493 



(1) S. WallichiaNa. (Schauer.y 



Jdent. I)ec. prod. XL p. 622. 



Syn. Roscoea pentandra, Roxh. flor, Ind. III. p. 54. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1475. 



Spec. Char. SufFruticose, climbing : branchlets pubescentljr-*. 

 tomentose : leaves coriaceous, short petioled, ovate, oblong, obtuse, 

 at the base, narrow acuminate, glabrous, shining above, beneath 

 bearded in the axils of the veins : panicles large, bracteolate, leafy 

 below : bracts ovate : peduncles filiform, as long as the involucre, 

 and like it and the flowers, glabrous : leaflets of the involucre linear 

 oblong, sessile obtuse ; calyx cup-shaped, 5-nerved, very shortly 5- 

 pleft, truncated ciliate : flowers purple. 



Pundua, flowering in the hot season. 



(2) S. JacKiana. (Schduer.J 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 622. 



Syn. S. pentandra, Jack. Mai. Misc. — Hooh. Bot. Misc. ' I- p 

 285. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1476. 



Spec. Char. Climbing : branchlets pubescently tomentose : 

 leaves coriaceous, short petioled, oblong, obtuse at the base, attenu- 

 ate-acuminate at the apex, glabrous, shining, beneath pubescent or 

 becoming glabrous, bearded in the axils of the veins : panicles large, 

 brachiate, leafy below, bracts oblong : peduncles filiform, about 

 equal to, or a little shorter than the involucre, and like it thinly 

 sprinkled with hairs: leaflets of the involucre linear, lanceolate, 

 sessile, obtuse, scarcely mucronulate : calyx glabrous, tubuloso- 

 campanulate, lO-nerved, 10-toothed: five teeth lanceolate, reflexed, 

 5 broad, triangular, acute, erect, flowers purple. 



Silhet. 



(3) S. anguiculata. (Nees.') 



Ident. Dec, prod. XI. p. 623. 



Spec Char. Fruticose, climbing: branchlets panicle and young 

 leaves yellowish with stellate tomentum : leaves coriaceous, short- 

 petioled, lanceolate or oblong, obtuse at the base, acuminated : 

 panicle large, chequered with leaves: peduncles filiform, long, much 

 spreading : old leaves of the involucre acutiih, spathulate, long- 

 attenuated at the base: calyx cup-shaped, 4-5-cltft, lobes triangujar, 

 acute. 



Pundua. 



