SoneriUu triandria monogynia. 177 



1 . S. maculata. Roxb. 



Leaves opposite, unequally-cordate, bristle spotted, serru- 

 late, ciliate. 



Soneri-ila. Rheed. Mai 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 B/irmannia. 



Root fibrous. Stem short, being only a iew 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, lanceolar, 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 

 6tyle. 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 the tube of the calyx, afterwards 

 erect. Germ clavate, three-sided, three-celled ; ovula nu- 

 merous, attached to their respective receptacles, rising from 

 the axis, exactly as in Osbeck'ui cltinensis. Gart. Carp. 2. 

 t. 12(>. Style length of the stamens. Stigma simple. Cap- 



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