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SouTHEnx Dkccax Pi.:ni>'sula, Tinnivelly, alt. 2000 ft.; CoL Beddome. >- 



ieaves 1^ iii., Darro-vvecl to each end, obtuse; petiole J in. Bacemes 3-6-flowered, 



croM'ded. • Calyx-tube with few lax hairs. Petals |-^- in., mauve. Anthers long, 



much uttemiate.— Mr. Kurz had published a very different species as Sonerila amabilis, 



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17. S. travancorica, i?eJ(Z. Jc PI Ind. Or, t. 156; branches stout 

 round adpressedly villous, leaves elliptic acute subentire pinnate-nerved -with 

 many long brown hairs on both surfaces, capsule ^ in. subcampanulate tn- 

 ^onou5 G-ribbed smooth longer than the pedicel. THmia in Trans. Linn. Soc. 



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Thavakcore, alt, 4000 ft. ; CoL Beddome. 



Leaves 1^^3 in., acute hut scarcely acuminate, glandular-dotted, shaggy on the 

 nen-es beneath ; petiole ^-1^ in. Racemes 3-9-flowered, short, pedicels wath few scat- 

 tered hairs. Calyx-ttthe glabrous or sparsely pilose. Petals |-^ in., mauve, eUiptic,. 

 acute. Anthers oblong, much attenuated upwards, Seedynui raised points, raphe 

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18. S. hirsutula, -4m. in Hook. Conip. Bot. Mag. ii. 307 ; branches with 

 spreading rufous hairs, leaves ovate or oblong subentire with many long brown 

 hairs on both surfaces glandular-dotted and shaggy on the nerves beneath, ^J^^ 

 tube with many lax patent rufous brown hairs. Thwaites Enum. p. 108 » 

 Triana in Trans, Linn, Sac, xxviii. 76. 



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Ceylon, Central Province, alt. 6000-7000 ft. ; Walker, Thwaites No. 276. a'^ 

 8t€7n 1-2 ft. high, erect ; branches round with four linos. Zeaw* 1-3 in., 5-nerrea 

 from near the rounded or cordate base or imperfectly pinnate-nerved; petiole olteii 

 2 ihV Saccmes short-peduncled, about 4-flowered. Petals | in., elliptic, acute, maure. 

 -47i^^^s greatly elongate. Capsule ^-i in., subcampanulate, strongly 6-ribbed, longer 

 than the pedicel. — This species is very near S. iravancorica ; it differs by the V^^r* 

 (n6t adpressed) hairs on the stem, and the broad or cordate (not acute) base of tad 

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19. S. pilosula, Thivaites Enum. p. 108 ; leaves ovate-lanceolate pinnaie- 

 nerved -with short hairs over both surfaces very unequal at the base, calyx-tuW 

 with many short patent hairs, petals f in. purple-red. Tnaiia in Trans. Ltiin* 

 Soc. xxviii. 76. 



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Cetlox, Walker; Saffragam District, alt. 1000-2000 ft., Thwaites. '. 



8te7n 6-18 in., round, striated, with many short patent hairs. Leaves ^''pr'^ 

 entire, somewhat acuminate ; petiole 1-2^ in. 7i*ac5?n«5short,6-12-flowered. -^^'^^^ 

 much elongate. Capsule funnel-shaped, 6-ribbed (Thwaites).— This species is ^^^^*^ 

 by the very unequal base of the leaves ; one side of the blade being often continu .^ 

 for { in. along the petiole. Perhaps a form of No. 22 S. elegans. • '^'^^' 



20. S. speciosa, Zmh. PL hid. 18, t. 18; stem nearly or <1^^^^^^ 

 brous below ending in a long peduncle villous upwards, leaves ^^"^^FV tj^ 

 tlie base, petals f in. mauve round-elliptic acute, capsule f in. hispid PPJJ^ 

 trigonous from a subcampanulate base. Zenk. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sar. 1. ^\,} J 

 Bot. Mag, t. 5026 ; Wight Ic. t. 99o-3 ; Triana in Trans. Linn, Soc. ^^^' ^1 

 S. solanoides, Kaud. in Ann. Sc. Nat, ser. 3. xv. 324, xvi. t. 18, f. 8. o. or 

 culata, Lmdl. in Journ. HoH. Soc. viii. 57, xvith Jig. S. elegans, ^^V^*'' 

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' Hais of the South Deccan PENmsurA. frequent : Vn-cHiais, Wi^M ; MvsoR*^ 



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Stems attaining 9-12 in., iippcr half often naked. Leaves 2-3 in., orate or eni^ 



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