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tusely sinuate or lobed ; the larger one of each pair 3 to 4 in. long. Flowers 

 3 to 6, in short loose lateral racemes, all fertile ; the common peduncle seldom 

 above 1£ in. long, the pedicels full % in. Calyx more or less prickly on the 

 back ; the lobes lanceolate, about 2 lines long when in flower and not much 

 enlarged afterwards. Corolla tomentose outside, 8 or 9 lines diameter, divided 

 to about the middle into 5 ovate lobes. Anthers about 2 lines long, not acu- 

 minate. Berry globular, glabrous, 4 or 5 lines diameter. 



In waste places, Ranee, Wilford. Frequent in India and in the Archipelago. 



4. S. sanctum, Linn. Stem shrubby at the base; the branches, leaves, 

 and inflorescence hoary with a soft stellate tomentum, as in S. indicum., and 

 the prickles and foliage are also much the same. Fertile flowers on a stout 

 lateral pedicel of \ to 1 in. long, either quite solitary or more frequently at 

 the base of a one-sided raceme of sterile although apparently perfect flowers, 

 which soon fall away. Calyx very tomentose, campanulate, with 5 or 6 short 

 spreading teeth or lobes. Corolla about f in. diameter, tomentose outside, 

 with short broad lobes. Anthers of S. indicum. Fruit globular, glabrous, at 

 least 1 in. diameter, surrounded at the base by the more or less enlarged calyx, 

 often prickly on the back. — 8. Gumingii, 8. schoenbrunnense, 8. Merochunti- 

 num, and some others of Dun. in DC. Prod. xiii. pars i. 363, 365, 369, etc. 



In waste places, Wilford, Wright. A common roadside weed over a great part of India, 

 western Asia, and north-eastern Africa. 



5. S. ferox, Linn. ; Bun. in DC. Prod. xiii. part i. 255 ; Wight, Lc. t. 

 1399 and 1400. A coarse erect or spreading biennial, or perhaps with a 

 perennial stock ; the stems hard and almost woody at the base, and the whole 

 plant thickly covered with a velvety or almost woolly down. Prickles straight, 

 sometimes small and very numerous, sometimes long and stout. Leaves ovate, 

 irregularly and obtusely sinuate, toothed or lobed, the larger one of each pair 

 often 8 to 10 in. long by 6 or more in. broad. Peduncles 1 -flowered, axil- 

 lary, solitary or few together, short and very hairy. Calyx at the time of 

 flowering about 3 lines long, with 5 ovate-acute lobes, and very hairy. Corolla 

 hairy outside, near \\ in. diameter, deeply divided into 5 lanceolate lobes. 

 Anthers 5 or 6 lines long, narrowed upwards. Berry about 1 in. diameter, 

 thickly covered with long yellowish hairs. — 8. stramonifolium, Dun. (but not 

 of Jacq.), 8. lasiocarpum, Dun., and S. involucratum , Blume; Dun. in DC. Prod, 

 xiii. pars i. 252 and 255. 8. hirsutum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 571. S. immane, 

 Hance in Walp. Ann. iii. 165. 



On roadsides, Champion and others. In eastern India and the Archipelago, and north- 

 ward to the Philippines and S. China. 



6. S. Wrightii, Benth., n. sp. Branches and petioles hispid wfth stiff 

 stellately branched hairs or bristles, and armed with a few straight stout 

 prickles. Larger leaves near 1 ft. long by 6 or 8 in. wide, almost pinnatifid, 

 with irregular ovate or lanceolate lobes, rough on the upper side with bristle- 

 like simple hairs, coarsely stellate-hairy underneath. Flowers very large, in 

 bifid lateral cymes. Pedicels above £ in. long, very hispid. Calyx 7 or 8 

 lines long, very hispid, deeply divided into 5 lanceolate lobes with long su- 

 bulate points. Corolla full* 2 \ in. diameter, broadly 5-lobed, the lanceolate 

 centre of each lobe hairy outside, the intermediate portions broad and gla- 

 brous. Anthers about 7 lines long, narrowed upwards and slightly curved. 



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