536 LX. MELASTOMACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Sonerila. 



25. S. ang-ustata, Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76; glabrous, 

 leaves narrowly lanceolate 1-nerved, capsule f in. short funnel-shaped cernuous 

 about equal in length to the pedicel. S. rhombifolia /3. angustata, Thwaites ms. 



CEYLON; District Galle, Thwaites No. 2799 partly. 



Stem 6 in. ; branches wiry, subquadrangular. Leaves If by in., with remote 

 shallow crenatures upwards ; petiole in. The species is distinguished from No. 15 

 S. rhombifolia Thwaites by Triana, and the leaves appear very different. The speci- 

 men of Thwaites has no flowers. 



Species of the Transyangetic Peninsula. 



26. S. tenuifolia, Blume in Flora, 1831, 401 ; stem attaining a foot 

 glabrous or with a few spreading hairs, leaves ovate-lanceolate acuminate 

 strongly serrate, capsule glabrous with a very wide mouth. Benn. PI. Jiav. Rar. 

 211, t. 44 ; Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 324 ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 

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



MALACCA, Mount Ophir ; T. Lobb, Maingay No. 779. DISTRIB. Java. 



Leaves f-2 in., unequal, often pilose above ; petiole -l| in. Anthers oblong, atten- 

 uated. Capsule \-\ in., trigonous, shorter than its pedicel, mouth \-\ in. broad. 

 Seeds with raised points, raphe excurrent on one side near the top. 



27. S. linearis, Hook.f. ms.; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76; nearly 

 glabrous, leaves linear-spathulate sessile minutely distantly toothed or sul>- 

 entire, capsule in. campanulate narrow-cylindric glabrous faintly 6-ribbed 

 longer than the pedicel. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 78. 



MOCLMEIN, on Mount Gerai, alt. 3000 ft,, T. Lobb No. 345, 425. 



Very erect, 15 in., with small round branches. Leaves 1 by ^ in. Racemes ter- 

 minal, 2-4-flowered. Calyx-tube minutely puberulous. Petals % in., mauve. Anthers 

 slender, attenuated upwards. 



28. S. picta, Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 249, t. 52; leaves ovate or 

 lanceolate pinnate-nerved serrulate, racemes about 6-flowered short-peduncled 

 terminal, calyx-tube and pedicel puberulous subpubescent, petals in. elliptic 

 acute mauve, anthers much elongate. Blume Mus. Bot. i. 11 ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. 

 i. pt. i. 564 ; Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 326 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxviii. 76 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 78. 



MEBGUI, Griffith ; Moulmein, T. Lobb, Parish. DISTRIB. Sumatra. 



Stem 4-8 in., little divided, pubescent or subtomentose upwards. Leaves 1-4 in., 

 nearly glabrous, pubescent on the nerves beneath, usually none of the nerve quite 

 basal and 2-3 nerves high up the midrib, blotched white or not along the midrib 

 above ; petiole - f in. Capsule (ex Korthals) funnel-shaped, trigonous, sparsely pilose. 

 Seeds with raised points, raphe very excurrent, hooded. 



VAR. Lobbii ; stem very rusty tomentose, leaves small scarcely 1 in. Top of 

 Thoungyeen, Moulmein, alt. 4000 ft. ; T. Lobb. 



29. S. secunda, R. Br. in Wall. Cat. 4094 ; stem weak pubescent sim- 

 ple, leaves elliptic acute pinnate-nerved, peduncle capsules and pedicels glabrous, 

 capsule \ in. funnel-shaped subtrigonous as long as the pedicel, ribs not promi- 

 nent. Benn. PL Jav. Rar. 216 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76 ; Kurz 

 in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 78. 



TAVOY ; Wallich. 



Stem 2-4 in., with 4-5 large leaves approximated at its summit. Leaves 2-4 

 in., minutely denticulate, with scattered long lax hairs on both surfaces, hairs some- 



