2 XLV. SABIACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Sabia~ 



subgloboso or campanulate, green. Sepals orbicular. Petals \-^ long, enlarging and. 

 persistent after flowering. Anthers extror.se. Drupes 2^- in., pale blue, orbicular, 

 compressed. 



2. S. leptandra, Hook. f. $ T. Fl.Jnd. i. 209; leaves elliptic or 

 oblong acuminate glabrous base rounded, petals elliptic-oblong obtuse, fila- 

 ments elongate. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA : alt. 5-7000, ft. J. D. H. 



A shrub. Leaves thinly coriaceous, very variable in size and usually 3-4 by l-l^ 

 in., rarely 6 by 3 in., beautifully reticulated between the few oblique nerves. 

 Peduncles 1-2 in. Flowers campanulate, greenish-piirple. Sepals 5, rounded. 

 Petals i in. long, punctate. Filaments ligulate, anthers extrorse. Drupe as in & 

 campanulata. 



* Floicers in 5- or more-flowered cymes or panicles. 



3. S. purpurea, Hook. f. $ T. Fl. Ind. i. 200; leaves oblong- long- 

 acuniinate base usually rounded young puberulous, cymes 3-5-flowered, petals 

 acute, filaments broadly subulate. S. parviflora, Wall. Gat. 1001, in part. 



KHASIA MTS. ; alt. 4-6000 ft. Wallich, etc. 



Leaves 2-3 by i-1 in., often 6 by 2\ in. on the flowerless branches, glabrous, 

 thinly coriaceous ; nerves oblique, uniting far within the margin. Peduncles long r . 

 irregularly branched. Flowers small, purplish. Sepals ovate, subacute. Petals 

 ovate-lanceolate, 5 -nerved. Drupe as in S. campanulata. 



4. S. malabarica, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 177 ; leaves elliptic- 

 oblong acuminate margins waved base rounded, cymes very short 2-6- 

 flowered, petals elliptic obtuse, filaments subulate. 



"WESTERN PENINSULA ; Anamallay hills, alt. 3-4000 ft., Beddome. 



A climbing shrub, quite glabrous. L^vcs 3-5 by 1-lf in., thinly coriaceous, 

 pale, margin cartilaginous ; nerves many, spreading, much reticulated beneath ; 

 petiole ^-1 in. Peduncle \-\ in. Flowers -^ in. diam. Sepals small, ovate, acute, 

 ciliate. Petals glabrous. Stamens shorter than the petals. Filaments slender. 

 Anthers didymous, cells diverging. Ovules subcollateral. Drupe % in., reniform, 

 reticulated. Beddome figures the petals as connate at the base. 



5. S. parviflora, Wall, in Roxb. Fllnd.ed. Carey, ii. 310; Cat. 1001, in 

 part; leaves ovate or oblong acuminate margins waved, cvmes dichotomous 

 7-11-flowered, stamens unequal. Hook. f. $ T. Fl. Ind. i. 2*10. 



SUBTROPICAL and TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Kumaon to Sikkim, alt. 3-6000 ft. 



A climbing shrub ; branches very slender, tips puberulous. Leaves 2-4 by 

 21^ in., thinly coriaceous, glabrpus, pale beneath, nerves almost horizontal. Bracts 

 minute, ciliate. Flowers minute. Sepals oA'ate, ciliate. Petals narrowly oblong, 

 5-nervcd. Filaments ligulate. Drupe ~-^ in., obovoid, oblong or subglobose ; stone 

 compressed. 



G. S. lanceolata, Colebroohe in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 355 t. 14 ; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate base acute or obtuse, cymes long-peduncled corym- 

 bose many-flowered, petals ovate-lanceolate, stamens included. Wall, in 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 309 ; Cat. 999 ; Blume Mus. Bot. 368 ; IIool: 

 f. $ T. Fl. Ind, i. 210. 



KHASIA Mrs., SILHET and ASSAM, from the sea level to 4000 ft. 



A climbing shrub. Leaves 4-7 by 1^-2^ in., shining above, glaucous beneath, 

 thinly coriaceous, nerves nearly horizontal, petiole - in. Peduncles 1^-2 in., 

 blender, sometimes supra-axillary. Flowers greenish, sweet-scented. Sepals ovate, 

 acute. Petals i in., subaeute. Filaments subulate. Anthers introrse. Drupe in , 

 pulpy, blue ; stone rugose, compressed. 



