Sonerila.] LX. MELASTOMACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 537 



times vesicular at the base, sometimes blotched along the midrib above ; petiole 

 $-^ in. Peduncle terminal, 2- 3 in. . Flowers not seen. 



Species of Bengal. 



30. S. squarrosa, Wall in Roxb. Fl. 2nd. ed. Carey $ Wall i. 182; 

 stem 2-4 in. little divided thick, leaves crowded towards the upper part of the 

 stem spathulate-lanceolate serrulate, petiole jointed on a tubercle of the stem 

 which is supported on each side by rufous bristles, flowers racemed. Wall. Cat. 

 4093, PL As. Rar. t. 102 ; Naud* in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 325; Triana in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 3000-4000 ft. ; frequent. 



Leaves f-l in., glabrous, attenuated into the petiole ; stipules -| in. Racemes 

 few-flowered ; peduncles subterminal, short. Calyx-tube glabrous. Petals %-% in., 

 ovate, acute, mauve. Capsule \ in., glabrous, funnel-shaped, subtrigonous, hardly 

 ribbed, pedicel very short. Seed obovoid, without raised points, raphe not at all 

 excurrent. 



31. S. arguta, R. Br. in Wall. Cat. 4095; stems 0-2 in., leaves elon- 

 gate spathulate/ petiole jointed on a tubercle of the stem which is supported on 

 each side by a rufous bristle, peduncle 1-flowered. Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 

 3. xv. 326 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 3000-4000 ft., Wallich, H.f. $ T., C. B. Clarice. 



Leaves (including the petiole) 1-4 by ^-^ in., attenuated into the petiole, with 

 scattered large hairs above or glabrous, 1 -nerved, very minutely denticulate. Pe- 

 duncle l-2 in. Calyx-tube glabrous. Petals ^-^ in., mauve, elliptic, acute. Capsule 

 | in., oblong, glabrous, subtrigonous, ribs obscure. Seed obovoid, with minute raised 

 points, raphe not excurrent. One example collected by Sir J. D. Hooker has broadly 

 lanceolate leaves, f in. broad, but agrees otherwise with the type. 



32. S. maculata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. \. 177 ; stem short decumbent round 

 often divided and with several lateral racemes, leaves pinnate-nerved ovate or 

 lanceolate from a rounded or narrowed base ciliate scarcely serrulate usually 

 with many long hairs on both surfaces sometimes nearly glabrous, peduncles not 

 very long, capsules glabrous cernuous in clusters of 5-15. Wall. Cat. 4091 ; 

 Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 

 78. S. emaculata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 178. S. angustifolia, Roxb. I. c., not of 

 Wall. Cat. ; Wall. PL As. Rar. t. 102. S. picta, Griff. Notul. iv. 676 (ex Kurz 

 in Flora 1871-90). S. Brandisiana, Kurz in Flora, 1871, 290. Sonerila sp. 

 3 and 4, Griff. Notul. iv. 676. 



NIPAL; Wallich. ASSAM HILLS and KHASIA MTS., alt. 1000-5000 ft., plentiful. 

 MABTABAN and TENASSERIM, Kurz. 



Leaves often f by 2 in., frequently unequal at the base, sometimes appearing 

 spotted above from vesicular-based hairs ; petiole 1-2 in., usually ciliate and pubes- 

 cent. Calyx-tube puberulous, and generally with a few scattered hairs. Petals mauve, 

 elliptic, very acute. Capsule | in., oblong or somewhat funnel-shaped, slightly tri- 

 gonous, obscurely ribbed, much longer than the pedicel. Seeds with prominent raised 

 points, raphe only slightly excurrent near the top of the seeds on one side. Wall. 

 Cat. 4090 marked Sonerila angustifolia Roxb. is an Argostemma. 



ft Plants pith distinct stems, the leaves of each pair exceedingly dissimilar. 



33. S. moluccana, Roxb. Fl. -Ind. i. 178; stem short hirsute, larger 

 leaf of each pair 4-5 in. with a petiole of 1 in. the smaller one in., capsule 



