2. Si da.] 19. MAlTACEM. 



I. Lower petioles long, f " or more. L. ovate to orbi- 

 cular with cordate base mostly 1" or more long. 

 Erect or trailing. Carpels 5 .... 1. veronicifolia. 

 Erect. Hairs glandular. Carpels 5 var. glutinosa. 



Erect. Tomentose. Carpels 10 ... 2. cordifolia. 



II. Petioles under f" longer than the stipules. L. 



variable mostly £" (i-2 v ) hoary beneath. Carpels 5 3. spinosa. 

 Ill, Petioles J" or less, shorter than the stipules. L. 

 usually narrow, but if broad ,. always with a 

 cuneate base. 



L. pubescent beneath, 'often rhomboid or obovate. 



Peduncles §-1" long 4. rliombifolia. 



L. glabrous beneath, always narrow oblong or 



lanceolate. Peduncles 5" or less . . 5. acuta. 



1. S. veronicifolia, Lamk. Syn. S. Immilis. Willd 

 (F.BJ.) Bariar, &, K. ; Jnnka, Beng. 



Varies from a procumbent herb on open pasture land to 

 an undershrub erect or trailing 1-3 ft. high, always hairy 

 with snb-orbicnlar or ovate cordate obtusely serrate acu- 

 minate leaves attaining 3|" by 2f" (only \-V on some 

 procumbent forms). Petiole and peduncles both slender J-2*. 

 Carpels mucronate or cuspidate, rarely awned. 



In all situations and flowering and fruiting throughout the year, but 

 especially at the close of the rains. 



The trailing and erect forestform is usually covered with long spread- 

 ing hairs as well as stellate hairs. L. 8-9-nerved at base. Fls. straw- 

 coloured or yellow |" diam. 1-2 axillary and loosely arranged in racemes 

 or panicles from the reduction of the leaves. Peduncles equal to or rather 

 shorter than the petioles, jointed about half way. 



Yields a good fibre. L. eaten as a sag, Camp. 



Var. glutinosa, Cav. (sp.) Syn. S. mysorensis, W. and A. 

 F.B.L) 



Erect and covex^a with glutinous nairs. Carpels awned. 



2. S. cordifolia, L. 



An erect undershrub 2-4 ft. tomentose all over and with 

 thin hairs on the stem, with ovate or ovate-oblong cordate 

 obtuse crenate leaves 1 J" by 1' to 3'' by 2J V with petioles about 



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