498 FLORA OF MADRAS. [SonerUa. 



Leaves penninerved with 8-10 nerves on either side of midrib, 

 ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, tjie base subcordate, unequal, 

 3-1 in. long, sharply serrate ; fruiting capsule glabrous 



6. versicolor. 

 Leaves, also stems, thick and fleshy : 



Calyx-tube and lobes glandular-pilose; leaves ovate, acute at 

 apex, rounded or cordate at base, 7-9-ribbed from the top of the 

 usually long petiole, up to 3 in. long by 1'5 in. broad, sharply 

 bristly-serrate, sparsely glandular-pilose or glabrous...?, speciosa. 

 Calyx-tube glabrous, smooth, in fruit funnel-shaped from a thick 

 pedicel : leaves lanceolate, acute at apex, narrowed and shortly 

 auricled at base, conspicuously 3-ribbed from the top of the short 

 petiole, up to 1'5 in. long, '6 in. broad, sharply serrate, glabrous 



8. grandiftora. 



Stems creeping ; calyx- tube in fruit campanulate from a slender 

 pedicel ; leaves ovate, acute at apex, rounded at base, slenderly 

 3-5-ribbed from the top of the petiole, up to 1'75 in. long, 1 in. broad, 



sharply bristly-serrate, glabrous 9. pulneyensis. 



Stemless or with only short weak stems ; capsule hemispheric, with 

 a rim : 



Stems up to 6 in. long, quadrangular, sometimes hardly any ; leaves 

 penninerved, ovate-lanceolate, acute, rounded or cordate often un- 

 equally, at base, up to 4 in. long by 1*5 in. broad, sparsely bristly ; 



peduncles up to 3 in. long with 4-8 flowers 10. Rheedii. 



Stemless : 



Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, usually cordate at base ; 

 peduncles more than 4-flowered : 



Slightly crispate-hairy ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of nerves from 

 the base, 2-3 on each side further up, up to 5 in. long, 3 in. 

 broad, acuminate, minutely serrate; petals narrow; capsule 



1 in. long 11. WallicMi. 



Glabrous ; leaves with 2 pairs of nerves from the base, 1 pair 

 further up, up to 2 in. long, 1 in. broad, acute, crenate-serrate ; 



petals broad; capsule *15 in. long 12. scapigera. 



Leaves orbicular, deeply cordate at base, 2-3 pairs of nerves from 

 the base, others above, up to nearly 1 in. in diam., minutely 

 serrate ; peduncles less than 4-flowered ; petals broad ; capsule 



1--15 in. long 13. rotundifolia. 



1. SONERILA TENERA, Royle 111. t. 45, fig. 2; F. B. I. ii. 530. 

 N". Circars, in Ganjam (Gamble) ; W. Ghats, in Wynaad 

 at 4,000 ft. on rocks, occasional south to Tinnevelly. 

 A small weak herb with small pink flowers. 



