258 BENGAL PLANTS. 
as long as or longer than the petiole ; ribet a beneath, 
cordate at base ; stipules shorter than the es 
Carpels crustaceous, rarely so few as 5 atin never sp 
leaves always cuneate at base ; stipules longer than the petiole 
pitt nearly glabrous, narrow, acuminate, serrate; Pp 23 
ted in the middle as long as Satiet : carpels 5-9, awned 
Leaves pubescent to hoary beneath ; peduncle longer than ein 
jointed near base :— 
Leaf-blade rhomboid acute rhombifolia var. typit 
Leaf-blade rhomboid obtuse or subacute 
rhombifolia var. rhomboides. 
Leaf-blade obovate 
unka e 
150. ape mmkeencs Cay.; x I. iii. 172. S. mysorensis F. 
822. 
W. Bengal; Behar; Chota Nagpur. 
A glutinous erect herb. a 
151. Stipa corprrotra Ednnep: Boil, aii. 177 3: BeBe i, 804 
E. D. s. 1694, a 
W. Bengal; Behar; Chota Nagpur. 
A softly hairy erect weed. Beng. Berela. i 
This is often very difficult to distinguish from the cordate-leav 
spino 
form of S, sa; the best character in this case is the number 
carpels. 
152. Srpa sprnosa Linn. ; PER it 687 Be eee 114 
al 
one has leaves wane sat 
; the other a sedans based leaves (S- oe 
led carpels an : 
varieties ofS. Sede Owing to the existence ze 
