20 G. King— Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 



Leaves somewhat fleshy, rounded at 

 the base : — 



Hairs more or less spreading, often 

 very long, particularly on the 

 petioles and near the leaf margins ; 

 leaves light-brown beneath ... 10. 8. rudis. 



Hairs adpressed, very soft ; leaves 

 glaucous beneath with rufons hairs 11. 8. mollis. 

 Cymes sessile, reduced to few-flowered 

 fascicles : — 



Unbranched or almost unbraDched herbs : — 

 Leaves fleshy, very dark and glabrous 

 above, glaucous or pale-brown with rufous 

 nerves beneath ; calyx with scattered 

 gland-tipped hairs ... ... 12. 8. albiflora. 



Leaves membranous, more or less covered 

 on both sides with rufous flexuous hairs ; 

 calyx densely hirsute ... ... 13. 8. lasiantha. 



Suffrutescent, much branched .... ... 14. S. suffruticosa. 



All the nerves springing from the very base of the 

 lenf ; adult leaves quite glabrous, broadly elliptic, 

 fleshy ... ... ... ... 15. S. elliptica. 



Herbs with short stems, springing from a creeping rhi- 

 zome and with usually crowded to rosulate leaves and 

 terminal or subterminal peduncled cymes : — 



Leaves 3-7 in. by 2-4 in., 7-nerved from the very base 

 with conspicuous subhorizontal transverse veins : — 



Stem, petioles and peduncles very succulent, stout 16. 8. succulenta. 

 Stem, petioles and peduncles usually slender ... 17. 8. repens. 

 Leaves small ; uppermost side -nerves springing from, 

 above the base ; transverse veins indistinct or : — 

 Leaves oblong to lanceolate-oblong, 2-3*7 in. by 

 •3-1*4 in., pinnatinerved ... ... ... 18. S. 7nuscicola. 



Leaves much smaller, not or very indistinctly 

 pinnatinerved, lateral nerves springing from below 

 the middle : — 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, acute at 



both ends ... ... ... ... 19. S. saxosa. 



Leaves ovate to elliptic or oblong, rounded or sub- 

 cordate at the base : — 



Stem 1-3 in. long; leaves broad, crowded, in 

 about 3 pairs ; petioles '3-*7 in. long : — 



Leaves entire, not ciliate ; -9-17 in. by "6 -1*2 

 in. ; petals -35 in. long ; anthers -15-2 in. long 20. 8. congesta. 

 Leaves toothed, ciliate, *4-'8 in. by , 4-*6 in. • 

 petals -25 in. long; anthers -12-15 in. long ... 21. 8. Qriffithii. 

 Stem shorter ; leaves narrower, more numerous, 

 subrosulate ; '8-1-4 in. by -4-6 in., often beauti- 

 fully variegated; petioles up to 1 in. long, 

 very slender ... ... _ 22 & C yclaminella. 



