202 MelastomaceCB. \_Sonerila. 



■Stem erect. 

 L. 3-7-nerved. 

 Nerves from the base of leaf. 

 L. stalked. 



L. glabrous beneath. 

 Capsule small, as long as or shorter than ped. 



L. 5-nerved, unequal at base 



1. 



S. ZEYLANICA. 



L. 3-nerved, equal at base. 



2. 



S. RHOMBIFOLIA. 



Capsule large, much longer than ped 

 L. more or less hairy beneath. 

 L. glabrous above. 



3- 



4- 



S. Brunonis. 

 S. Arnottiana. 



L. hairy above. 

 L. oval 



5- 



S. WlGHTIANA. 



L. ovate-cordate . 



6. 



S. HIRSUTULA. 



L. sessile or nearly so. 







L. hairy above. 



Capsule broadly ovoid 

 Capsule campanulate 



L. quite glabrous .... 

 Nerves from the midrib (penninerved) . 



7- 

 8. 



9- 

 10. 



S. Gardneri. 



S. ROBUSTA. 



S. LANCEOLATA. 



S. PILOSULA. 



L. 1 -nerved, linear ..... 



11. 



S. LINEARIS. 



Stem creeping, 1. penninerved 



12. 



S. PEDUNCULOSA 



i. S. zeylanica, W. and A. Prod. 322 (1834). 



Arn. in Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 307. Thw. Enum. 109. C. P. 349, 3345. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 530. 



An erect annual herb, 3-12 in. high, much branched above, 

 branches quadrangular, glabrous ; \.\-\ in., ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, sharply dentate-serrate, with conspicuous scattered 

 bristly hairs above, glabrous and paler beneath, usually very 

 unequal at base, 5-nerved, thin, petiole at least half as long 

 as 1., slender ; racemes 2-6-fld., pet. very acute ; anth. short, 

 blunt, or pointed; fruit with tapering ped. f in., ped. less than 

 half the length, narrowly turbinate, prominently 6-ribbed, 

 glabrous. 



Var. (3, pumila, Clarke. S. fiumila, Thw. Enum. 109. Cogn. 1. c. 

 492. C. P. 2617. 



Smaller, branched from the base ; 1. broader, usually with 

 white dots above and purple beneath ; anth. very blunt ; cap- 

 sule with ribs less prominent. 



Var. y, cordifolia, Thw. vis. S. cordifolia, Cogn. 1. c. 502. C. P. 

 2893. 



L. cordate at base, petioles longer than 1. ; anth. pointed, 

 capsule very short, \ in., campanulate, shorter than ped. 



Var. 5, affinis, Trim. S. affi,7iis, Arn. 1. c. 307. Thw. Enum. 109. 

 C. P. 353. Fl. B. Ind. ii. 533. 



L. ovate, more coarsely toothed with spreading serrations ; 

 cal. slightly hairy ; anth. attenuate ; capsule campanulate, 



