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short, oblong, obtuse, 1 in. long. Style '25 in. long ; stigma punctiform. 

 Fruit semiglobose, "15 in. long and wide, tubercled, tubercles rounded. 



Perak; Gunong Batu Pateli, 3,400 ft., Wray 1035! Upper Perak ; 

 300 ft., Wray 3U21 3553! 



28. Sonerila Nidularia, Sfcapf and Kiug. An ascending, simple, 

 rarely furcate herb, 3-8 in. high, densely rusty-torn entose on the stem, 

 petioles and the nerves (rarely also between the nerves) on the underside 

 of the leaves, pubescent in the inflorescence (including the calyx), other- 

 wise glabrous ; hairs fine, flexuous, short to very short and more or 

 less adpressed or, in the upper part of the stem, sometimes longer and 

 more or less spreading. Stem prostrate at the base, stout, straight or 

 flexuous, rooting at the base, leafy part 1-5 in. long. Leaves very 

 dissimilar, the larger of a pair shortly petioled, asymmetrical, obliquely 

 oblong to obovate-oblong, subacuminate or subobtuse, unequally cordate 

 at the base with a larger, rounded lobe (12-*2 in. long) on the outer 

 and a similar, but much smaller lobe on the inner side, entire, fleshy, 

 rather firm, dark-green above, sometimes with a row of large white 

 spots on each side of the midrib, 3-4"5 in. by 1-2 in., 5-nerved from 

 near the base with oblique transverse veins, the outer nerve of the 

 inner (narrow) side marginal and often indistinct ; petiole stout, \L5-6 

 in. long ; small leaves sessile, reniform or orbicular, cordate, *2 in. or 

 less in diam. Cymes terminal and axillary, sessile, minutely or 

 obscurely bracteate, few- to many-flowered, much contracted ; pedicels 

 very short at first, ultimately up to '3 in. long, aud stout. Galyx 

 campanulate-oblong, , 12- , 15 in. long ; teeth triangular, acuminate, 

 up to # 06 in. long. Petals obovate-elliptic, cuspidate, almost *25 in. 

 long. Anthers short, oblong, obtuse, *14 in, long. Style "25 in. long, 

 stigma punctiform. Fruit shortly turbinate, subtrigonous, muricate, 

 '25 in. long and wide. 



Perak; Scortechini 650! Larut, 1000-2000 ft., Kunstler 2345 ! on 

 hills in open jungle, King's Coll. 5764! Gunong Harara (?), Scortechini 

 655 ! Waterloo, common, Curtis ! 



29. Sonekila brachtantha, Stapf and King. An ascending simple 

 or scantily branched herb, 3-8 in. high, softly hirsute or shaggy all over, 

 hairs dense and more or less spreading on the stem, the petioles and all 

 parts of the inflorescence (inclusive of the calyx), looser on both sides 

 of the blades, reddish, rather long and flexuous. Stem rather stout, 

 subflexuous, leafy part 1-3 in. long, branches, if any, spreading, 

 resembling the maiu stem. Leaves very dissimilar, the larger of a pair 

 petioled or subsessile, more or less asymmetrical, obliquely ovate-lanceo- 

 late to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, unequally cordate at the base with 

 a rounded lobe (15-25 in. long) on the outer and a minute lobe on the 

 inner side, entire, membranous, dark brownish-green above, reddish or 



