Sonerila.] 



LIX. MELASTOMACE^, 



779 



Leaves elliptic, acute, i to i'5 in. wide . 

 Capsule muricate ; leaves lanceolate. 

 Flowers solitary axillary large, white 

 Flowers in cymes of 3 or 4 in lower axils 

 Flowers in terminal axils only ; leaves 

 broad ovate. 

 Leaves hairy above ; flowers large, 

 rose ...... 



Leaves glabrous above ; capsule 

 smooth ..... 



Flowers in terminal axils ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate acuminate 

 Succulent little herbs, glabrous or nearly so, 

 little or not branched ; leaves similar 

 and nearly or quite equal ; stamens 3. 

 Leaves 3-nerved from the base, not con- 

 gested at the top of the stem. 

 Leaves sub-peltate, base unequal . 

 Leaves sub-peltate, base equal 

 Leaves 3- to 7-nerved from base, succulent ; 

 flowers white. 

 Leaves large ; peduncle with several 

 erect branches .... 



Leaves smaller ; peduncles i or 2 not 



branched . . 



Leaves 3-nerved, lanceolate acuminate ; 

 stem nodose, hairy 

 Leaves pinnate-nerved, not congested ; 

 flowers pink. 

 Plant branched, glabrous 

 Plant simple, hairy .... 



Leaves congested at the top of the stem ; 

 small delicate plants ; flowers pink. 

 Leaf base broad, rounded. 



Leaves ovate i'25 in. wide, glabrous . 



Leaves lanceolate, ovate, variegated, 



often hairy ..... 



Leaves oblong, edge spinulose 

 Leaf base narrowed. 



Leaves ovate, setose, denticulate 

 Leaves lanceolate, "5 in. wide 

 Leaves lanceolate, '25 in. wide . 

 B. SonerilopsiS' Stamens 6. 



Herb. Leaves ovate acuminate ; flowers pink . 



(9) S. albiflora 



(10) S. ramosa 



(11) S. suffruticosa 



(12) S. rudis 



(13) S. mollis 



(14) S. pallida 



(15) S. populifolia 



(16) S. elliptica 



(17) S. succulenta 



(18) S. repens 



(19) S. nodosa 



(20) S. picta 



(21) S. muscicola 



(22) S. congesta 



(23) S. cyclaminella 



(24) S. calophylla 



(25) S. Grifiithii 



(26) S. saxosa 

 {27) S. bellula 



(28) S. lieterostemon 



C. Hexodon. Stamens 3 ; leaves of each pair very dissimilar, one very small 

 and round ; cymes from axils of the small leaves ; fruit turbinate ; valves 

 always splitting into 3. 



Cymes with rather large persistent bracts. 



Fruit glabrous (-^9) S. glabriflora 



Fruit muricate. 



Leaves broad, oblique ovate ; petiole long. 



Leaves acuminate .... (30) S. capitata 



Leaves round, blunt at tip . . • (31) S. csesia 



Leaves oblong, petiole short ; peduncle 



long (32) S. bracteata 



Cymes with minute caducous bracts. 



Leaves quite glabrous, base narrow . . (33) S. integrifolia 



