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(16) S. GIGANTEUM. (Jacq.) 



Ident. Jacq. Coll. Bot. 4. p. 125.— Dec. prod. XIII. p. 1. p. 

 258. 



Syn. S. niveutn, Vahl. — S. farinosum, Wall, in Raxb. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 893. — Jacq. Icon. Rar. II. t. 238. — 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1921. 



Spec. Chab, Prickly shrub : prickles tomentose at the base : 

 leaves large, oblong-lanceolate, entire, covered on the underside 

 with a mealy tomentum : cymes lateral, dichotomous, many- 

 flowered : berries round, red, si?e of a pea : flovrers pnrpliih-> 

 violet. 



Common on the Ghauts. 



(17) S. TORVUM. (Swartz.) 



Var. INERME. 



Ident. Dec. prod. XIII. p. 1. p. 261. — .Swartz. prod. 47. flor, 

 Ind. Occ. I. p. 456.— Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 175. 



Syn. S. multiflorum. Roth. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 345. 



Spec. Char. Leave.s slightly repand, pvate or cordate- acutCi 

 tomentose : peduncles lateral, corymbose, many-flowered : berry 

 size of an apple. 



In the southern Mahratta country, but probably has escaped 

 from cultivated fields. (Dalzell.) 



(18) S. TEILOBATUM. ( Ilkin. ) 



Ident. Lintj. Spec. I. p. 270. (partly.) — Dec., prod. XIIL p. 

 1. p. 287. — Roxb. flor. Ind. II. p. 253. 



Syn. S. acetosaefolium, Lam. III. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 854. — Burm. flor. Ind. t. 22. 

 fig. 2. 



Spec. Char. Stems climbing, prickly : leaves 3-lobed, obtuse, 

 glabrous : petioles and peduncles prickly : racemes terminal and 

 lateral, somewhat umbellate : corolla deeply 5-divided, purple ; 

 fruit scarlet, size of a large pea. 



Hedges in Guzerat. Coromandel. Deccan. Soonderbuns. 

 Flowering nearly all the year. 



