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deep-red or violet beneath, 2-4 in. by 1-1'5 in., 5-nerved from near 

 the base, with 3 side-nerves in the broad and 2 side-nerves in the 

 narrow half, uppermost side-nerves sometimes '4<-'5 in. above the base, 

 with indistinct oblique transverse veins ; petioles usually short or very 

 short, rarely up to *5 in. long; small leaves ovate-cordate, acute or 

 reniform, '15 in. long and broad, on slender, short petioles. Cymes 

 terminal and axillary, solitary or in fascicles of 2-3, subsessile, indis- 

 tinctly bracteate, few- to many-flowered, very dense ; peduncles very 

 short, slender, with 2 petioled small leaflets at the base ; rhachis shaggy, 

 bracts finely filiform, ciliate, hidden among the hairs of the rhachis ; 

 pedicels very slender, about '1 in. long. Calyx campanulate-oblong, 

 •12-15 in. long, shaggy ; teeth triangular-lanceolate, '07 in. long. 

 Petals oblong, subacute, suberect, over '25 in. long, pinkish white or 

 pink, with a line of hairs on the back. Anthers short, oblong, obtuse, 

 •1 in. long. Style over "25 in. long ; stigma punctiform. Fruit semiglo- 

 bose-turbinate, muricate, 2 in. long and. wide. 



Perak; Scortechini 1873! 1875! Goping, in dense jungle, Kunstler 

 434 ! 440 ! Larut, in dense jungle, 500-800 ft., King's Collector 5752 ! 

 Malacca; Kinta Gunong, 1000-1500 ft., on rocky places, King's 

 Collector 7179 ! Gunong Inas, 5000 ft., Wray 4088. 



30. Sonerila microcarpa, Stapf and King. An ascending herb, 3-6 

 in. high, rusty-tomentose on the stem, petioles and the underside of the 

 leaves, more coarsely hairy in the inflorescence (including the calyces) 

 from short, somewhat stiff and spreading, or soft and more adpressed 

 (underside of the leaves) hairs, and besides with scattered, longer and 

 stouter, flexuous hairs on the upper side of the leaves. Stem long, pros- 

 trate at the base, somewhat stout, straight or subflexuous, leafy part 

 2-4 in, long. Leaves very dissimilar, the larger of a pair shortly petioled, 

 asymmetrical, obliquely obovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate, abruptly 

 acuminate, unequally cordate at the base with a larger rounded lobe 

 (•1-2 in. long) on the outer, and a similar, but very minute or obscure 

 lobe on the inner side, subentire or entire or obtusely serrulate, fleshy, 

 rather firm, dark-green above, sometimes with numerous small white 

 spots, 25-4 in. by 1-1*5 in., 4-5-nerved from near the base with oblique 

 transverse veins, petiole -15-4 in. long; the small leaves sessile, reni- 

 form or orbicular, cordate, *2 in diam. Cymes terminal and from the 

 upper axils, subsessile or shortly peduncled, ebracteate, few- to many- 

 flowered, rather lax ; peduncle very slender, if any, up to '5 in. long ; 

 pedicels filiform, up to *25 in. long. Calyx campanulate-ovoid, '12 in. 

 by '08 in. ; teeth triangular. Petals oblong, acute, almost *25 in. long, 

 like the calyx pink. Anthers short, oblong, obtuse, '08-* 1 in. long. 

 Style -25 in. long; stigma punctiform. Fruit pale pink, subtrigonous, 

 turbinate, minutely muricate, 08-1 1 in. long, 15 in. broad. 



