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MELASTOMACEiE. LIII. Sonerila. LIV. Medinilla. 



4 S. ere'cta (Jacq. mal. misc. 1. no. 5. p. 7.) stem fruticu- with the anthers. Ovarium glabrous at the apex, rarely downy. 

 lose, with 2 opposite downy lines ; leaves 3-nerved, lanceolate, Style subulate, tumid at the base, crowned by a small obtuse 



acute at both ends, serrated, hairy ; spikes terminal, few-flowered. 

 ^2 . S. Native of Pulo-Penang, in woods. Flowers red. 

 Erect Sonerila. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



stigma. Berry ovate-oblong, or ovate-globose, crowned by the 

 limb of the calyx, 4-5-celled. Seeds oval, smopthish. — Smooth- 

 ish shrubs, rarely covered with stellate down, sometimes sar- 



5 S. SQUARROSA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 182. and pi. mentose, and sometimes parasitic ; branches terete or tetrafronal. 



asiat. rar. 2. p. 1. t. 102.) stem sufFruticose, erect, glabrous. Leaves opposite or in whorls, petiolate or sessile (branches some- 



almost simple, with numerous stipularly soft prickles; leaves times with a circle of tomentum or ramentse at the insertion of 



crowded towards the top of the plant, cuneate-lanceolate, cus- the leaves), quite entire, rarely denticulated, nerved. Cymes or 



pidately serrated, smooth, tapering into the petioles, which are umbels simple and few-flowered, or disposed in many-flowered 



very short ; racemes terminal and axillary ; flowers securid. compound panicles or corymbs, axillary or terminal. Flowers 



^ 



Native of the East Indies, growing among ferns on the very pale red ; pedicels reddish. 



Khassee mountains, where it is called Tearanga. Petals oval, 

 acute, contracted at the base, rose-coloured. Anthers bilocular, 



opening on both sides along their whole length, ex Wall. 1. c. 



Squarrose Sonerila. PL ^ to -| foot. 



6 S. ANGUSTiFOLiA (Roxb. fl. iud. 1. p. 182. Wall. pi. rar. 

 asiat. 2. p. 1. t. 102.) stem sufFruticose; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, nearly equal, ciliated, acute at the base, beset with 

 simple hairs on both surfaces, as well as on the branches ; ra- 

 cemes terminal and lateral, few-flowered, % . S. Native of the 



mountains, on the north-east border of Bengal. Flowers rose- 

 coloured. 



Na 



PI. I to 1 foot. 



"2- 



7 S. macula'ta (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p 

 branches recumbent, rooting at the apex, bristly ; leaves on long 

 petioles, unequally broad-ovate-cordate, acuminated, setosely 

 serrulated : beset with small, white, elevated specks, from the 

 centre of each rises a bristle ; racemes axillary, spiral, on 

 hairy coloured peduncles. %. S. Native among the moun- 

 tains upon the north-east border of Bengal, and where it is used 

 by the natives as a pot-herb. Its vernacular name in the 

 Khassee language is SootU-Soneri-ila. Rheed. mal. 9. p. 127. 

 t. 65. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Sect. I. Camptoplacu'ntia (from Kafnrro)^ campto^ to Lend, 



and TrXaKovQirkaKovvTOQyplacous placoimtosy a placenta; in refer- 

 ence to the placenta, which is bent). Blum. 1. c. p. 509. 

 Tube of calyx ovate ; limb cylindrically tubular, somewhat 

 truncate, rarely cleft. Seminiferous receptacle bent in on both 

 sides betw^een the cells. — Smooth shrubs, with whorled petiolate 

 leaves. Cymes few-flowered, axillary ; pedicels bractless, and 

 articulated at the base^ 



* Flowers octandrous, 



1 M. QUADRiFOLiA (Blum. 1. c p. 509.) branchlets terete; 



leaves usually 4 in a whorl, rarely 3 or 5, cuneate-oblong, acute, 



ISO.) stem short; triple-nerved. T2 . S. Native of Java, on Mounts Gede and 



Salak, in woods. Mel 



1069. 



quadrifolium. Blum, bijdr. p 



Med 



Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



M 



(Gaud, in Freyc. voy. pt. bot. p. 484. t. 106.) 

 branches bluntly tetragonal ; leaves 3-4 in a whorl, oval, mucro- 

 nate, triple-nerved. T2 . S. Native of Marianne Island. Tube 

 of calyx obovate, exactly truncate. Peduncles axillary, 6-8- 

 flowered. Flowers and berries rose-coloured. 



Spotted 



(Roxb 



PL recumbent. 



Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



M 



narrow-cordate, acute, bristly, but without spots, serrulated, veiny. 

 ciliated. %. H. Native among the Khassee mountains, on the bijdr. p. 1069. 



3-7-nerved, oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, rather 

 ""■"" T2 . S. Native of Java. Melastoma '■^'^i^ans. Blum. 



north-east border of Bengal. ' It differs from S. maculata, in 

 the leaves being destitute of little round white dots, from which 

 the bristles rise. It is also less robust than that plant, with 

 longer peduncles to the racemes, but the flowers and capsules 

 are alike. 



SpotlessAe^xedi Sonerila. PI. 1 foot. 



9 S. TENUiFOLiA (Blum. 1. c.) stem sufFruticose, rough ; leaves 

 3-nerved, opposite, one of which is smaller than the other, 

 ovate- lanceolate, acuminated, obtuse, or rather cordate at the 

 base, serrated, beset with scattered bristles above, rather glau- 

 cous beneath ; peduncles terminal, 1-3-flowered. ^. S. Na- 

 tive of Java, in woods. Flowers red. 



Fine-leaved Sonerila. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 

 J^^lt* For culture and propagation of the stove species, see 

 Meldstcma, p. 764. ; but see Centradenia, p. 766. for that of the 

 annual kinds. Rather pretty plants when in flower. 



Rooting Medinilla. Sh, 4 to 6 ft. 



« * 



Flowers decandrous. 



4 M. pterocau'la (Blum. 1. c. p. 509.) branches with mem- 



branous wings ; leaves 4-8 in a whorl, oblong-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, tapering into the petiole at the base, triple-nerved, h v^' 

 Native of Java, in the provinces of Buitenzorg, Tjanjor, ana 



Bantam, in woods on the mountains. 



Wing* stemmed Med 

 5 M. crassine'rvta 



Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



leaves 



t. s. 



Native 



p. 67. ? 



I, on Mount Baudao 

 Medinilla. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



6 M. macroca'rpa (Blum. 1. c.) branches nearly terete; 

 leaves 4 in a whorl, oval, acute, cuneated at the base, P 



V MEDINI'LLA (meaning unknown to us). Gaud. ined. "jrved ; limb of calyx irregularly cleft h 

 ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 167. Blum, in bot. zeit. 1831. no. 29. p. Moluccas.-Rumph. amb. 5. p. Q7. t. 35. f. 2. 



Nauve 



508. 



Long-fi 



flesh, 



Lin. syst. Octo-Decdndria Monog^nia. Tube of calyx Sect. II. Sarcoplacu'ntia {<rapl aapKo<;, sarx sarcos, ^^^^^^ 



ovate or obovate, nbless, adhering to the ovarium ; limb trun- - - ^ -f f: ^- — »n.mreier 



, , \ '^ ' — -— .—j^ vw V.-K. xy*»«iuiij, jiuju iruu- 'd.iiaTr\aKovQTr\aKovvTog.viacouspi 



r ,.f„ ;?^± ! L *Vr^'S "'! y =¥' ".«8"'-'y- -«'- -- to .he placenta bei^g fle^) 



placountos 



nuous with the tube. Petals 4-5, oval or obovate, obtuse or ob- 

 liquely truncate, rather fleshy. Stamens 8-10, equal, or the 

 alternate ones are smaller; anthers oblong-linear, arched, 



""^opening' 



no. 29. p. 510. Tube of calyx obovate or nearly S'" ,g 

 limb short, truncate, or denticulated, '^f "'"JJ^J^^f^/^^jSi the 



pposite 



2 loW ^'JT-P "^y one pore at the apex; their connectives seeds imbedded in the pulp.-Smooth shrubs, witn uy^ 

 2-Iobed or bifid m front, but spur-formed behind, and confluent rarely whorled, petiolate or sessile leaves. Peduncles ax.ua ) 



