19. MALYACE^. [2. Sida. 



Jth-fths as long. Peduncles 1-2 axillary and sub-corymbose 

 with the lower ones attaining 1". Carpels 10-9 with 2 long 

 retrorsely hispid awns. 



Waste places throughout the area, esp. in scrub jungles in Palamau, 

 elsewhere not common. Fls. Aug.-Dec. Fr. Oct. -J any. 



Easily recognized from the leaves being softly grey tomentose both 

 sides, they are 7-9-nerved at the base. Flower? straw coloured \ H diam. 

 Carpels with plaited sides and awns nearly as long as themselves. 



3. S. spinosa, L. 



An erect undershrab more or less stellately tomentose with linear- 

 lanceolate ovate to obovate or sub-orbicular leaves J-2" hoary beneath 

 with obtuse apex and usually cuneate base, petioles J-fths, as long as the 

 leaves, often with 3 tubercles at the base. Fls pale (white, Roxb.). 

 Peduncles equal or exceeding the netiole jointed close to the flower. 

 Carpels 5 beaked. 



Chota Nagpur, Train. On lands recently cultivated, Roxb. 



4. S. rhombifolia, L. Ipirpijon, K. 



An undershrub 1-4 ft. high with stellate hairs on the 

 branches. L. narrowly or broadly rhomboid or obovate, 

 always cuneate at the 3-nerved base, 1 pale or hoary and 

 always more or less stellate pubescent or tomentose beneath. 

 Peduncles slender jointed at or below the middle, the lower 

 (at least) far exceeding the petioles. Carpels 5-9. 



Very common and variable . In waste ground, forest glades, etc., 

 throughout the area. Fl. Fr. Aug.-Dec. The following extreme forms 

 occur :— 



a. Stems slender, often procumbent. L. broadly-rhomboid, obovate 

 or rounded, crenate or crenate-serrate, sometimes only £-1" hoary beneath 

 with stellate tomentum. Fruiting-calyx J" or less. Peduncles under ¥' 

 often densely clustered. Tongue of seed broad. Beak not £th as long as 

 the .-carpel, sometimes obsolete. In dry places. 



£>. Stems erect, thinly stellate. L. rhomboid to lanceolate attaining 

 3i v by \\" acuminate or not, serrate except at the cuneate base. Glabrous 

 above, pale and thinly stellate esp. on nerves beneath. Sec. n. 4-7 prs. 

 Petiole 4". Stipules setaceous equal to or usually exceeding the petiole. 

 Fls. solitary or few on short axillary branches or corymbose at the ends. 

 Fruiting calyx £'' or more diam. Carpels usually 8-9 pubescent or hispid 



l But aoex of the wedge may be obtuse or sub-cordate. 



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