347 



(12) S. Tkongum. (Poir.) 



Ident. Poiret. Diet. 4. p. 308. — Dec. prod, XIII. p. 1. p. 361, 



Spec. Char. Stem suffruticose : leaves ovate-oblong, sinuate, 

 prickly on both sides : flowers solitary : berry globose. 



Var. a. Divaricatum. Branches divaricated, with stellate hairs 

 above, prickly : leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, 

 subrepand, greyish green above, somewhat hoary bepeath. 



Pondicherry. 



(13) S. VERBASCIFOLIUM. (Linn.) 



Ident. Linn. Spec. T. p. 263. — Dec, prod. XIII. p. 1. p. lU. 



Syn. S. pubescens, Roxh. — S. erianthum, Don. frod.flor. Neip^ 

 — S. bicolor, WiUd. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon, t, 1398. 



Spec. Char. Shrubby : leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, entire^ 

 tomentose, surfaces discoloured ; axils leafless : corymbs subtermi- 

 . nal, dichotomous, peduncled : calyx half 5-cleft: flowers pale yel« 

 low or dirty white. 



Neilgherries. Dharvcar, Flowering nearly all the year. 



(14) S. PUBESCENS. (Willd.) 



Ident Wind. phyt. I. p. 5.— Sp, p. 1026.— Dec. prod. XIII., 

 p. 1. p. 127. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1402. 



Spec. Char. Shrubby, unarmed, clothed all over with short, 

 somewhat viscid tomentose pubescence : leaves ovate, acute, entire 

 or subrepand: racemes corymbose,' lateral: the lower anther larger : 

 flowers blue, berries red. 



Coimbatore'. Peninsula. 



(15) S. FEOOX. (Linn.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XIII. p. 1. p. 255. — Linn. Spec. I. p. 267, 

 Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1399-1400. 



• Spec Char. Perennial, herbaceous, woody at the base : leaves 

 paired, cordate, sinuately angled, woolly tomentose and prickly oh 

 toth sides : peduncles intrafoliaceous and like the short pedicels 

 calyx and berries, hairy. 



Courtallum, flowering in August and September. Neilghertiesj 

 always in flower. Coromandel. S. Concan. Bengal, 



