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tlie larger of a pair petioled, asymmetrical, obliquely obovate, elliptic or 

 oblong, abruptly contracted into a narrow acumen, unequally cordate at 

 the base with a small rounded lobe (to '2 in, long) on the broader side 

 and gradually narrowed on the inner side, entire, membranous, light- 

 green, 4-6 in. by 1-75-3 in., 5-8-nerved from near the base, with 2-5 

 nerves in the broad, and 2 in the narrow half, with oblique, on both 

 sides distinctly raised, transverse veins ; petiole stout, "5-1 "5 in. long, 

 small leaves orbicular-reniform, acute, cordate, sessile, up to '4 in. in 

 diam. Cymes terminal and axillary, loug-peduncled, capitate, very 

 dense, bracteate, few- to many- flowered ; peduncles rather slender, 

 glabrescent in the upper part, bracts numerous, linear, up to '25 in. long ; 

 pedicels slender, 'Oy-'Oy in. long. Cah/x oblong, densely sbaggy from 

 sliort hairs, thickened below, 'Oy-OQ in., teeth narrow, triangular, '04 in. 

 long. Petals oblong, acuminate, white or pinkish, '12 in, long, with a 

 line of short, thick hairs on the back. Anthers short, oblong, obtuse, 

 •1 in. long. Style filiform, '1 in. long, stigma punctiform. Fruit 

 semiglobose, densely muricate, '15 in. long and wide. 



Perak ; Scortecliini 1886 ! Gunong Batu Patch, in dense jungle, 

 3000-4000 ft. Kunstler 8075 ! 4500 ft. Wray 222 ! 



27. SoNERiLA CAESIA, Stapf and King. An ascending or creeping, 

 low herb, densely hairy on the stem, petioles and the nerves and veins on 

 the underside of the leaves, less so in the inflorescence and with few 

 or no hairs on the upperside of the leaves, hairs rufous, fine, straight and 

 adpressed, particularly on the nerves, or more or less spreading on the 

 petioles, coarse on the rhachis of the cyme and at the base of the umbels. 

 Stem rather stout, prostrate below, leafy-part rarely more than "5 in. long. 

 Leaves very dissimilar, the larger of a pair long-petioled, asymmetrical, 

 obliquely elliptic, subacurainate or subobtuse, unequally cordate at the 

 base with a large rounded lobe (•4--6 in. long) on the outer, and a 

 minute or quite obscure lobe on the inner side, entire or subentire, 

 sometimes ciliate along the margin, somewhat fleshy, blue-green above, 

 pale, green beneath with reddish nerves and veins, 3-5 in. by l-75-2'75 

 in., 6-7-nerved from near the base, 3-4 nerves in the outer (larger), 

 2 nerves in the inner (narrow) half, with subhorizontal or oblique 

 transverse veins; petiole 1-3-5 in. long; small leaves minute, ovate- 

 cordate, shortly petioled, or suppressed. Cymes terminal and from the 

 upper leaf-axils, usually 2-3 in peduncled umbels with small bracts at 

 the base, bracteate, few- to very-many-flowered, very dense ; common 

 peduncle slender, 1-25 in. long; special peduncles -25-1 in. long; 

 pedicels slender, -08--1 long ; bracts oblong, obtuse, as long as or 

 shorter than the pedicels, glabrous, persistent. Calyx obconical-cam- 

 panulate, -12 in. long, scabrid, crimson ; teeth triangular, acute, distinct. 

 Petals oblong, cuspidate-acuminate, 22 in. long, pale pink. Anthers 



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