Sonerila.] Lix. melastomace^. 787 



(27) S. bellula Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 70 

 {hy misprint belluta). 



Delicate unbranched herb, 2 to 4 in. tall, base creeping quite 

 glabrous. Leaves crowded, narrow lanceolate, narrowed to base 

 sub-acute, spine-toothed, pale beneath, -75 to 1-25 in. long, -2 in. 

 across ; petioles -3 in. long or less, slender. Peduncles terminal 

 axillary i or 2, 75 in. to 1-25 in. long. Cymes 5-flowered. Calyx 

 slender, cylindric-campanulate, teeth short triangular. Petals 

 pink, oblong cuspidate, -2 in. long; anthers short acuminate. 

 Capsule obconic, smooth -2 in. long. Hab. On rocks in forest, 

 rare. Johor, Gunong Banang near Batu Pahat (Ridley). 



(28) S. heterostemon Naud. Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, xv. 326, 

 t. xviii. fig. 4 ; Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 540 ; Stapf, I.e. 33. 

 S. obliqua Cogn. Monogr. vii. 515, not of Korihals. 



A glabrous herb, 3 to 18 in. tall. Stem angled, branched. 

 Leaves unequal, oblique ovate acuminate, base cuneate asymmetric, 

 pale green, when young spotted white ; nerves 5 or 6, transverse ; 

 nervules conspicuous, 1-5 to 4-5 in. long, i to 2-3 in. wide; petioles 

 •5 to 2 in. long. Cymes axillary and terminal. Flowers up to 

 16 or even more, sessile ; peduncles -6 to 1-25 in. long. Bracts 

 spathulate, persistent. Calyx obconic, -15 in. long; teeth obtuse. 

 Petals elliptic, -15 in. long, bright pink. Stamens 6, 3 curved 

 purple, 3 straight yellow. Capsule sessile turbinate -25 in. long, 

 smooth. Hab. On rocks and banks in forests from Singapore to 

 Selangor and Perak, Pahang and Tringganu. The commonest 

 species. Disirib. Sumatra, Borneo. Native names : Ati-AtiGajah; 

 Ati-Ati hutan ; Kerukap Ayer. 



(29) S. glabriflora Stapf, I.e. 42. 



Ascending herb, 6 in. tall. Stem, petioles, nerves beneath 

 appressed hairy. Leaves dissimilar, large one oblique elliptic, blunt 

 or sub-acute, unequally cordate, glabrous, green, above pale; 

 nerves purple beneath, 3 to 6 in. long, 2 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles 

 I to 2-5 in. long, small leaves sessile reniform, -25 in. wide. Cymes 

 terminal, axillary; peduncles i to 2 in. long. Calyx campanulate- 

 ovoid, glabrous, -15 in. long. Petals elliptic acute -25 in. long, 

 white or pinkish; anthers linear-oblong, blunt. Capsule quite 

 smooth, campanulate, -16 in. long. Hab. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 



(30) S. capitata Stapf, I.e. 35. 



Ascending, simple, bristly stemmed herb about 12 in. tall, base 

 nude. Leaves dissimilar, larger obliquely obovate, abruptly cuspi- 

 date, base oblique cordate, sparsely bristly above, densely on the 

 nerves beneath, 4 to 6 in. long, 175 to 3 in. wide; nerves 5 to 8; 

 nervules obUque conspicuous; petioles thick, -5 to 1-5 in. long. 

 Small leaves orbicular reniform -4 in. long or less. Cymes axillary 

 capitate, -2 in. across ; pedicels slender, -6 in. long. Bracts numer- 

 ous, linear. Calyx oblong, shaggy, -07 to -09 in. long; teeth 

 triangular. Petals oblong acuminate, white or pink, '12 in. long. 



