Sonerila.] lix. melastomace^, 791 



Province Wellesley, Ara Kudah. Penang (Wallich, Jack and all 

 collectors). Distrih. Sumatra, Lingga, Borneo and Java. 



The Penang Hill plant is more softly-hairy and has longer peduncles. 

 It is the 5. moluccana of Jack and Wallich, and is separated by Stapf as 

 5. paradoxa. Roxburgh's description of S. moluccana is too short, and no 

 specimens of his type are to be seen. I have seen no species of Sonerila 

 from the Moluccas at all, and it seems quite likely that Roxburgh got it 

 from Penang and localised it wrongly. 



(42) S. macrophylla Stapf, I.e. 39. 



Ascending herb 3 to 8 in. tall, internodes 1-5 in. long, hairy. 

 Leaves unequal asymmetric, oblique elliptic acuminate unequally 

 cordate, thickly hairy all over, 4 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 2-3 in. wide; 

 petioles i in. long; small leaf ovate cordate, -2 in. wide. Cymes 

 dense, terminal-axillary, i or 2 on a peduncle many-flowered, densely 

 hairy. Calyx narrow cylindric, densely long-hairy -14 in. long. 

 Petals oblong, acute, -3 to -35 in. long. Fruit turbinate muricate 

 •2 in. long and wide. Hub. Perak, locaHty unknown (Scortechini). 



var. laxipilosa Stapf, I.e. 



All parts hairy. Leaves to 6 in. long, -3 to -5 in. wide. Peduncles 

 to 3 in. long. Hah. Perak, Ipoh (Curtis). Penang, Pulau Betong 

 (Curtis). 



(43) S. brachyantha Stapf, I.e. 37. S. trachyantha, Stapf, in 

 Herb. Kew. 



An ascending simple or sparse-branched herb about 8 in. tall, 

 entirely softly crimson-hairy. Leaves very dissimilar, larger 

 oblique ovate cordate acuminate, inequilateral, membranous, dark 

 green above, red beneath, 2 to 4 in. long, i to 1-5 in. wide, 5-nerved ; 

 petioles -5 in. long to none ; small leaves ovate cordate reniform 

 •15 in. long. Cymes axillary, terminal, i to 3 together, sub-sessile, 

 dense; bracts small filiform. Calyx narrow, campanulate, -12 to 

 •15 in. long; teeth lanceolate. Petals oblong acute, -25 in. long, 

 pinkish white or pink, a line of hair on back ; anthers oblong blunt. 

 Capsule campanulate closely tubercled hairy, -2 in. long. Hah. 

 Mountains, not rare, Pahang, Wray's Camp, Tahan. Selangor, 

 Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson) ; Perak, Gunong Kerbau at 

 4500 ft. altitude (Robinson) ; Gunong Inas 5000 ft. altitude (Wray) ; 

 Goping (Kunstler) ; Chanderiang (Kunstler). 



(44) S. elatostemoides Stapf, i.e. 42. 



An ascending, unbranched herb 12 in. tall or less, softly tomen- 

 tose all over. Leaves dissimilar, larger one asymmetric, oblique 

 obovate or elliptic acute, unequally cordate 2-2 to 2-8 in. long, 

 I to 1-2 in. wide, 6- to 7-nerved from the base ; petioles -18 to -4 in. 

 long; small leaf reniform, -15 in. wide. Cymes terminal axillary, 

 few-flowered ; peduncles -6 to i in. long. Calyx oblong campanu- 

 late, -08 in. long. Petals oblong, acute, hairy on the back ; anthers 

 oblong. Fruit semi-globose muricate -12 in. long. Hah. Mountains, 

 rare, Perak, Gunong Bubu at 5000 ft. altitude (Wray). 



