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branclied all along, branclies more or less divaricate, 1 or, in luxuriant 

 specimens, 2 from each leaf axil ; often branched again. Leaves sessile 

 or petioled, often apparently whorled on the upper or, in vigorous 

 specimens, almost on all nodes, those of a pair similar in shape and size, 

 lanceolate or ovate, acute or subacute, contracted or subcuneate at 

 the base, rather symmetrical, entire or minutely toothed, membranous, 

 green or greyish when very hairy, •■1—1 '2 in. by •2-4i in., indistinctly 

 3-nerved from near the base ; petioles slender, very variable in length, 

 up to '3 in., long, or 0. Cymes 2-9-flowered, at length very lax ; pedun- 

 cles filiform, '4-2 in. long; pedicels very slender, -04 in. long or hardly 

 any. Calyx very slender, almost cylindric, '15-2 in, by '03 in., teeth 

 triangular, short. Petals elliptic-oblong, cuspidate-acuminate, '15 in. 

 long, pink. Anthers ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, •06-*09 in. 

 long. Style filiform, '12 in. long; stigma punctiform. Fruit almost 

 cylindric, slightly trigonous, smooth, •3--45 in. by -Oe-'OS in. Jack in 

 Book. Bot. Misc. II, 63 ; Blurae in Flora (1831), 491 ; Benn. PI. Jav. 

 Bar. 217 ; Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, XV, 324 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. I, 563 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXVIII, 75 ; C. B. Clarke in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II, 530 ; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. VII, 492 ; Stapf 

 in Ann. Bot. VI, 304. 



Penang ; Government Hill, Curtis, Porter in Wall. Cat. 4092; 

 Maingay 2214 (778, Kew Distrib.). Distrib. Northwards as far as 

 Moulmein. 



Var. flexuosa, Stapf and King. Stems ascending, like the very 

 slender branches more or less flexuous. Leaves lanceolate to linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate at the base, •4-8 in. by '1 2-^2 in., more or less 

 pubescent or scaberulous from very short hairs, mainly above, margins 

 usually finely but sharply toothed and often revolute. Cymes 3-1-flowered 

 with capillary peduncles. Fruit •27-35 in. long, by •6--8 in. 



Pbnang ; on rocks, 2000 ft,, Curtis 1238 1 Perak ; Larut, on rocks 

 in rich, moist soil, 300 to 600 ft., Kunstler 2364 ! Scortechini 91 ! 



Var. discolor, Stapf and King. Stems ascending or erect, branches 

 very slender, slightly flexuous, very minutely hairy along lines or almost 

 glabrous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, minutely toothed, 

 narrowly revolute on the margins, very pale beneath, 3-5-nerved near 

 the base, nerves fine, but rather distinct. Cymes 4-1 -flowered, rather 

 congested, also when mature. Anthers •08-09 in. Fruit oblong-cylindric, 

 •3--35 in. by '08 in. 



Perak ; Scortechini 160 ! 



5. SoNERiLA tenuifolia, Blume in Flora 1831, 491. An erect or 

 ascending, branched or unbranched herb, 6-12 in. high, usually with 

 scattered, spreading, gland-tipped hairs in the upper part of the stem, on 

 the peduncles and pedicels, and near the mouth of the calyx and with few 



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