Sabia.] floba indica. 209 



S. paniculata and S. lanceolata it is certainly introrse, but by Blume it is described 

 as extrorse in the genus, and it has appeared so to us in several species. The filament 

 IS generally hooked at the apex; and as the anther looks downwards and forwards, 

 and dehisces close to the connective, a very slight increase of obliquity in the posi- 

 tion of the anther will produce the change from introrse to extrorse dehiscence. 



1. SABIA, Colebrooke. 



Meniscosta, Blume. Enantia, Falconer. 



Character ordinis. 



1. S. campanulata (Wall.! in Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ed. prior, ii. 311, 



Cat. 1002 !) ; foliis oblongis acuminatis basi acutis puberulis, pedun- 

 culis unifloris, petalis ovalibus nervosis, filamentis subulatis petalis 

 multo brevioribus. 



Hab. In Himalaya teraperata : Sikkim, alt. 9-10,000 ped.! Nipal, 

 Wall. I Kumaon, Sir. et Wint.! Garhwal, Edgeworth ! Simla! Jamu, 

 alt. 5000 ped.!— (PL Apr. Mai.) (», v.) 



Hamuli striatuli, glabri, straminei, juniores puberuli. Folia tenuiter membrana- 

 cea, supra pallide viridia, subtus pallida, utrinque petiolisque puberula, margine sub- 

 ciliata, 2-3 rarius 4 poll, longa, f-li poll, lata; nei-vi in sicco conspicue reticulati. 

 Pedunculi axillares, solilarii, subclavati, puberuli, demum glabreseentes, 1-2 poll, 

 longi. Floras virides, subglobosi vel campanulati, magni, inodori. Sepala 5, ro- 

 tundata. Petala sepalis duplo majora, i-i-poUicaria, ovalia vel obovata, glabra, in- 

 terdum post anthesin aueta, -l-poUicaria, marccsceuti-persistentia, nervosa. Wa- 

 meiita erecta, stigmata fere sequantia. AntJierce ovales, extrorsfe. Styli ovariis 

 duplo longiores. I)rnfm pallide cserulescentes, suceo concolore, lateraliter compres- 

 sse, rotundatsE, 4-pollicares. 



This is the largest-flowered species of the genus. The petals enlarge after the se- 

 pals fall away, and are sometimes persistent round the ripe fruit ; but this is by no 

 means a constant character, as they are often deciduous very soon after the fall of 

 the stamens. 



2. S. leptandra (H.f. et T.) ; foliis ovalibus vel oblongis acumi- 

 natis basi rotundatis vel acutis glaberrimis, pedunculis unifloris, petalis 

 ovali-oblongis obtusiiisculis, filamentis elongatis petala demum superan- 

 tibus. 



Hab. In Himalaya orientali temperata : Sikkim, alt. 5-7000 ped.! 

 — (Fl. Apr.) {v. ».) 



Hamuli striatuli, pallidi, glabri. Folia tenuiter coriaeea, snbtus pallida, magnitu- 

 uiuu valde varia, plerumque 3-4 poll, longa, l-l-f- lata, sed interdum sexpollicaria et 

 fere 3 poll. lata. Nervi pauci, obliqui ; venulse in sicco eleganter reticulatse. Fe- 

 diinculi graciles, apice subclavati, 1-2 poll, longi, glaberrimi. Flores e viridi pur- 

 purascentes, campanulati. Sepala 5, rotundata, glabra, basi subcoalita. Petala 

 glabra, glanduloso-punctata, -J-poUiearia. Filamenta anguste ligulata, supeme vix 

 attenuata. Antherie extrorsa^, late ovales. Styli elongati, graciles. Srupee fere A'. 



3. S. purpurea (H.f. et T.); foliis oblongis longe attenuatis basi 

 plerumque rotundatis, junioribus subpuberulis, pedunculis axillaribiis 

 3-5-fioris, petalis acutis, filamentis abbreviatis late subulatis. — S. par- 

 viflora. Wall. Cat. 1001 ex parte. 



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