538 LX. MELASTOMACEJ2. (C. B. Clarke.) [Sonerila. 



intensely hispid scabrous. Wall. Cat. 4089 ; Blume Mus. Sot. i. p. 10 ; Benn. 

 PI. Jav. Har. 215; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 562 ; Triana in Tram. Linn. Soc* 

 xxviii. >77. S. paradoxa, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 321. S. begonise- 

 folia, Blume Mus. Bot. i. p. 11 ; Naud. I c. 322 ; Triana I. c. 



PINANG ; Wallich, Griffith, Maingay. MALACCA ; Maingay. SINGAPOEE ; Wallich, 

 Lobb t DISTBIB. Malaya. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, very unequal at the base, pinnate-nerved, with much rufous 

 or brown hair on both surfaces, ciliate, hardly serrulate. Calyx-tube very shaggy. Pe- 

 ffl/cs- i in., elliptic, acute. Capsule less than ^ in., broad-campanulate, longer than its 

 pedicel. Seeds almost epunctate, raphe very strongly excurrent near the top on one side. 



fft Steml&ss or almost stemless specWs (the stem sometimes elongate in S. 

 Griffithii). 



Capsule subhemispheric, i.e. short with the three angles obscure. 



34. S. Wallichii, Benn. PL Jav. Rar. 215 ; leaves pinnate-nerved ovate 

 acute, capsule short subcauipanulate glabrous crowned by a prominent white 

 margin, seeds with raised points and the raphe moderately excurrent on one side 

 towards its top. Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 77. S.'Rheedii, Wall. 

 Cat. 4096 ; W. fy A. Prodr. 321. S. acaulis, Beddome in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xxv. 216. 



South MALABAR GHATS. COCHIN, Johnston ; AKAMALLAYS, Heddonie ; BABA- 

 BOODUN HILLS, Law. 



Leaves from to 5 in. often broad or cordate at the base sometimes acute, 

 minutely denticulate or entire, usually puberulous and also with a few scattered 

 hairs: petiole 0-2 in. Peduncle 1-8 in.; flowers 3-17, crowded, subumbelled ; 

 pedicels glabrous. "Petals in., elliptic, acute, mauve. Anthers not greatly elongate. 

 Capsule -^-o in. exclusive of the margin, shorter than the pedicel. 



35. S. scapig-era, Dais, in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 672, t. 23 ; 

 leaves nerved from near the base ovate or ovate-oblong, capsule campanulate 

 glabrous crowned by a very narrow margin, seeds without raised points or excur- 

 rent raphe. Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. FL 93 : Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 



77. 



BOMBAY GHATS, Dcdzell ; CONCAN and Bababoodun Hills, Law ; MYSORE, Lobb. 



Leaves commonly ^-l in., broad or cordate at the base, minutely crenate-serrate, 

 glabrous, sometimes glandular puberulous dotted above ; petiole often 2 in. Peduncle 

 1-3 in. ; flowers 4-10, crowded, subumbellate ; pedicels glabrous or nearly so. Petals 

 i-f in., elliptic, acute, mauve. Anthers much elongate. Capsule -in., shorter than 

 the pedicel. The peduncle pedicels and petioles frequently become succulent and 

 much thickened. Generally resembling S. Wallichii and closely allied to it. 



36. S. rotundifolia, Bedd. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 216 ; leaves orbicu- 

 lar or ovate nerved from near the base, peduncles 1-4-flowered, raceme glabrous 

 or nearly so, capsule short hemispheric glabrous crowned by a narrow margin, 

 seeds with raised large subtubercular points raphe not excurrent. Triana in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 77 ; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 169. 



SOUTH DECCAN ; Anamallays, alt. 5000 ft. ; Beddome. 



Leaves -f in. diam., cordate at the base, minutely denticulate f glabrous and 



minutely puberulous, dotted on both surfaces; petiole ^-1^ in. Peduncles 1^-3 in. 

 Petals f in., orbicular-obovate, mauve. Anthers short for tfie genus, little attenuate, 

 truncate. Capsule yg-j^ in., shorter than the pedicel. 



