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63. Sarcopyramis nepalensis, Wall. 



This little i)liiut closely resembles some si>ecies of SonerUa, but 

 its extremely shortly- stalked tlowers, with their eight stamens 

 and oblong anthers and the curiously-veined large valves to 

 the capsule, distinguish it readily. It has never previously 

 been met with in the Peninsula, and is an interesting addition 

 to our Flora, bemg another of the Himalayan plants which 

 have found their way down the mountain chains to the heart 

 of the Peninsula. It is recorded from the Himalayas, 

 Khasiya, Sumatra and Java. In the forests at Telom at 

 3,000-4,000 feet altitude. 



04. SONERILA TENUIFOLIA, Bl. 



Not rare in the Telom woods, nearly out of flower at the time 

 of our visit. 



Bytrih. — Mt. Ophir; Gunong Batu Puteh in Perak ; and 

 Java, Sumatra and Borneo. 



05. S. HIRSUTA, V. sp. 



S. teiinifolia var. hir.oUa, Stccpf. 



A slender erect plant, 3-8 inches tall, little or not In-anched. 

 Stems bright red and hairy. Leaves usually bright red 

 purple, lanceolate, acuminate, dentate, ba.se rounded, \-\ inch 

 long, \ inch wide, closely hairy on both sides with multicellular 

 of 10 crimson hairs ; nerves inconspicuous. Flowers axillary 

 and terminal on short pedicels, solitary. Calyx narrow 

 obconic, nearly glabrous, \ inch long, teeth very short subacute. 

 Petals white, ^ inch long, oblong, mucronulate. Stamens 

 shorter, \ inch long, anthers graceful-cui-ved acuminate 

 yellow. Capsule turbinate, \ inch long, smooth shining, 

 valves low and straight edged, pedicel | inch long. 



Grunong Berumban on mossy banks at 6,000 feet elevation. 



I take this to be the plant referred to by Stapf. as a variety 

 of S. tennifolia, Bl. ; but as it differs so conspicuously in the 

 form and hairiness of its leaves and larger flowers, as well as 

 other minor points, I consider it advisable to keep it as a 

 distinct species. The plants described by Stapf. were obtain- 

 ed on Grunong Bubu, and in other parts of Perak, of which 

 the localities are not given. 



6G. S. PICTA, Korih., KrindhtDuh, p. 249, t. 52. 



This species was based on a plant obtained in Sumatra at 

 "Batang Bessie" (Besi), and is well figured in the above- 

 mentioned plate in 1897. I obtained on the Ivelantan River 

 in Siak, Sumatra, a plant exactly similar to the one figured by 

 Korthals, and found that a plant by no means rare in the 

 Malay Peninsula, but omitted from the "Materials of the 



