492 



(1) S. INVOLUCRATBM. (Roicb.) 



Jdent. Roxb. flor. Ind. II. p. 62.— De^. prod. XI. p. 621. 



Engrav. Roxb,. Cor. II. t. 186.— Wight's Icon. t. 362. 



Spec, Char. Stem woody, climbing : branches inflorescence, 

 and underside of the leaf covered with soft tomentum : lea,ves op- 

 josite, short-petioled, oval or rounded-elliptic, oljtuse at the base, 

 3-nerved, with a short, obtuse, acumen, the margin almost entire, 

 or irregularly repand-toothed or serrate : inflorescence terminal, 

 panicled, consisting of long-peduncled bi^d cymes : involucre 7 to 

 9-flowered ; flowers white. 



TJie Concans, between Nagotna and Alibaug. Forests of Coro- 

 niandei. Flowering in the hot season. 



(2) S. POLTANDllUM. (i?. W.) 



Ideat. Dec. prod. XT. p. 621. 



Engtav. Wight's Icon, t, 363. 



Spec Char. Corolla many (14-18) cleft : stamens equalling, 

 the number of segments : leaves from broadly ovate, sub-acuminate 

 to nearly orbicular, stellately hairy above, thickly tomentose beneath,, 

 flowers pure white. 



Ballaghaut hills, near Madr,as, flowering in April. 



GENUS VI. SPHENODESMA. 

 Pentondria HEoiiogyitla. Sex -. Syst • 



Deriv. From Sphen, a wedge, and Desme, a fascicle ; alludingf- 

 to the flowers. 



Gen. Chae. Involucre STleaved, spreading, veiling a sessile 

 6-flowered glom.erule : calyx cup-shaped, 5-clefib, persistent : 

 corolla hypocrateriform or infundibular, somewhat regular, tube 

 equalling the calyx, throat more or less pubescent, limb 5-cleft : 

 stamens five, inserted at the throat, slightly enclosed or exserted, 

 equal, anthers 2-celled : ovary 2-celled, (jells l-(2).ovuled : style 

 very short, stigma S-cleft : ripe capsule coriaceous, indehiscent, 

 completely filled up by a single seed. — Twining shrubs : leaves 

 simple, opposite, quite entire : panicles axillary and terminal, 

 rarely solitary : glomerules consisting of two 3-flowered cymes ; 

 involucral leaves usually unequal, often coloured. 



