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(6) 8. srsciosa, ( Lenker: } 
Ident. Wight’s Spicil. I. p. 56. 
Engrav. Wight’s Spicil. I. t. 67. ©)—Wight’s Icon. t. 995. 
Src. Cuar. Stem erect, somewhat 4-sided and dichotomous at 
the base : leaves petioled, 5-nerved, broadly ovate, acute, mucro- 
nately serrated, glabrous: petioles hairy near the apex: peduncles 
terminal, dychotomous: branches afterwards elongated: flowers se- 
cund: calyx and midrib cf the petals below covered with short 
rigid hairs : petals ovate, obtuse, mucronate: style and stamens 
about equal: flowers largish, pink. 
Neilgherries, flowering in February. 
(7) S. srecans. ( Wight.) 
Ident. Wight’s Spicil. I. p. 57. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 995. “)—Wight’s Spicil. I. t. 67. © 
Spec. Cuan. Herbaceous, erect, hairy, branched: leaves peti~ 
oled, feather-nerved, ovate-cordate, acuminated, serrulated: pedun- 
cles terminal, cymosely dichotomous : calyx pubescent : petals ovate, 
pointed : anthers long-beaked : capsule birsute, conical, 3-sided, 
crowned with the limb of the calyx : seeds hairy : flowers numerous, 
secund, pale pink. 
Sisparah. Neilgherries. Flowering in February. 
(8) S. axincaris. (Wight. ) 
Ident. Wight’s Icon. vol. IIT. 
Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1058. 
Srrc. Cuan. Herbaceous, erect, sparingly sprinkled with hairs : 
leaves opposite or sub-alternate, long-petioled, ovate, somewhat cor- 
date at the base, acuminate, sparingly hairy above, nearly glabrous 
beneath: peduncles axillary, erect, about the length of the petioles, 
few-flowered: petals elliptic, mucronate: style the length of the 
stamens: capsule clavate, somewhat triangular, 6-nerved, glabrous, 
Western slopes of the Neilgherries, flowering in December and 
January. ‘ 
(9) S. versicoron. ( Wight.) 
Ident. Wight’s Icon. vol. IL}. 
Engrav. -Wight’s Icon. t. 1057. 
Spxc. Cuan. Herbaceous: stems ereet, roundish, hairy,. after- 
wards glabrous, marked with a slight decurrent rib from the inser- 
tions of the leaves: leaves opposite, ovate, or slightly unequal at 
the base, acutish, crenulate, pubescent on both sides, usually dark 
crimsen or purplish beneath, feather-nerved: peduncles axillary 
and terminal: calyx glabrous: petals obovate, cuspidate: anthers 
