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2. S$. aenea, A. W. Hill; species tubo corollae breve, 
inflorescentiis glabris filamentis antherarum elongatis, foliis 
subtus aeneis distincta. 
Frutez lignosus, scandens, glaber, ramis plus minusve quad- 
rangularibus angulis subcarinatis. J olia ovato-lanceolata, 9-15 
em. longa, 4-6°5 cm. lata, basi cuneata vel rotundato-cuneata, 
apice sensim acuminata, 5-nervia, trinervia, nervis utrinque 
elevatis, pagina superiore in siccitate lacte viridia, inferiore 
aenea, venis reticulationibusque conspicuis; petioli breves; cirrhi 
bijugi, glabri nflorescentiae axillares, pauciflorae, circiter 
2em. longae, pedunculis pedicellisque glabris. Calycis segmenta 
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ovato-lanceolata, acuta, 1:25 mm. longa, marginibus paullo 
fimbriatis, Corolla 3-4 mm. longa, tubo 0°5 mm. longo vel 
breviore; lobi elliptico-ovati, subacuti, pilis minutis marginibus 
et ad apices fimbriati, intra et ad faucem pilis laneis minutis 
instructi. Antherae 075 mm. longae, i 
S. Iypra. Travancore: Peermerd; evergreen forests, 1120 m., 
Bourdillon 200; Ponmudi: evergreen forests, ., Bour- 
dillon 600; S. Canara, Beddome 5306 in herb. Mus. Brit.; 
Anamali Hills. 900 m., Fischer 3579; Udumanpari, Barber 5715. 
Var. acuminata, A. W. Hill. Folia plus minusve late ovata, 
9-10 em. longa, 4-55 em. lata, abrupte et lenge acuminata, 
gina inferiore aenea. Inflorescentiae axillares, 3-3-5 cm. 
ongae, glabrae. Flores perfecti ignoti. 
N.E. Inpra. Cachar: Kala Naga, Prazer 171 in herb. Calc.; 
Khasia Mts.. Hooker & Thomson in herb. Kew.; without precise 
locality, Wellich 1590 partim. in herb. Mus. Brit. 
