180 TRiANDRiA MONOGYJUA. SonetHaL 



are also smaller ones from the superior axils, which are sub-globular, 

 and smaller. Ramificntions alternate, at first divaricate, afterwards 

 recurved. — F/orcers numerous, small, short-pedicelled. — /j^'ocies trian- 

 gular, acute. — Calj/x, leaflets three, equal, oblong, concave, spreading, 

 iieshy, furrowed on the outside. — Pe<a/sthree,equal, oval, much larger 

 than the calyx, concave, entire, spreading ar.d of a delicate translucent 

 pale bluish white.— 2Vec/arirt/ ^laments alternate with the longer sta- 

 mina, bearded (like the latter) towards the base, with delicate, slight 

 blue hairs, and crowned with large incumbent, three-lobed, yellow 

 glands. — Germ somewhat three-sided. Slj/le oblique, length of the fi- 

 laments. Stigma small, crowned with a tuft of haiis. — Capsules thiee- 

 celled, tliree-valved, with generally from lour to six, or seven, angu- 

 lar, rough seeds in each cell. Eaiibri/o lodged in a deep pit, ui the 

 back of the seed, small, oval. 



SONERILA. R. 



Cahjx superior, three-toothed. Petals three on the mouth of the 

 calyx, alternate with the stamina. Germ three-celled, cells many- 

 seeded, attachment central. Capsule three-celled. Seeds numerous, 

 minute. 



1. S. maculata. Roxb, 



Leaves opposite, unequally-cordate, bristle-spotted, serrulate, cili- 

 ate. 



Soneri-ila. 'Rheed. mal. 9- p- 127. t. 65. 



Sooili, the vernacular name in the Khassee language. 



It is indigenous amongst the mountains on the JSorth-East bor- 

 der 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,— S^m short, being only a few inches high, and 

 Vnen old leaning much, branches opposite, longer than the stem, the 

 ^owerreclinate, with their apices resting on the ground and striking 



• i have hf-d specimens from Nepala under the name of LusheeSov. a.— N. W. 



