabrous. 



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NixGHiRis, Sispara; Wight No. \ 10^ partly, Mclvor. 



Suflfrutescent ; branches glabrous or with few scattered hairs. Leaves 2-4 in., 

 elliptic-lanceolate from a rounded base, minutely serrulate, sometimes purpurascent 

 beneath ; petiole ^-2 in. J?«ce??ie5 lateral and terminal, long-peduncled. Petals ^ in., 

 light mauve. Capsule | in., erect, funnel-shaped, trigonous, rather obscurely 6-ribbcd, 

 longer than its pedicel. Seeds with prominent raised points, raphe much excurrent 

 njftar the top on one side. — This has been confused with the next species by Triana 

 {Trans. Limi. Soc. xxviii, 76) and in Herbaria. It decisively differs by the very 

 scabrous ripe capsules : also the indumentum of the leaves is different, and the 

 peduncle longer. S. pilosula Thwaites (No. 19) may be a form of this with more 

 pubescent leaves. 



23. S. versicolor, Wight Ic. t. 1057 ; leaves pinnate-nened vrith scat- 

 tered hairs on both surlaces, raceme nearly glabrous, pedicel and calyx-tube gla- 

 brous, capsule finally quite glabrous. S. axillaris, Wight. Ic. t. 1058. 



NiujHiKis; Wight; Gardner, &c. Mysore, T. Lobh. 



Suffirutescent, branches pubescent. Leaves 2-4 in., elliptic-lanceolate from a 

 rounded base, finely serrulate, sometimes purpurascent beneath, hairs above sometimes 

 ""'ith vesicular bases (giving the leaves a spotted appearance); petiole 1-3 in. Ra- 

 c«>i^ terminal and many lateral. Tetals ^ in., mauve. Capsules f-^ in., erect, in crowded 

 clusters, narrowly funnel-shaped or almost oblong, rather obscurely 6-ribbed, longer 

 t^nan the pedicel. Seeds with prominent raised points, raphe excurrent near the top 

 on one side.— ^S. axillaris Wight is exactly the same plant the axillary racemes being 

 P^ed alternately up the stem on short peduncles with some regularity. 8. pilosula 

 l^jo. 19) differs by its hairy racemes and calyx-tube. In both S. versicolor and & 

 ^^gdjis the leaves are more or less unequal at the base. 



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