534 LX. MELASTOMACE/E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Son&rila.. 



SOUTHERN DECCAN PENINSULA, Tinnivelly, alt. 2000 ft. ; Col Eeddome. 



Leaves 1^ in., narrowed to each end. obtuse; petiole \ in. Racemes 3-6-flowered, 

 crowded. Calyx-tube with few lax hairs. Petals f- in., mauve. Anthers long, 

 much attenuate. Mr. Kurz had published a very different species as Sonerila amabilis, 

 namely, 8. Kurzii (No. 38). 



17. S. travancorica, Bedd. Ic. PL 2nd. Or. t. 156 ; branches stout 

 round adpressedly villous, leaves elliptic acute subentire pinnate-nerved with, 

 many long brown hairs on both surfaces, capsule in. subcampanulate tri- 

 gonous 6-ribbed smooth longer than the pedicel. Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xxviii. 76. 



TBAVANCORE, alt. 4000 ft. ; Col. Beddome. 



Leaves H-3 in., acute but scarcely acuminate, glandular-dotted, shaggy on the 

 nerves beneath ; petiole j-l in. Racemes 3-9 -flowered, short, pedicels with few scat- 

 tered hairs. Calyx-tube glabrous or sparsely pilose. Petals f-^- in., mauve, elliptic, 

 acute. Anthers oblong, much attenuated upwards. Seed with raided points, raphe 

 excurrent on one side near the top. 



18. S. hirsutula, Am. in Hook. Com}). Bot. Mag. ii. 307 ; branches with 

 spreading rufous hairs, leaves ovate or oblong subentire with many long brown 

 hairs on both surfaces glandular-dotted and shaggy on the nerves beneath, calyx- 

 tube with many lax patent rufous brown hairs. Thwaites Enum. p. 108 ; 

 Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76. 



CEYLON, Central Province, alt. 6000-7000 ft. ; W alker, Thwaites No. 276. 



Stem 1-2 ft. high, erect ; branches round with four lines. Leaves 1-3 in., 5-nerved 

 from near the rounded or cordate base or imperfectly pinnate-nerved ; petiole often 

 2 in. Racemes short-peduncled, about 4-flowered. Petals f in., elliptic, acute, mauve. 

 Anthers greatly elongate. Capsule -i in., subcampanulate, strongly 6-ribbed, longer 

 than the pedicel. This species is very near S. travancorica ; it differs by the patent 

 (not adpressed) hairs on the stem, and the broad or cordate (not acute) base of the 

 leaves. 



10. S. pilosula, Thwaites Enum. p. 108 ; leaves ovate-lanceolate pinnate- 

 nerved with short hairs over both surfaces very unequal at the base, calyx-tube 

 with many short patent hairs, petals f in. purple-red. Triana in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxviii. 76. 



CEYLON, Walker; Saffragam District, alt. 1000-2000 ft., Thwaites. 



Stem 6-18 in., round, striated, with many short patent hairs. Leaves 2-3J in., 

 entire, somewhat acuminate ; petiole 1-2^ in. Racemes short, 6-1 2-flowered. Anthers 

 much elongate. Capsule funnel-shaped, 6-ribbed (Thwaites). This species is marked 

 by the very unequal base of the leaves ; one side of the blade being often continued 

 for |- in. along the petiole. Perhaps a form of No. 22 8. elegans. 



20. S. speciosa, ZenJi. PL Ind. 18, t. 18; stem nearly or quite gla- 

 brous below ending in a long peduncle villous upwards, leaves 5-9-nerved from 

 the base, petals f in. mauve round-elliptic acute, capsule f in. hispid oblong 

 trigonous from a subcampanulate base. Zenk. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 1. vi. 151 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5026 ; Wight Ic. t. 995-2 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76. 

 S. solanoides, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 324, xvi. t, 18, f. 3. S. orbi- 

 culata, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. viii. 57, with Jig. S. elegans, Bot. Mac/. 

 4978, not of Wight. 



Hills of the South DECCAN PENINSULA, frequent: NILGHIRIS, Wight; MYSORE, 

 T. Lobb ; COURTALLAM, Wight ; &c. 



Stems attaining 9-12 in., upper half often naked. Leaves 2-3 in., ovate or elliptic,. 



