1900.] G-. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 31 



equal or, more usually, very unequal in size, ovate, rarely oblong, 

 acutely acuminate, cordate, rounded or rarely subacute at the base, 

 rather symmetrical, entire or slighty wavy and denticulate, tbinly 

 membranous, dark- or pale-green, the larger 3-7 in. by 2-4*5 in., 

 distinctly 7-nerved from the very base, with somewhat distant trans- 

 verse veins ; petioles 1-25 in. long, slender or stout, fleshy. Cymes 

 long-ped uncled, often many-flowered, solitary or usually 2-4 on a 

 common subterminal peduncle from the leaf axils or close to the top ; 

 peduncle 2-5 in. long, first slender, at length rather stout, pedicels 

 slender, , 1-*12 in. long. Calyx slender, obconical-campannlate, 2 to 

 •23 in. long ; teeth triangular. Petals elliptic, acute, *2-25 in. long, 

 white or greenish white. Anthers slender, acuminate, '23-27 in. long. 

 Style filiform ; stigma punctiform. Fruit trigonous, obconical with 

 straight sides, "22-'3 in. long, smooth ; valves '15-16 in. long. 



Perak; 2000-4000 ft., common, Curtis 2015! Scortechini 1911! 

 Maxwell's Hill, Scortechini lS/a ! Ridley ! Larut, on rocks in dense 

 jungle, 2000 ft., Kunstler 2005 ! in open jungle on hill sides, 500-800 

 ft., King's Collector 5152! Kinta, Curtis! Malacca; Bujong, 3000ft., 

 Curtis ! 



18. Sonerila muscicola, Stapf and King. A flaccid, ascending, 

 unbranched herb, 4-6 in. high, with a creeping rhizome, with pale, fine, 

 curved or curled hairs in the upper part of the stem and the leaves, and 

 with scanty, gland-tipped hairs on the pedicels, calyx and on the back of 

 the petals. Stem slender, weak, quadrangular. Leaves of a pair similar 

 in shape and size, oblong to lauceolate-oblong, subacute or subacuminate 

 at both ends, symmetrical or almost so, minutely toothed or almost 

 entire, thinly membranous, pale-green, 2-3'7 in. by *8-l'4 in., pinnate- 

 nerved, nerves 3-4 on each side, fine, very oblique ; petiole •S-'S in. long. 

 Cymes few-flowered, terminal, peduncled, umbelliform, peduncles very 

 slender, 1-1 "5 in. long ; pedicels very slender, '08-12 in. long. Calyx 

 slender, obconical-campanulate, *2 in. long ; teeth triangular, broad. 

 Petals elliptic, apiculate, *35-4 in. long, pink, with a few gland- 

 tipped hairs along the middle nerve beneath. Anthers very slender, 

 acuminate, tips curved, -22-24 in. long. Style filiform ; stigma puncti- 

 form. Fruit trigonous, truncate-obovoid, '2 in. long, smooth ; valves 

 •12 in. broad. 



Kedah ; Gunong Raya, on mossy trees, Curtis 2573 ! 



19. Sonerila saxosa, Stapf and King. An erect, delicate herb, 

 2-4 in. high, scantily hairy with the exception of the glabrous flowers, 

 hairs pale, flexuous with long, fine tips ; with a slender, creeping 

 rhizome. Stem very slender, quadrangular. Leaves in 3-4 pairs ( of 

 which the upper are rather close), those of a pair similar in shape and size, 

 oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, acute at both ends, rather symmetrical, 



