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(14) S. PULCHRA. (R. JF.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon, vol. IV. 



Engrav. Wight 1. c. t. 1230. — Spieil, t. 143. 



Spec. Char. Diffuse shrub : branchlets, leaves peduncles ancl 

 bracts clothed with long brownish hair : leaves ovate-oblong, acu- 

 minate, slightly cordate, bristle-serrated : peduncles axillary, fili- 

 form, 3-4-flowered : calycine lobes ciliated : corolla glabrous, white : 

 ovary pubescent, 3-celled. 



Sisparah on the Western slopes of the Neilgherries, flowering in 

 February. 



(15) S. Gardneriana. {R. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. IV. 



Engrav. Wight 1. c. t. 1231.— Spieil. t. 144. 



Spec Char. Tree : branches rusty-tomentose : leaves elliptic- 

 acuminate, denticulate, glabrous above, tomentose on the midrib- 

 beneath, pubescent on the lamijia: racemes axillary, about half th& 

 length of the leaves : flowers white, crowded : bracts, bracteoles andi 

 calyx tomentose. 



Neilgherries, flowering in February. 



(16) S. MlCROPHYttA. (R. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. IV. 



Engrav. Wight 1. c. t. 1232.^Spicil. t. 145. 



Spec. Char. Fruticose, branched, glabrous : leaves elliptic, ob- 

 tuSe, serrated, coriaceous, glabrous, or with a few hairs on the mid- 

 rib beneath: racemes axillary, about twice the length of the pe- 

 tiole^,, hairy : bracts ovate, obtuse, and like the calyx pubescent : 

 calycine lobes suborbicular, ciliate : flowers white. 



Neilgherries on the banks of streams, flowering in February. 



(17) S. roLiosA. (R. W.) 



Ident, Wight's Icon. vol. IV. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1234. 



Spec. Char. Tree, much branched, very leafy towards the ex- 

 tremities : leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, coriaceous, 

 serrato-dentate, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs on the mid- 

 rib : racemes axillary, several congested on the ends of the branches, 

 about twice the length of the petioles, hairy : flowers crowded, ses- 

 sile, white : calycine lobes unequal, hairy on the back : ovary hairy^ 

 3-celled. 



Neilgherries, flowering in the hot season. 



