786 Lix. MELASTOMACE^. [Sonerila. 



obovoid-oblong. Hab. Lankawi, Gunong Chinchang at 1000 ft. 

 altitude (Curtis). 



(23) S. cyclaminella Siapf, I.e. 33. 



A delicate erect unbranched herb. Stem i in. tall or less. 

 Leaves 4 pairs, crowded, similar, ovate or oblong blunt, base blunt, 

 undulate or entire, light or dark green with silver veins, purple 

 beneath, glabrous (except in var. canescens) -8 to 1-4 in. long, 

 •4 to -6 in. wide, 5- to 7-nerved; petiole -4 to i in. long. Cymes 

 I or 2 ; peduncle 2 to 5 in. long. Calyx slender campanulate, 

 •12 to -15 in. long; teeth triangular. Petals elHptic cuspidate, 

 •25 in. long, pink. Anthers acuminate. Fruit obconic angled, 

 smooth, -12 in. long. Hab. Mountains at 1000 to 3000 ft. altitude. 

 Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 



var. canescens Stapf, I.e. 



Leaves hairy, more lanceolate up to 3 in. long. Hab. Selangor, 

 Bukit Kutu (Ridley). Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler).. 



(24) S. calophylla Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soe. S. Br. 61, 



P- 5- 



Tuberous, succulent simple or branched 2 to 8 in. long, glabrous. 

 Leaves congested at top, green or brown, marbled white, oblong 

 to ovate-oblong blunt, base round, edge spinulose, 2 to 3 in. long, 

 I in. wide ; petioles -5 in. long. Flowers 3 to 4 in a cyme ; peduncle 

 I to 2 in. long. Calyx sub-cylindric, -25 in. long; teeth acute. 

 Petals oblong-lanceolate cuspidate, -25 in. long, rose or white. 

 Capsule funnel-shaped, smooth -25 in. long. Hab. Kedah Peak, 

 (Ridley). 



(25) S. Griffithii Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 539; Stapf, 

 I.e. 32. 



Slender fleshy herb, 3 to 6 in. tall, rhizome thick. Stem i to 

 4 in. tall, fleshy. Leaves crowded at top, ovate or round elliptic 

 blunt, membranous, edge and upper surface sparsely hairy, -4 to 

 •8 in. long and nearly as wide ; nerves 5 ; petioles -3 to -5 in. long. 

 Peduncles i or 2, erect 2 to 3 in. long. Cymes 3- to 6-flowered. 

 Calyx slender, cylindric, lobes ovate, glabrous. Petals elliptic 

 cuspidate, dark mauve, -25 in. long. Fruit obovoid-oblong smooth, 

 •23 in. long. Hab. Malacca, Mt. Ophir at 3000 ft. altitude in damp 

 spots, not rare, but local. (All collectors.) 



(26) S. saxosa Stapf, I.e. 31, 



Erect delicate herb 3 to 6 in. tall, base creeping. Stem slender 

 unbranched. Leaves lanceolate sub-acute or obtuse, sparsely hairy 

 above and on edge glabrous, purple beneath, pairs equal, 5- to 7- 

 nerved, -8 to 17 in. long, -3 to -6 in. wide; petioles -2 to -3 in. 

 long. Peduncle i in. tall; flowers i to 3, pink. Calyx slender. 

 Petals '3 in. long; anthers orange, acuminate. Capsule -2 in. 

 long; pedicel -i in. long, obconic angled smooth. Hab. Penang 

 Hill at 2500 ft. altitude, rare on rocks in shady ravines 

 (Curtis). 



