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equal or, more usually, very unequal in size, ovate, rarely oblong, 

 acutely acuminate, cordate, rounded or rarely subacute at the base 

 rather symmetrical, entire or slighty wavy and denticulate, thinly 

 membranous, dark- or pale-green, the larger 3-7 in. by 2-4-5 in. 

 distinctly 7-nerved from the very base, with somewhat distant trans- 

 verse veins ; petioles 1-2-5 in. long, slender or stout, fleshy. Cymes 

 long-peduncled, often many-flowered, solitary or usually 2-4 on a 

 common subterminal peduncle from the leaf axils or close to the top • 

 peduncle 2-5 in. long, first slender, at length rather stout, pedicels 

 slender, •1--12 in. long. Calyx slender, obconical-campanulate, 2 to 

 -23 in. long; teeth triangular. Petals elliptic, acute, •2--25 in. lono- 

 white or greenish white. Anthers slender, acuminate, •23--27 in. long. 

 Style filiform; stigma punctiform. Fruit trigonous, obconical with 

 sfciiiight sides, •22--3 in. long, smooth ; valves -15--16 in. long. 



Perak; 2000-4000 ft., common, Gtirtis 2015! Scortechini J911 ' 

 Maxwell's Hill, Scortechini 18/a .' Ridley ! Lanit, on rocks in dense 

 jungle, ^000 ft., Kunstler 2005 ! in open jungle on hill sides, 500-800 

 ft.. King's Collector 5152 ! Kinta, Curtis 1 Malacca ; Bujono-, 3000 ft 

 Curtis ! 



18. SoNERiLA MuscicoLA, Stapf atid King. A flaccid, ascending, 

 unbranched herb, 4-6 in. high, with a creeping rhizome, with pale, fine 

 curved or curled hairs in the upper part of the stem and the leaves and 

 with scanty, gland-tipped hairs on the pedicels, calyx and on the back of 

 the petals. Stem slender, weak, quadrangular. Leaves of a pair similar 

 in shape and size, oblong to lauceolate-oblong, subacute or subacuminate 

 at both ends, symmetrical or almost so, minutely toothed or almost 

 entire, thinly membranous, pale-green, 2-3'7 in. by -8-1-4 in., pinnate- 

 nerved, nerves 3-4 on each side, fine, very oblique ; petiole •3--8 in. lono- 

 Cymes few-flowered, terminal, peduncled, umbelliform, peduncles verv 

 slender, 1-1-5 in. long ; pedicels very slender, '08--12 in. long. Cahjx 

 slender, obconical-campanulate, '2 in. long ; teeth trianonilar broad 

 Petals elliptic, apiculate, •35-'4 in. long, pink, with a few gland- 

 tipped hairs along the middle nerve beneath. Anthers very slender 

 acuminate, tips curved, -22--24 in. long. Style filiform ; stigma puncti- 

 form. Fruit trigonous, truncate-obovoid, "2 in. long, smooth ; valves 

 '12 in. broad. 



Kedah ; Ounong Raya, on mossy trees, Curtis 2573 ! 

 19. SoNERiLA SAXOSA, Stapf aud King. An erect, delicate herb 

 2-4 in. high, scantily hairy with the exception of the glabrous flowers 

 hairs pale, flexuous with long, fine tips ; with a slender, creeping 

 rhizome. Stem very slender, quadrangular. Leaves in 3-4 pairs ( of 

 which the upper are rather close), those of a pair similar in shape and size 

 oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, acute at both ends, rather symmetrical 



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