SONERILA , MELASTOMACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 495 
longus. Folia membranacea, leviter pilosula, 3-6 cm. longa, 1 '/,-3 em. 
lata. Racemi brevissimi, 5-12-flori; pedicelli secundi, 1-3 mm. longi. 
Calyx glanduloso-pilosus, 3-4 mm. longus. Petala purpurea, ovata, 
acuta, 6-7 mm. longa. Antherz 3 mm. longs. Capsula obconico- 
trigona, 5 mm. longa. 
In ius. Zeylania (Thwaites n. 2615). 
8, tenella, C. B. Clarke! l. e. 532 (S. tenella Beddome! in Trans. 
Lin. Soc. XXV, 217). — Rami petioli folia calycesque subglaberrimi. 
In India orientali ad Anamallays (Beddome). 
c. Rami juniores dense villosi puberuli vel hirtelli. — Spec. 10-13. 
T. Folia 5-plinervia. 
10. S. tomentella (Thwaites! Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 109); ramis junio- 
ribus brevissime denseque furfuraceo-puberulis; foliis ovatis vel ovato- 
oblongis, obtusiusculis, minutissime denticulatis, supra glabratis, 
subtus vix puberulis ; calyce brevissime puberulo; antheris ovoideis. 
— C. B. Clarke, l. e. 531. 
Caulis erectus, gracilis, leviter ramosus, 2-3 dm. altus. Petiolus 
filiformis, 1-2 cm. longus. Folia tenuiter membranacea, 1'/-3 em. 
longa, 8-16 mm. lata. Calyx 4 mm. longus. Petala alba vel pallide 
rosea, ovata, acuta, 8 mm. longa. Antherz 2 mm. longs. Capsula 
late obconica, trigona, 5-6 mm. longa. 
In ins. Zeylania (Thwaites n. 2616). 
11. S. Wightiana (Arn. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. II, 307); 
ramis breviter denseque hirtellis; foliis elliptico-oblongis, acutiuscu- 
lis, serrulatis, utrinque breviter sparseque setulosis praecipue subtus 
ad nervos ; calyce breviuscule hirtello; antheris ovato-oblongis. — C. 
B. Clarke, 1. c. 532. 
Caulis erectus, robustiusculus, satis ramosus, 3-4 dm. altus. Petio- 
lus gracilis, 1-2 '/, em. longus. Folia tenuiter membranacea, 2-9 h em. 
longa, 1-2 em. lata. Calyx 4-5 mm. longus. Petala purpurascentia, 
ovata, acuminata, 9-10 mm. longa. Antherz 2'/, mm. longo. Cap- 
sula obconica, trigona, 6-costata, verruculosa, 6-7 mm. longa. 
In ins. Zeylania (Thwaites ne 3907). 
+ Folia 5-T-nervia. 
12. S. Hookeriana (Arn.! in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. IL, 307); 
