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dry) and glabrous above, pale and adpressed ly hairy beneath (at least 

 on the nerves), 1-3 in. by , 5-l'25 in., distinctly 3-5-nerved from near 

 the base ; petioles '2-4 in. long. Flowers axillary and terminal, solitary 

 or paired ; pedicels '1— *2 in. long, slender. Galyx subcampanulate, 

 ovoid, '1 in. long ; teeth distinct, broadly triangular. Petals oblong, 

 apiculate, *2 in. long, white, with a line of gland-tipped hairs beneath. 

 Anthers oblong, obtuse, '08-1 in. long. Style slightly and gradually 

 thickened upwards ; stigma punctiform. Fruit trigonous, shortly 

 obconical, '2 in. long, very scantily muriculate ; valves '2 in. broad. 



Perak ; Scortechini 1886 ! Gunong Kledang, 1000 ft., Curtis 3293 ! 

 Ridley 96911 Goldhaml Kinta in dense jungle, 3500-4000 ft., King's 

 Collector 7169 ! 



13. Sonerila lasiantha, Stapf and King. An erect herb, 4-6 in. 

 high, hirsute all over with flexuous, finely pointed, rufous hairs. Stem 

 terete, with the hairs more or less adpressed. Leaves of a pair similar 

 in shape, very unequal in size, obliquely lanceolate or subovate, acute, 

 attenuated at the base, membranous, green above, pale beneath, the 

 larger 1*5-3 in. by '6-*8 in., with 2-3 side-nerves in the broader and 1 in 

 the narrow half, the uppermost '75—1 in. above the base ; petiole slender, 

 •3-6 in. long. Fascicles few-flowered, terminal and axillary, subsessile ; 

 pedicels rather stout, *1-'15 in. long. Calyx obconical, densely hirsute, 

 *15-*18 in. long. Petals oblong, cuspidate-acuminate, *12 in. long. 

 Anthers oblong, subacute, '06 in. long. Style filiform, rather stout ; 

 stigma punctiform. Fruit broad, obconical, muricate, to "25 in. long ; 

 valves 'lS-^ in. broad. 



Perak; Gunong Bubu, Wray 3863 ! (in part). 



The specimen which we have here in view is so different in habit and in the size 

 of the comparatively long ped uncled leaves from the others bearing the same 

 number in Wray's collection, but described under S. suffruticosa, that we believe 

 ourselves justified in considering it for the present as a distinct species. 



14. Sonerila suffruticosa, Stapf and King. An erect, repeatedly 

 branched half-shrub, over 1 ft. high, shaggy all over from coarsely 

 adpressed, crimson (reddish, when dry) hairs, or glabrescent at length 

 at the base. Stem terete, woody below, hollow. Leaves mainly 

 crowded near the tips of the branches, those of a pair similar in shape, 

 but rather unequal in size, oblong to ovoid-oblong, acute, more or less 

 asymmetrical or almost symmetrical and acute at the base, obscurely 

 serrate or toothed, thickly membranous, dark green above, paler 

 beneath, the larger 1-1*4 in. by -4-'6 in., 3-5-nerved from near the 

 base ; petioles "25 in. long to very short. Flowers unknown (petals 

 white according to Wray). Fruits axillary, solitary or in pairs on 

 stout short pedicels, obconical, *2 in. long, strigose from tubercle-based 

 hairs, or muricate from their persistent bases; valves 'J 2 in. broad. 



