Sonerila.~\ LX. MELASTOMACEJ:. (C. B. Clarke.) 531 



CEYLON, alt. 6000 ft. ; Thwaites, Walker. 



Stems 4-12 in. with many spreading' branches. Leaves -|-f in., ovate or uarrow- 

 oblong, acute, denticulate, with a few scattered hairs above otherwise glabrous ; pe- 

 tiole 0-^ in. Calyx-tube glabrous or with a few lax hairs. Petals \ in., purple or 

 white, ovate, acute. Capsule about as long as its pedicel. Seeds with minute glan- 

 dular elevated points, raphe excurrent but hardly overtopping the seal. S. zeylanica 

 is only separated from 8. rostrata and 8. affinis by the anthers, which (as above 

 stated) are usually -^^ in. long in S. zeylanica while in S. offinis they are usually 

 in. In those cases where the anthers of an authentic example of S. zeylanica are 

 actually longer than those of some examples of S. affinis, we endeavour to fall back 

 on the degree and nature of. the attenuation of the anthers, which should be acute in 

 S. zeylanica, acuminate in S. affinis. The var. pumila is more distinct from S. zey- 

 lanica, than are S. rostrata and 8. affinis. Triana has placed Thwaites' numbered 

 specimens of these species under various others. 



VAR. pumila, Thwaites Enum. 109 (sp.); anthers short-oblong very truncate. 



VAR. Walkerce ; seed without eleA'ated points, excurrent raphe very much over- 

 topping the seed, being exactly over the top of the seed like a cap. Perhaps a species. 

 Ceylon ; Walker. 



5. S. torn en tell a, Thwaites Enum. 109; "branches petioles and calyx- 

 tube rusty-pubescent, anthers ovate very short, capsule short funnel-shaped 

 trigonous 6-ribbed bristly. Triana in Trans. Linn. &oc. xxviii. 75. 



CEYLON; Saffragam, Thwaites. 



Branched, 10 in. high. Leaves ovate and ovate-oblong, minutely denticulate, with 

 a few scattered hairs above, slightly pubescent beneath. Petals i in., ovate, acute, 

 white or pale rose. Pedicels as long as or longer than the capsule. 



6. S. Brunonis, W. fy A. Prodr. 321 ; stem a foot high somewhat 

 stout branched nearly glabrous, leaves oblong-lanceolate longitudinally 5-7-nerved 

 from near the base with very rarely one or two fainter nerves from the midrib 

 higher up. Wight HI. 94, Ic. t. 1059. 



SOUTH DECCAN PENINSULA; Courtallum; Wight No. 1142. CEYLON, Newera 

 E115a; Thwaites. 



Stems 4-angled. Leaves l^-2 in., with a few scattered hairs above and micro- 

 scopic puberulous dots beneath ; petiole -1^ in. Petals i in., mauve-purple, ovate 

 acute. Capsules f in., narrow-funnel-shaped, with six thick ribs, longer than the 

 pedicels, clustered on the shortened racemes. Seed obovoid with glandular elevated 

 points, raphe not excurrent. The present species is exceedingly like S. versicolor or 

 S. axillaris, but (as Wight observes) may always be recognised by the longitudinal 

 nervation of the leaves. 



7. S. pedunculosa, Thwaites Enum. 109; stem 3-10 in. weak rooting 

 at the nodes, peduncles quasi-terminal very long, capsule -| in. funnel-shaped 

 subtrigouous obscurely 6-ribbed usually shorter than the pedicel. Triana in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 75. S. Rottleri, Wall. Cat. 4097, partly. 



TKAVANCORE, Quilon ; Wight No. 1111. CEYLON; tropical; Thwaites. 



Stems and peduncles glabrous or pubescent. Leaves l-2 in., ovate or oblong, 

 minutely serrulate, sparsely pilose above minutely dotted beneath; petiole -! in. 

 Peduncles 2-6-flowered. Calyx-tube glabrous or with a few scattered hairs. Petals 

 in., ovate, acute, reddish. Seeds with elevated points, raphe much excurrent on the 

 side near the top. 



8. S. Arnottiana, Thwaites Enum. p. 108; stem 12 in. high round 

 branched upwards at least rufous-villous, petioles nerves of the leaves beneath 



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