Sonerila.] lix. melastomace^. 789 



(34) S. barbata Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. x. 135. 



Stem woody 6 to 14 in. tall, densely covered with lough brown 

 hair. Leaves oblique, oblanceolate or obovate sub-acute, base 

 unequally bilobed, membranous; nerves from base 5, glabrous, 

 6 to 8 in. long, 2-75 to 3 in. wide ; petioles i in", long, thickly brown- 

 hairy. Cymes in upper axils I--75 to 3 in. long; peduncle slender, 

 hairy. Flowers about 15 secund, mauve. Capsule campanulate 

 pustular, -25 in. long; pedicel densely hairy, -12 in. long. Hab. 

 Kelantan, Chaning and Kwala Lebir Woods; abundant (Ridley). 



(35) S. nidularia Stapf, I.e. 37. 



Ascending simple herb. Stem stout, tomentose, about 6 in. tall 

 (erect part). Leaves very dissimilar, larger ones oblong or ovate- 

 oblong sub-acute, base unequally cordate, insequilateral rather 

 fleshy, deep green, often with two large rows of white spots, glabrous 

 except nerves 5, beneath, 3 to 4-5 in. long, i to 2 in. wide ; petioles 

 stout, tomentose, -15 to -6 in. long. Small leaves orbicular reni- 

 form -2 in. across. Cymes sessile terminal and axillary; bracts 

 minute; flowers few or man}^; pedicels -i to -3 in. long. Calyx 

 campanulate, obconic, -12 in. long; teeth acuminate. Petals 

 obovate, elliptic cuspidate, -25 in. long, dark mauve. Anthers 

 oblong. Capsule turbinate muricate, -25 in. long. Hab. Mountain 

 forests. Perak, Thaiping Hills ; Waterloo (Curtis) ; Chanderiang 

 (Kunstler) . 



(36) S. calycula Stapf, I.e. 43. 



An ascending herb 4 in. long, tomentose on the stem, petioles 

 and peduncles. Leaves very dissimilar, large ones nearly symmetric 

 lanceolate, tapering to both ends, somewhat fleslty, 5-nerved from 

 base pubescent beneath, 3-5 to 5-5 in. long, -8 to 1-25 in. wide; 

 petioles -35 to -4 in. long ; small leaves reniform, -05 in. long or less. 

 Cymes terminal and axillary; peduncles filiform, -4 to -5 in. wide. 

 Capsule semi-globose, smooth, -08 to -i in. long, -12 in. wide ; teeth of 

 calyx margin triangular cuspidate. Hab. Dense woods. Pahang, 

 Tahan River (Ridley). Flowers not seen. 



(37) S. Gimlettei Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soe. S. Br. 61, p. 5. 

 Stem woody 6 in. tall, smooth. Leaves unequal, large ones ovate 



lanceolate acuminate glabrous, winged to base of hair}^ petioles, 

 midrib hairy ; nerves 5 from base, 6 to 8 in. long, 3 in. wide ; smaller 

 leaves 4 in. long, 2 in. wide. Cymes scorpioid, many-flowered; 

 peduncles hairy 1-5 to 2 in. long. Capsule smooth with faint 

 traces of warts, -12 in. long ; pedicel as long, ribbed. Hab. Forests, 

 local. Kelantan, Kwala Lebir (Gimlette). 



(38) S. setosa Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 71. 

 Stem over 8 in. tall, densely bristly-hairy as are the petioles; 



nerves beneath, inflorescence and calyx. Leaves very dissimilar, 

 large ones elliptic-oblong acuminate, base unequal cordate, sprinkled 

 with coarse hairs above, membranous, 4-5 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. 

 wide; petioles i to 1-5 in. long; small leaves orbicular -i in, long. 



