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S. paniculaia and S. lanceolata it is certainly introrse, but by Blume it is described 

 ns extrorse in the genus, and it has appeared so to us in several species. The filament 

 is generally hooked at the apex ; and as the anther looks downwards and forwards, 

 and dehisces close to the connective, a very slight increase of obliquity in the posi- 

 tion of the anther will produce the change from introrse to extrorse dehiscence. 



1. SABIA, Colebrooke. 



Meniscosta, Blume. Enantia, Falconer. 



Character ordinis. 



1. S. campanulata (Wall.! in Roxb. El. Ind. ed. prior, ii. 311, 

 Cat. 1002 !) ; foliis oblongis acuminatis basi acutis puberulis, pedun- 

 culis unifloris, petalis ovalibus nervosis, filamentis subulatis petalis 



raulto brevioribus. 



Hab. In Himalaya teraperata : Sikkim, alt. 9-10,000 ped.! Nipal, 

 Wall.! Kumaon, Sir. et Wint.l Garhwal, Edgeworth ! Simla! Jamn, 

 alt. 5000 ped.!— (Fl. Apr. Mai.) (v. v.) 



Hamuli striatuli, glabri, straminei, juniores puberal i. Folia tenuiter meinbrana- 

 cea, supra pallide viridia, subtus pallida, utrinque petiolisque puberula, margine sub- 

 ciliata, 2-3 rarius 4 poll, longa, j-l| poll, lata; nervi in sicco conspicue reticulati. 

 PedmeuH axillares, solitarii, subclavati, puberuli, demum glabrescentes, 1-2 poll, 

 longi, Flores virides, subglobosi vel campaimlati, magni, inodori. Sepal a 5, ro- 

 tundata. Petala sepalis duplo majora, f^polliearia, ovalia vel obovata, glabra in- 

 terim post anthesin aucta, f-pollicaria, marcescenti-persistentia, nervosa. Fila- 

 menta erecta, stigmata fere axmantia. Anthera ovales, extrorsic. Stt/h ovarns 

 duplo longiores. Dmpa pallide cjerulescentes, succo concolore, lateraliter compres- 



sfe, rotundatse, 4-pollicares. 



This is the largest-flowered species of the genus. The petals enlarge after the se- 

 pals fall away, and are sometimes persistent round the ripe fruit ; but this is by no 

 means a constant character, as they are often deciduous very soon after the fall of 

 the stamens. 



2. S. leptandra (H.f. et T.) ; foliis ovalibns vel oblongis acumi- 

 natis basi rotmidatis vel acutis glaberrimis, pedunculis umflons, petalis 

 ovali-oblongis obtusiusculis, filamentis elongatis petala demum superan- 



tibus. 



Hab. In Himalaya orientali temperata : Sikkim, alt. 5-7000 ped.! 



(HI Apr.) (v. p.) 



Hamuli striatuli. pallidi, slabri. Folia tenuiter coriacca subtus pallida, niagnitn- 

 » Ide varia, plerumque 3-4 poll, louga, 1-lf lata, sed interdum sexpoU.car.aet 

 fere 3 poll. lata. Nervi pauei, obliqui ; venahc iu sicco eleganter reticulata F<- 

 'luneuh graeiles, apice subclavati, 1-2 poll, longi, glabernwi. Flares e v.ndi pur- 

 purnscentes, campaimlati. Sepala 5, rotundata, glabra, basx subcoal.ta. Petala 

 glabra, glanduloso-punctata, ^-pollicaria. Ftlamenta anguste bgulata superne vix 

 attenuate. Anthera extrorsic, late ovales. Styh elongati, grades. Drupa fere A. 

 campanulata:. 



3. S. purpurea (H.f. et T.) ; foliis oblongis longe attenuatis basi 

 plerumque rotundatis, junioribus subpuberulis, pedunculis axillanbus 

 3-5-floris, petalis acutis, filamentis abbreviatis late subulatis.— S. par- 



Wall. Cat 



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