28 Gr. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 



in the upper part. Leaves of a pair similar, subequal or rather 

 different in size, ovate to oblong or elliptic, acute or subacuminate, 

 rounded at the base, entire, somewhat fleshy, green above, pale beneath, 

 distinctly 7-nerved from near the base (upper pair *2-*25 in. above the 

 base) ; petioles '4-1 *2 in. long. Cymes 2-6-flowered, umbelliforra, 

 terminal, peduncled; peduncle slender, '5-1 in. long; pedicels 08—' 1 in. 

 long. Calyx rather slender, subcampanulate, '12— *15 in. long; teeth 

 short, broad, triangular. Petals elliptic to obovoid, obtuse or subacute, 

 •5-'6 in. by *35-'4 in., pink, with a line of gland-tipped hairs on the back. 

 Anthers acuminate, slender, *23-'27 in. long. Style filiform ; stigma 

 punctiform. Fruit trigonous, shortly obconical, about # 27 in. long, 

 muricate, on stout muricate pedicels ; valves *2 in. broad. 



Perak ; Scortechini ! Tumbung Parbat, Scortechini 422 ! Gunong 

 Batu Pateh, 4500 ft., Wray 260. Malacca ; Bujong, Curtis 3297 ! 



11. Sonerila mollis, Stapf and King. An ascending, sparingly 

 branched or unbranched herb, about 1 ft. high, densely and adpressedly 

 tomentose along stem and petioles, and on the underside of the leaves 

 along the nerves, and besides almost cobwebby on both sides of the 

 young leaves ; all the hairs soft and reddish when dry. Stem often 

 rooting in the lower part, terete or subquadrangular in the upper part. 

 Leaves of a pair similar, but differing more or less in size, elliptic to 

 ovate-elliptic, shortly and acutely acuminate, rounded at the base, 

 entire, somewhat flesh} 7 , very dark green and quite glabrous above when 

 adult, pale and glabrescent beneath between the nerve3, the larger 

 2-3 in. by 1-2 in., distinctly 5-7-nerved from near the base (upper 

 pair of side nerves '2h-'21 in., distant from the base) ; petioles *4— 1 in. 

 long. Cymes 2-4-flowered, umbelliform or flowers solitary, terminal, 

 peduncled, glabrous ; peduncle about *5 in. long, slender ; pedicels 

 •2-'24 in. long, very slender. Calyx slender, subcampanulate, '18--2 in. 

 long ; teeth very short and broad, triangular. Petals elliptic-oblong, 

 acute, *4 in. long. Anthers acuminate, *2-*22 in. long. Style filiform ; 

 stigma punctiform. Fruit trigonous, shortly obconical, '24 in. long, 

 smooth ; valves *2-*24 in. long. 



Perak ; Wray, Scortechini ! Summit of Gunong Batu Pateh, 6700 ft., 

 Wray 375 ! 



12. Sonerila albiplora, Stapf and King. An ascending or suberecfc, 

 more or less branched herb, 9- J 2 in. high, densely and adpressedly 

 hirsute along stem and petioles and more sparingly on the underside of 

 the leaves, and with gland-tipped spreading hairs on pedicels, calyx 

 and midrib of petals. Stem rather slender, terete or subquadrangular 

 in the upper part. Leaves of a pair similar and rather equal in size, 

 lanceolate to ovate- or obvate-lanceolate, acute or subacuminate at both 

 ends, entire or almost so, fleshy, very dark green (almost black when 



