532 LX. MELASTOMACE2E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Sonerila. 



and peduncles with brown-red hairs, capsule f in. broadly funnel-shaped tri- 

 gonous 6-ribbed somewhat scabrous usually longer than the pedicel. Bedd. Ic. 

 PL Ind. Or. t. 300. 



CEYLON, alt. 6000 ft. ; Thwaites. 



Leaves nearly 2 by | in., oblong or ovate, with 3-5 longitudinal nerves, nearly gla- 

 brous or with few scattered hairs above, minutely serrulate ; petiole ^-f in. Calyx- 

 tube with lax spreading hairs. Petals \-\ in., ovate, acute, purple. Seeds covered 

 with elevated points, raphe excurrent the whole length of the seed. 



VAR. tenella, Beddome in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 217; stem leaves petioles and 

 calyx-tube nearly glabrous. Anamallays; alt. 3000 ft., Beddome. Stated by Col. 

 Beddome to be allied to 8. Arnottiana, Thwaites, and' reduced to it by Triana in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 75. The examples communicated by Col. Beddome to Kew 

 do not show fruit but seem the same as 8. Brunonis ; they differ considerably in 

 their glabrousness from S. Arnottiana. 



9. S. Wigrhtiana, Am. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 307 ; stem attain- 

 ing 15 in. round branched very brown-villous, petioles nerves of the leaves be- 

 neath and peduncles with brown or yellow hair, capsule \ in. funnel-shaped tri- 

 gonous 6-nbbed scabrous usually shorter than the pedicel. Triana in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xxviii. 75. 



CEYLON : Adam's Peak ; Thwaites. 



Leaves f-1^ in., elliptic or oblong, with 3-5 longitudinal nerves, serrulate, with 

 scattered scabrous hairs often on both surfaces ; petiole often 1 in. Calyx-tube with 

 lax spreading hairs. Petals % in., purple, ovate, acute. Anthers ovate-oblong, ob- 

 tuse. Seeds covered with elevated points, raphe scarcely excurrent. This species 

 only slightly differs from 8. Arnottiana by its greater hairiness, its rather larger flowers, 

 and more elongate capsule. 



10. S. Hookeriana, Am. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 308; stem 

 attaining 10 in. round branched and petioles and peduncles with red villous 

 tomentum, leaves with scattered hairs on both surfaces, nerves beneath with 

 spreading dense red or yellow hairs, capsule | in. funnel-shaped trigonous 

 6-ribbed scarcely scabrous usually longer than the pedicel. Naud. in Ann, 

 Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 321 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 75. 



CEYLON, Adam's Peak ; Walker, Thwaites No. 173 and 426 partly. 



Leaves f-lj in., ovate or oblong, with 3-5 longitudinal nerves, serrulate ; petiole- 

 i-f in. CaJyx-tiibe with many spreading rufous hairs. Petals | in., ovate, acute 

 (pale ?). Anthers ovate-oblong, obtuse. Seeds with subtubercular raised points, 

 raphe much excurrent near the top of the seed. 



11. S. Gardner!, Thwaites Enum. p. 107; stem 12 in. round rufous-vil- 

 lous, leaves ovate from a broad base short-petioled, petals -f in. broad-elliptic, 

 capsule in. ovoid trigonous slightly scabrous and hispid usually longer than 

 the pedicel. Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 75 ; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 



298. 



CEYLON, alt. 5000 ft, ; Horton Plains, Thwaites. 



Leaves f-1 in., minutely serrate with scattered hairs on both surfaces, nerves be- 

 neath rufous -villous ; petiole - in. Peduncles short and with the calyx-tube rufous- 

 villous. Petals mauve-purple. Anthers ovate-oblong, obtuse. Seeds subtuberculate 

 with raised points, raphe elongated both above and below the seed. This species is 

 well separated from the preceding species by its ovoid not funnel-shaped capsule. 



VAR. firma, Triana I. c. ; leaves sessile. S. firma, Thwaites ms. Ceylon, alt. 5000 

 ft., Central Province at "Wattehelle; Thwaites No. 3873. The example of this com- 

 municated by Mr. Thwaites to Kew is in flower and does not show fruit. It seems 

 exactly S. Gardneri except as to the sessile leaves, but the fruit may prove it to be 

 something quite different. 



