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pilosis vel demum ssepe glabrescentibus ; foliis peltatis, longe 
ovatis, imo rotuadatis vel subtruncatis, a medio sinu utrinque 
levi sursum gradatim attenuatis, ssepius acuminatis, acumine 
obtuso vel obtusulo, mucronato, 10-12-nerviis, supra glabris 
aut in nervis puberulis, subtus cinereo-glaucis, prsesertim in 
nervis pilis articulatis creberrime pubescentibus ; petiolo 
striato, limbo dimidio, 3-plo vel 4-plo breviore, pubescente : 
panicula ^ axillari, umbellata, pubescente ; pedunculo brevius- 
culo; umbellis circiter 6, pedunculo paulo brevioribus, flores 
circiter 10 sessiles imo setaceo-bracteolatos in glomerulum 
aggregatos gerentibus; sepalis 6, spathulato-linearibus vel 
cuueato-ovatis, puberulis ; petalis 3, dimidio brevioribus, 
cuneato-deltoideis, caruosis, glabris; filamento sepalis lon- 
giore; antbera 6-locellata : panicula $ simillima, sed longiore; 
umbellis 5-7, pedunculo dimidio brevioribus, interdum bre- 
vissime umbellulatis ; floribus capitellatis ; ovario drupaque 
glabris, pericarpio laxo, rubescente. — In India orientali : v. s. 
in herb. Soc. Linn. (^, Nepal (Wall. Cat. 4977 k), Segain 
(Wallich); (5'et $ , Goyalpoor (Wall. Cat. 4977 a. a, 4977 B.b) : 
in hei-b. Hook. ^ et ^ , Assam (Griffiths, 356, 357), Concan 
(Javin), &c. 
This species is widely diffused over the Indian peninsula, and 
is easily recognized by its more or less acuminated oblong 
leaves, generally upon petioles of moderate size, and always 
pubescent beneath : in this latter character, with two exceptions, 
it is distinguished from all others. The drawing in Wight’s 
‘ leones ’ gives a very good representation of both sexes, except 
that the leaves are generally more narrowly acuminated ; and it 
serves to contrast it with many others that have been confounded 
with it. The only species that might be mistaken for it is /S. 
Roxburghiana, in the description of which I have pointed out 
the chief marks of distinction, to which I may now add that in 
the latter the sides of the leaves from the base upwards are 
always externally rounded, while in the present species the 
sides present a sensibly and often considerably hollow curvature, 
and are terminated by a narrow acumination, which is somewhat 
obtuse at the apex. The leaves are 3-4 inches long, 2^-2| inches 
broad, on a petiole I-l^ inch long, fixed 6-9 lines within the 
basal margin. The ^ panicle has a peduncle |-1 inch long, sur- 
mounted by about six umbels 3-9 lines long, each terminated 
by a glomerulated head of flowers : the ? panicle has a peduncle 
about 1 inch long, with umbels about \ inch long ; the putamen 
is small, 3 lines long, 2 lines broad, with many radiating ridges 
terminated by a small obtuse tubercle ; the perforation in the 
condyle is small. 
