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37. S. BLurzli, C 5. Clarke ] leaves orbicular nerved from the l)ase, 

 edicels 3-5 with mauy patent hairs, capsule short (Kurz), S. amabilis, Km-z 

 m JF/ara, 1871, 290, ' 



Sikkim; Eungait Valley, alt. 4000-5000 ft., X?*r^: Eungbee Valley, alt. 2000- 

 3000 ft., Jaffrey. fo J. 



Leaves ^-| in. diam., with many long patent hairs, suhentire, cordate at the base; 

 petiole ^1^ in., with long patent hairs. Peduncle 1-2 in., with many patent hairs; 

 pedicels crowded, subumbelled. Petals | in., broadly elliptic, obtuse, rose-mauve. 

 Anthers narrower upwards, hardly acuminated. 



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Grrlffitliii, C. S, Clarke ; leaves glabrous minutely dotted puber- 

 ulous beneath, capsule § in. funnel-shaped, pedicel nearly | in., seeds with very 

 nimute points raphe prominently excurrent on one side near the top. 



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Malacca, Mount Ophir; Grriffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2300), T, Lobb, Maingay 



Stemless, or the stem 1-2J in. Leaves ^-1 in., ovate, glabrous or with scattered 

 bnstly hairs above, minutely denticulate, subciliate, nerves from near the base ; petiole 

 j-1 in. Pedu7icle 1-4 in., 2-6-flowered; raceme short, glabrous or nearly so. Petals 

 3 in., broadly elliptic, acute. Anthers long, attenuate. 



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39. s. nudlscapa, Kurz in Jou?m. As. Sac, 1877, pt. ii. 78 ; leaves with 

 flaccid scattered hairs beneath, capsule I in. narrow funnel-shaped, pedicel much 

 shorter, seeds with very small minute raised points raphe scarcely excurrent. 



MERom ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2303). Tknasskeim or Andamans, Heifer 

 (Kew Distrib. No. 2303). 



Nearly stemless. Leaves 1-2 in., very thin, ovate or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, nearly 

 entire, somewhat pinnate-nerved; petiole 0-| in. Peduncle 1-1^ in., 3-8-flowered; 

 raceme short, glabrous or nearly *so. Petals \ in., elliptic, acute. Seeds hardly half 

 as large as in any other species. 



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40. S. violeefolla, Sook,f. im. ; Triana in Trans, Linn, Soc, xxrai. 77; 

 glabrous, bundles of rufous bristles J-§ in. about the base of the petioles, capsule 

 5 in. fimnel-shaped usually shorter than the pedicel, seeds with minute raised 

 Pomts raphe not excurrent. Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 78. 



JIorxMKiN ; Lobh No. 356. 



Stemless. Leaves 1-2 in., ovate, entire or minutely denticulate, 5-nerved, the upper 

 wo nerves often branching from the midrib at a point some way above its base ; pe- 

 uole 4.-91 ;« T^.^ . , „, - « ^ n J Petals ^ in., mauve, elliptic, acute. 



^Je ^--2Jin. Peduncle l-3i in., 3-8-flowered. 

 • 1 J. ® ^"d the next species the rufous bristh 



bristles at the base of the petiole are exceed- 



• , T ""^ *-"*^ next species tne ruious uriatico oi tuc i^noc ui x^ur ^/oi-ii^av c^v ^«.vv.vv*- 



"^giy like those in 5. arguta and S, squarrosa, but they are in numerous tufts (not 

 ^ only and qiiasi-stipular as in those species) and the petiole is not jointed on a 



woody 



^ ^1- S. khasiana, C B. Clarke ; bundles of rufous bristles A-^ in. about 

 ^\ base of the ^tioles, leaves usuallv with scattered bristly hairs above, capsule 



orter than the nedicel. seeds with minute dots raphe not ex- 



c^rent. 



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