174 MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA. Sidtt. 



8. S. alba. WiUd. iii. 757. 



Suffiuticose. Leaves coidate-ovale, serrate, downy, inser- 

 tions of the petioles embraced by three large glands. Flow- 

 ers axillary, fascicled ; arils from five to six, two-horned. 



J^elhiy. China-mootam. 



This is a small shrubby, perennial plant. A native of lands 

 that have lately been in cultivation. It flowers durinjj: the 

 wet and cold seasons. 



Stem erect, winding- from branch to branch, often colour- 

 ed. Branches many, arising ; young shoots covered with 

 mealy, soft, stellate down. Leaves alternate, petioled, three- 

 nerved, cordate, obtuse, sometimes nearly retuse, and the 

 base often topped as if cut across, serrate, downy ; from half 

 an inch to two inches long. Petioles half or three quarters 

 the length of the leaves, their insertions surrounded with three 

 large, hard glands, one on each side, and one below. Sti- 

 pules subulate, inserted into the lateral glands. Peduncles 

 axillary, several, short, one-flowered. Flowers small, white. 

 Petals obliquely triangular, ^^rils from five to six, hid in 

 the calyx, two-horned ; horns divaricate. The stipulary 

 glands are a good specific mark. 



9. S. alnifolia. Willd. iii. 741. 



SuflTruticose. Leaves from oval to round, serrate, downy. 

 Peduncles axillary, solitary. Stamina from twelve to fif- 

 teen ; fascicles from three to six. Capsules from five to 

 seven, shorter than the calyx, two-horned. 



Teling. Ter-nalla-benda. 



A native of the Circars, and like the rest, flowers during 

 the rains and cold season. 



10. S. chinensis. Retz. Ohs. iv. JST. 94. 



SuflVuticose. Leaves oval, serrate, hoary'underneath ; pe- 

 duncles solitary, one-flowered ; stamens thirty ; arils from six 

 to seven. Small, ramous ; harh of the woody part whitish ; 

 young parts purple-coloured, hlightly scabrous, covered with 



