Sonerila.'] LX. MELASTOMACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 535 



acute, glabrous or nearly so, denticulate or subserrate ; petiole 1-2 in. Raceme often 

 subpaniculat.e with 8-14 flowers and very hirsute. Calyx-tube generally with much 

 lux brown hair. Anthers shortly beaked. Capsule definitely but lightly 6-ribbed, 

 erect, usually longer than its pedicel. Seeds with raised points ; raphe large, excurrent, 

 liko a hood near the top of the seed on one side. 



21. S. grandiflora, Wall. Cat. 4099; stems veiy woody below branch- 

 ing round, leaves glabrous bristle-serrate 6-7-nerved from the base, petals f-f in. 

 elliptic acute mauve. Wight. Ic. i. 995 ; W. $ A. Prodi: 322 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5354 ; 

 Benn. PI. Jav. JKar. 216 ; Tricma in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76. 



NILGHIRIS ; near Sisparah, Wight, Gardner. 



Leaves 1-2 in., crowded on the branchlets, oblong or elliptic, narrowed at both 

 ends, acute, not much acuminate ; petiole - f in. Racemes densely flowered ; pedun- 

 cles short, terminal. Calyx-tube glabrous. Anthers much attenuated. Capsule - in., 

 funnel-shaped, smooth, obscurely ribbed. 



22. S. eleg-ans, Wight Ic. t. 995-3; leaves pinnate-nerved with a very 

 few scattered hairs above nearly or quite glabrous beneath, raceme pubescent, 

 pedicel and calyx-tube hairy, capsule finally with its pedicel stiffly scabrous. 



NILGHIRIS, Sispara; Wight No. 1109 partly, Me Ivor. 



Suffrutescent ; branches glabrous or with few scattered hairs. Leaves 2-4 in., 

 elliptic-lanceolate from a rounded base, minutely serrulate, sometimes purpurascent 

 beneath ; petiole ^-2 in. Racemes lateral and terminal, long-peduncled. Petals j in., 

 light mauve. Capsule f in., erect, funnel-shaped, trigonous, rather obscurely 6-ribbed, 

 longer than its pedicel. Seeds with prominent raised points, raphe much excurrent 

 near the top on one side. This has been confused with the next species by Triana 

 {Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76) and in Herbaria. It decisively differs by the very 

 scabrous ripe capsules : also the indumentum of the leaves is different, and the 

 peduncle longer. S. pilosula Thwaites (No. 19) may be a form of this with more 

 pubescent leaves. 



23. S. versicolor, Wight Ic. t. 1057 ; leaves pinnate-nerved with scat- 

 tered hairs on both surfaces, raceme nearly glabrous, pedicel and calyx-tube gla- 

 brous, capsule finally quite glabrous. S. axillaris, Wight. Ic. t. 1058. 



NILGHIRIS ; Wight ; Gardner, &c. MYSORE, T. Lobb. 



Suffrutescent, branches pubescent. Leaves 2-4 in., elliptic-lanceolate from a 

 rounded base, finely serrulate, sometimes purpurascent beneath, hairs above sometimes 

 with vesicular bases (giving the leaves a spotted appearance) ; petiole 1-3 in. Ra- 

 cemes terminal and many lateral. Petals ^ in., mauve. Capsules f- in., erect, in crowded 

 clusters, narrowly funnel-shaped or almost oblong, rather obscurely 6-ribbed, longer 

 than the pedicel. Seeds with prominent raised points, raphe excurrent near the top 

 on one side. S. axillaris Wight is exactly the same plant the axillary racemes being 

 placed alternately up the stem on short peduncles with some regularity. 8. pilosula 

 (No. 19) differs by its hairy racemes and calyx- tube. In both 8. versicolor and S. 

 eleaans the leaves are more or less unequal at the base. 



24. S. lanceolata, Thivaites Enum. p. 107 ; leaves sessile long-lanceolate 

 from a rounded base glabrous, capsules j- in. clustered glabrous oblong some- 

 what funnel-shaped distinctly 6-ribbed longer than the pedicel. Triana in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76 ; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 299. 



CEYLON, alt. 1000 ft., Walker, Thwaites. 



Suffrutescent ; branches round, glabrous. Leaves 2-3 in., 3-nerved from the base 

 distantly serrulate upwards ; petiole less than ~ in. Petals in., mauve, broad 

 elliptic, acute. Anthers not much attenuated. Seeds smooth or nearly so; raph 

 large, hooded, excurrent the whole length of the seed. 



