Sonerila, TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, ‘4177 
1. S. maculata, Roxb. : 
Leaves opposite, unequally-cordate, bristle-spotted, serru- 
late, ciliate. . 
Soneri-ila. Rheed. Mal. 9. p. 127. t. 65. 
Sootli, the vernacular name in the Khassee language. 
It is indigenous amongst the mountains on the north-east 
border of Bengal, and used by the natives as a potherb. 
Flowering time the beginning of the rains. In its natural 
character it agrees very exactly with Burmannia. 
Root fibrous. Stem short, being only a few inches high, 
and when old leaning much ; branches opposite, longer than 
the stem, the lower reclinate, with their apices resting on the 
ground and ‘striking root, all are nearly round and bristly ; 
height of the whole plant from six to twelve inches. “Leaves 
“opposite, long-petioled, more or less unequally broad ovate- 
cordate, nerved, bristle-serrulate, pointed, surface bullate, 
and marked with numerous small white specks, from the 
centre of each rises a slender, subulate, bristle ; veins and 
-nerves bristly, from two to six inches long, by from one to 
three broad. Racemes axillary, spiral, their peduncles as 
long’ as. the petioles, deeply coloured and hairy. Flowers 
‘springing ‘from the upper convex side of the raceme, short- 
-pedicelled, red, bristly. Bractes subulate, minute. Calyx 
‘superior, three-sided, and tubular ; mouth three-toothed, per- 
manent. Petals three, henielaloasl inserted into the mouth of 
the calyx, alternate with its segments, smooth on the inside, 
on the outside are frequently found some slender bristles. 
_Nectary of three, laciniated scales round the base of the — 
style. Filaments three, alternate with the petals, and about 
their length. Anthers sagittate, one-third as long as the 
filaments, until the flower has been expanded some time 
they are inverted within ee meine? of the aoe afterwards: 
t, 126. poegmooery of the stamens, oasis sialic 
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