210 I'LORA iNDK'A. [Sabiaccyf. 



Hab. In montibug Khasia, alt. 4-6000 ped.— (El. Mart. Apr.) 

 («. V.) 



JtamtiK striatuli. Folia tenuiter coriacea, glabra, 2-3 poll, longa, f-1 poU. lata, 

 in ramulis sterilibus plerumque majora, interdum sex poUices longa, 2i lata. Nem 

 obliqui, longe intra marginem arcubus conne.xi. Cyma longe pedunculatfc, foliis di- 

 midio breviores, irregulariter ramosi, purpurascentes, glabri. Flares parvi, purpurei. 

 Sepala ovata, acntiuscula. Petala ovato-lauceolata, 5-nervia, nervia subsimplicibus. 

 Stamina stylos fcquantia. Drupce priorura. 



Under the No. 1001 of Wallich's Catalogue, specimens of S. purpurea, S. parvi- 

 Jlora, and S. camparmlata are mixed. 



4. S. parviflora (Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. prior, ii. 310, Cat. 

 1001 ! ex parte) ; foliis ovatis vel oblongis acuminatis tenuiter coriaceis 

 margine undulatis, peduncnlis axillaribns dicliotome cymosis 7-11-floris, 

 staminibus insequilongis stylo brevioribus, carpellis ovoideis oompressis. 



Hab. In Himalaya teraperata et subtropica, alt. 3-6000 ped. : Ku- 

 maon, Str. et Wint! Nipal, irall.! Sikkim !— (PL Mart. Apr.) (».».) 



RamvU gracillimi, striatuli, glabri; partes novella; puberula;. Folia utrinque 

 glabra, subtus pallida, 2-4 poU.'longa, |-li poll. lata. Nervi fere transversi, intra 

 marginem folii arcubus oonnexi. Pedmiculi folia fere sequantes, gracillimi. Bracteie 

 minutEC ciliatfe ad ramificationes cymre. Flores minimi. Sepala ovata, ciliata. 

 Petala anguste oblouga, obtusiuscula, 5-nervia. Stamina ina;quilonga, breviora 

 petalis dimidio breviora, longiora stylum fere cequantia. Filamenta anguste ligulata, 

 apice subulata. Brupce ovides, obovatfe vel rotundatae, ^\ poll. longEc, putamine 

 compresso. 



This is a very delicate small-flowered species, which is more nearly allied in the 

 shape of the carpels to S. lanceolata than to the species already described. 



5. S. lanceolata (Colebrooke in Linn. Tr. xii. 355. t. 14); foliis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis basi acutis vel obtiisis glaberrimis tenuiter coriaceis, 

 cyrais folio brevioribus longe pedunoulatis corymbosis multifloris, pe- 

 talis ovato-lanceolatis, staminibus inclusis, drupis ovoideis. — Wall, in 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. prior, ii. 309, Cat. 999 ; Bliime, Mus. Lugd. p. 368. 



Hab. In sylvis montanis Assam, Griffith ! Khasia, a planitie ad alt. 

 4000 ped.! Silhet, Colebrooke !—{¥\. Oct. Nov.) {v. v.) 



Frutex alte scandeus. Famuli glabri, striatuli, cortice fusco vel flavido. Folia 

 4-7 poll, longa, li-2i lata, petiolo i-|-pollicari, glabeiTima, supra lucida, subtus 

 pallida, glaucescenlia. Nervi fere transversi, arcubus conspicuis intramarginalibus 

 connexi. 'Pedu.ii.aili graciles, axillarcs vel pauUo supra- axillares, l-|-2 poU. longi, 

 ramis alternis aut plerumque verticiUatis, ramulis irregulariter divisis. Bractem 

 bracteolfcque minutse, deciduas. Flores viridescentes, snaveolentes. Sepala ovata, 

 acuta. Petala acutiuscula, 2 lineas longa. Stamina petalis dimidio breviora, car- 

 nosula, subcompressa, subulata. Anthera) introrsa;. Siyli stamina sequantes. Drupes 

 compressiusculffi, pulposa?, cffirulescentes, -j poll, longa;. Pvifimen rugosum, com- 

 pressum. Testa maculis elongatis rubris notata. 



Colebroolce describes the cotyledons as " folded one within the other, plaited once 

 longitudinally and thrice transversely." 



6. S. Ijimoniacea (Wall. Cat. 1000!); foliis lanceolatis vel ob- 

 longis acutis vel acuminatis crasse coriaceis glaberrimis, paniculis elon- 

 gatis folia fequantibus vel superantibus aphyllis vel foliosis breviter 

 ramosis, petalis late ovalibus obtusis, staminibus hand exsertis, drupis 

 compressis rotundatis. — Celastrinea, Wall. Cat. 9015 ! 



