349 



(19) S. Indicum. (Linn.) 



Tdent. Nees, ab, Esenb. in Linn, trans. 17. p. 55. — Dec. prod. 

 XIII. p. 1. p. 309. 



Syn. S. violaceum, Janq. — S. canescens, Blume. — S. pinnati- 

 fiducn, /JotA.— S. Heynei, Roem. ^^ Sohult, — S. agreste, Roth. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 346.— Burm. Zeyl. t. 102. — Rheede 

 Mai. II. t. 36. 



Spkc. Char. Prickly shrub : prickles on the stem compressed, 

 recurved : leaves solitary or twin, ovate, sinuate, lobed or pinnati- 

 fid, unequal at the base, toraentose, prickly, of- two colours : ra- 

 cemes subcorymbose, placed betvyeen the leaves : calyx prickly : 

 berries globose, size of a cherry, yellow when ripe : flowers blue. 



All over India, flowering all the year. 



(20) S. WiGHTii. (Nees.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XIII. p. 1. p. 334. — Nees. ab. Esenb. Linn. 

 17. p. 51. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 841. 



Spec Char. Herbaceous, armed with aciculat& prickles, and 

 clothed with fascicled hairs : leaves cordate, ovate or elliptic, re- 

 pando-sinuate : fructiferous peduncles elongated, reflexed ; the 3 

 inferior anthers larger • fruit covered, by the persistent calyx. 



Neilgherries, rare. 



(21) S. DENTicutATUM. (Blume.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XIII. p. 1. p. 181.— Blume bijdr. p. 697. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1397. 



Spbc. Char. Stem suffruticose : inferior leaves solitary, upper 

 ones paired, smoothish : one of them larger, acuminate at both ends, 

 the other smaller, somewhat obovate : flowers fascioulately-aggre- 

 gated, lateral : calyx minutely 10-denticulate, furrowed. 



Neilgherries, not unfrequent in clumps of jungle in moist soil 

 near springs and streams. 



(22) S. Neesianum. (Wall.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XIII. p. 1. p. 174. — Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 

 175. 



Spec. Char. Stem suffruticose : branches quadrangular, rough- 

 ish towards the apex : lower leaves solitary, upper twin, densely 

 and minutely scabrous above, oblong-lauceolate, acuminated at 



