210 flora indica. [Sabiacea'. 



Hab. In montibus Khasia, alt. 4-6000 ped.— (Fl. Mart. Apr.) 

 (v. v.) 



Ramuli striatuli. Folia tenuiter coriacea, glabra, 2-3 poll, longa, f~l poll, lata, 

 in ramulis sterilibus plerumque majora, interdum sex pollices longa, 2\ lata. Nervi 

 obliqui, longe intra marginera arcubus connexi. Cyma longe pedunculatae, foliis di- 

 midio breviores, irregnlariter ramosi, purpurascentes, glabri. Flores parvi, purpurei. 

 Sepala ovata, acutiuscula. Petala ovato-lauceolata, 5-nervia, nervis subsimplicibus. 

 Stamina stylos sequantia. Drupes priorum. 



Under the No. 1001 of Wallich's Catalogue, specimens of S. purpurea, S.parvi- 



fiora, and S. campanulata are mixed. 



4. S. parviflora (Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. prior, ii. 310, Cat. 

 1001 ! ex parte); foliis ovatis vel oblongis acuminatis tenuiter coriaceis 

 margine undulatis, pedunculis axillaribus dichotome cymosis 7-H-floris, 

 staminibus insequilongis stylo brevioribus, carpellis ovoideis compressis. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata et subtropica, alt. 3-6000 ped. : Ku- 

 maon, Sir. et Wint.! Nipal, Wall.! Sikkim 1— (Fl. Mart. Apr.) (v. v.) 



Ramuli gracillimi, striatuli, glabri; partes novelise puberulae. Folia ntrinque 

 glabra, subtus pallida, 2-4 poll, longa, f-l£ poll. lata. Nervi fere transversi, intra 

 marginem folii arcubus connexi. Pedunculi folia fere acquantes, gracillimi. Bractece 

 minutse ciliatae ad ramificationes cymrc. Flores minimi. Sepala ovata, ciliata. 

 Petala anguste oblonga, obtusiuscula, 5-nervia. Stamina insequilonga, breviora 

 petalis dimidio breviora, longiora stylum fere ceqnantia. Filamenta anguste ligulata, 

 apice subulata. Drupa ovales, obovatse vel rotundatee, \-\ poll, longse, putamine 

 compresso. 



This is a very delicate small-flowered species, which is more nearly allied in the 



shape of the carpels to 5. lanceolata than to the species already described. 



5. S* lanceolata (Colebrooke in Linn. Tr. xii. 355. t. 14); foliis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis basi acutis vel obtusis glaberrimis tenuiter coriaceis, 

 cymis folio brevioribus longe pedunculatis corymbosis multifloris, pe- 

 talis ovato-lanceolatis, staminibus inclusis, drupis ovoideis. — Wall, in 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind.ed. prior, ii. 309, Cat. 999 ; Blume, Mus. Lugd.p. 368. 



Hab. In sylvis montanis Assam, Griffith! Khasia, a planitie ad alt. 

 4000 ped.! Silhet, Colebrooke!— (FL Oct. Nov.) (v. v.) 



Frutex alte scandens. Ramuli glabri, striatuli, cortice fusco vel flavido. Folia 

 4-7 poll, longa, li-2^ lata, petiolo i-i-pollicari, glaberrima, supra lucida, subtus 

 pallida, glaucescentia. Nervi fere transversi, arcubus conspicuis intramarginalibus 



Pedunculi graciles, axillarcs vel paullo supra- axi Hares, 1^-2 poll, longi, 



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ramis alternis aut plerumque verticillatis, ramulis irregulariter divisis. Bractea 

 bracteolseque minutse, deciduae. Flores viridescentes, suaveolentes. Sepala ovata, 

 acuta. Petala acutiuscula, 2 lincas longa. Stamina petalis dimidio breviora, car- 

 nosula, subcompressa, subulata. Anthera introrssc. Styli stamina sequantes. Drupa 

 compressiuscuke, pulposse, c^erulescentes, § poll, longse. Put am en rugosum, com- 

 pressum. Testa maculis elongatis rubris notata. 



Colebrooke describes the cotyledons as " folded one within the other, plaited once 

 longitudinally and thrice transversely." 



6. S. Limoniacea (Wall. Cat. 1000!); foliis lanceolatis vel ob- 

 longis acutis vel acuminatis crasse coriaceis glaberrimis, paniculis elon- 

 gatis folia sequantibus vel superantibus aphyllis vel foliosis breviter 

 ramosis, petalis late ovalibus obtusis, staminibus hand exsertis, drupis 

 compressis rotundatis.— Celastrinea, Wall. Cat. 9015! 



