Malay I'ciiiusula," was id.Milical rx.vj.i Im- il,.. ;iI..,uuli- of lli.- 

 silvery marks on the leaves of the lyiK: There ure ulm iu 

 the Malay Peninsula a nuinhcr of (|iiitt' <lwurf plaiitH. oft»-ii 

 Avith white-spotted leaves, whidi. .lilT.-iviil as the .-xtiviurH an-. 

 I am unalih' to sejiarate. except as varieties, uh then' un- 

 «unnectin<4- links Letween them. I will therefore dewriU« them 

 hero as scjveral of tlie varieties oeeiir aljiimlautly ut Telom. 

 SoNERiLA I'icTA, KoHli., a dwarf herli, ;J-12 ineheh in hei^jht, 

 usually about (i inches tall, (|uite •jflahrous. Leaves lanceo- 

 late to ovate lanceolate or ovate in dwarf plauls, narrowed 

 to the base, apex acute or acuminate, unequal, oiie not more 

 than half as l»i(^ as the other, \-o inches lon-^', ',-1 ineh wide, 

 margin obscurely serrate with short i>r<x-esHeK, dark ;;rwa 

 above (often marbled or veined white), j^laucescent Iteueuth ; 

 nerves three pairs, all rising from above the base ; |)etiole J-i 

 inch long. Flowers iu axillary and terminal uml>els iilxnit 

 five in an umbel, small rose-j>ink. Calyx funnel shajn-d, ,'„ inch 

 long, with three trianouUir a<:uminate processes. Petals thrw. 

 lanceolate acuminate, ,1 inch long. Stamens three, hlumentM 

 slender, anthers lanceolate acuminate. Styh" fairly »t«»ut. 

 stigma cai)itate. Capsidc smooth pale shining turbinate 

 with low rounded valves. 



Malay Peninsula, Sumati-a and IJorueo. 



Var. ((. TYPiCA. 



Leaves l|-3 inches long, !-l { inch wide, lanceolate, margins litlK" 



toothed. Calyx and peduncle covered with glandtdar liaint. 



lobes more closely haii-y. Leaves ofton with a broad silvery 



band on the midrib and nerves. 

 Sumatra, Kelantau Kivcr. Siak ( Ki.lley, b;•(J8^ 



Var. h. coNcoLOK. 



Plant about 6 inches to 1 foot tall, bran.hed. Leaves lunitHdute. 

 plain green. Calyx and pe<licel tpiite glabrous. I'lu liitang 

 Padang, Gunong Angsi, Maxwell's Hill, iitikit Kutu , ''-nO). 

 Mt. Ophir, Bukit Hitam (7:321), Siak, Sumatni (rtl)i»4): with 

 traces of the hairs on the calyx as has a f->rni from Ml. 

 Ophir (No. 32i»l), with short oval leaves. Pahanu'. K«'t» 

 Glanggi, Tahan Woods. Telom. 



Var. '■. dwarf form iasii,i.\ 



Not more than (» inches tall Leav»'s crowd.^l ovate 

 Sub-var. o. Leaves i)lain green. Telnm.tiunoug Pantai. S,ir.iwiik. 



Quop (Ha Vila ml), Tawarar Kiver (12H4-). 

 Sub-var. b. Leaves with a white median bar. Liug^'a ( Hullett i. 

 Sub-var. c. Leuves spotted with white on upi^r >.tirf.Ko T»li*tt 



Valley Woods, Tel«'»m, (iunoug Berumban. 



Ifcc, looo. 



