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times vesicular at the base, sometimes blotched along the midrib above ; petiole 

 i'i in. Peduncle terminal, 2- 3 in. Flowers not seen. 



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stem 2-4 in. little divided , .. ^^_ _ _ 



stem spathulate-lanceolate serrulate, petiole jointed on a tubercle ot the stem 

 which is supported on each side by rufous bristles, flowers racemed. Wall, Cat. 

 4093, PL As. Rar. t. 102 ; Naud. in Ann. Sc, Nat. ser. 3. xv. 325 j Tnana in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76. 



. IvHAsiA Mts., alt. 3000-4000 ft. ; frequent. 



Leaves f-1^ in., glabrous, attenuated into the petiole ; stipules |-J in. Eacemes 



few-flo-wered ; peduncles subterminal, short. Calyx-tuhe glabrous. Tetals \-\ in., 



ovate, acute, mauve. Capsvie \ in., glabrous, funnel-shaped, subtrigonous, hardly 



ribbed, pedicel very short. Seed obovoid, without raised points, raphe not at all 

 excurrent. 



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31. S. arg-uta, iZ. Br. in Wall. Cat. 4095; stems 0-2 in., leaves elon- 

 gate spathulate, petiole jointed on a tubercle of the stem which is supported on 

 each side by a rufous bristle, peduncle 1-flowered. Naud, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser, 

 3. XV, 326 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc, xxviii. 76, 



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Khasia Mts., alt. 3000-4000 ft.. Wallich, H.f, ^- T., C. B. Clarke. 



I^ves (including the petiole) 1-4 by ^^ in., attenuated into the petiole, with 

 scattered large hairs above or glabrous, 1 -nerved, very minutely denticulate. Pe- 

 dtmcle 1^_2 in. Calyx-tube glabrous. Ptf/aZ^f-J in., mauve, elliptic, acute. Capstde 

 8 \^'» oblong, glabrous, subtrigonous, ribs obscure. Seed obovoid, with minute raised 

 points, raphe not excurrent. — One example collected by Sir J. D. Hooker has broadly 

 lanceolate leaves, | in. broad, but agrees otherwise with the type. 



32. s. maculata, Roxh. FL Ind. i. 177; stem short decumbent round 

 ■^«ten divided and with several lateral racemes, leaves pinnate-nerved ovate or 

 lanceolate from a rounded or naiTOwed base ciliate scarcely serrulate usually 

 '^ith many long hairs on both surfaces sometimes nearly glabrous, peduncles not 

 ■^ry long, capsules glabrous cemuous in clusters of 5-16. WalL Cat. 4091 ; 

 ^^na in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76 ; Kurz in Jouf-n. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 

 ^ S. emaculata, Roxb. FL Lnd. i. 178, S. angustifolia, Roxb. I. c, not of 

 fVall. Cat. ; WalL PL As. Rar. t. 102. S. picta, Griff. NotuL iv. 676 {ex Kurz 

 f -fVora 1871-90). S. Brandisiana, Kurz in Flora, 1871, 290. Sonerila sp. 

 2 and 4, Grif. Notvil. iv. QIQ. 



' NiPAx; WaUich. Assam Hiixs and Khasia Mts.. alt. 1000-5000 ft, plentiful. 



^RTABAN and Tknassehim, Kurz. 



Reaves often 4 by 2 in., frequently unequal at the base, sometimes appearing 

 potted above from vesicular-based hairs; petiole 1-2 in., usually cijiate and pubos- 

 ent. ^ Calyx-tube puberulous, and generally with a few scattered hairs. Petals mauve, 



^iiptic, very acute. Capsule i in., oblong or somewhat funnel-shaped, slightly tri-. 



e^pous, obscurely ribbed, much longer than the pedicel. Seeds with prominent raised 



^"its, raphe only slightly excurrent near the top of the seeds on one side.— WalL 

 '^w 4090 marked Sonerila angustifolia Roxb. is an Argostemma. 



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tt Plants with distinct stefus, the leaves of each pair exceedingly dissimilar. 



leaf f ®' ""^^^l^ccana, Roxh. FL lnd. i. 178; stem short hirsute, larger 

 ^^ ot each pair 4-6 in, with a petiole of 1 in. the smaller one ^ in., capsule 



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