Sonerila.] Lix. melastomace^. 785 



at 1500 to 2000 ft. altitude. Perak. Thaiping Hills (all collectors), 

 Bujong Malacca (Curtis). 



(19) S. nodosa Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 5. 

 Stem slender fleshy, red, 3 in. tall, swollen at the nodes, sparsely 



hairy. Leaves unequal or nearly equal lanceolate, long acuminate, 

 base round oblique, edge spine-toothed, fleshy sparsely hairy above ; 

 nerves 3 from the base, y$ in. long or less, 75 in. wide; petioles 

 I in. long. Small leaves "25 to "5 in. long. Cymes in upper axils ; 

 pedicels '25 in. long. Flowers white. Calyx 'i in. long; lobes 

 acute. Fruit campanulate, smooth, base broad, "12 in. long. 

 Hab. Mountain forests, rare. Perak, Bujong Malacca (Ridley). 



(20) S. picta Korih, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 249, /. 52. S. 

 flaccida Stapf, I.e. 25. 



A succulent ascending herb 3 to 12 in. tall, scurfy above. Leaves 

 lanceolate to ovate, narrowed to base, tip acute, unequal, edge 

 serrate dark green above, marbled, spotted, or veined with white 

 or plain green glaucescent beneath ; nerves 3 pairs, fine, alternate 

 from midrib, 1-25 to 4 in. long, -75 to 1-75 in. wide; petioles -5 to 

 1-5 in. long. Cymes axillary and terminal; peduncles i to 1-5 in. 

 long. Flowers 6 or 7; pedicels -08 to -i in. long. Calyx narrow, 

 cylindric; teeth triangular acuminate. Petals -15 in. long, rose 

 pink. Capsule obconic trigonous smooth, -2 in. long, -i in. wide. 

 Hah. Damp lowland forests up to about 3000 ft. altitude. 



var. a. concolor Ridl. 



Leaves lanceolate, plain green ; plant 12 in. tall. Selangor, 

 Bukit Hitam; Bukit Kutu. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Kota 

 Glanggi; Tahan woods; Telom. Perak, Ulu Batang Padang 

 (Kunstler). Thaiping Hills. 



var. b. maculata Ridl. S. flaccida Stapf, I.e. 



Johor, Gunong Pantai. Pahang, Telom. Perak, Gunong Inas 

 (Wray) ; Temengoh (Ridley). Distrib. Borneo, Sumatra, Lingga. 



(21) S. muscicola Stapf, I.e. 31. 



Flaccid unbranched herb 4 to 6 in. tall, rhizome creeping, all 

 hairy. Leaves similar oblong to lanceolate-oblong, acute both 

 ends, minutely toothed, pale green, thin, 2 to 3-7 in. long, -8 to 

 1-4 in. wide; nerves pinnate 3 to 4 pairs, fine; petioles -3 to -8 in. 

 long. Cyme terminal; peduncle slender, 1-5 in. long. Flowers 

 3 to 4. Calyx cylindric-campanulate ; teeth short. Petals -4 in. 

 long, pink. Stamens long acuminate, orange. Hab. On mossy 

 trees. Lankawi, Gunong Raya (Curtis). 



(22) S. congesta Stapf, I.e. 31. 



A dehcate unbranched herb 3 in. tall, glabrous. Stem i 

 to 1-5 in. tall. Leaves crowded at top about 6, similar, ovate to 

 elliptic blunt, base round, membranous, -9 to 17 in. long, -6 to 

 I-I2 in. wide; nerves 3 pairs (2 pairs from base); petioles -6 

 to 7 in. long. Peduncle 2-5 in. long. Cyme of about 10 flowers, 

 pink, quite resembhng those of 5. muscicola, but glabrous. Fruit 



Fl.M.P., r. 3 E 



