530 LX. MELASTOMACEJi. (C. B. Clarke.) [Sonerila. 



1. S.'tenera, Soyle Ml. 215, t. 45; stem 2-4 in. erect little^ivided, 

 pedicels 0-^ in., anthers short oblong truncate hardly narrowed at the top. 

 Wall. Cat. 4ms, partly. 



auBTEOPicAi. Wbstebn Himaiaya, Eoj/U, Edffeworth. Chota Nagpoee, alt. 

 1000-2000 ft., atundant ; C. B. Clarke. 



Stem weak, sometimes winged, puberulous or minutely pubescent. Leaves ^-J in., 

 ovate, nearly entire, equal or unequal, with a few scattered lax hairs ; petiole less 

 than \ in. Calyx-tube puberulous and with a few scattered lax hairs ; teeth (at time 

 of flowering) ovate, acute, as long as broad. Petals i in., ovate, acute, rose-purple. 

 Capsule nearly J in., trigonous, elongate tiinnel-shaped, ribs between the angles very 

 obsenre, often narrowed at the base so as to be subsessile. Seeds ovoid, smooth ; 

 raphe not excurrent. — Wallich has distributed with Eoyle's S. tenera, a Tavoy plant, 

 8. striata, and Eoyle has not detected the error, The pubescence of the stem as 

 given in the figure of Eoyle is very unlike nature. Triana has named Eoyle's ori- 

 ginal specimen " potius >S. brachyandra, Naud." a Manilla species, and has made 

 Edgeworth's specimen and some Khasian ones of S. stricta the type of 8. tenera. 



2. S. stricta, SboJc. in Sot. Mag. t. 4394; stem 3-7 in. erect often 

 branched, pedicels in fruit often nearly \ in., anthers ovate much narrowed at the 

 top. 



Khasia Mts., alt, 3000-4000 ft., plentiful. Pegu to Tenassebih, frequent. 



Stem, more or less puberulo-pubescent, and also with long lax spreading hairs. 

 Leaves ^1 in., lanceolate or elliptic, narrowed at each end, with scattered lax hairs. 

 Calyx-tvbe puberulous and with a few scattered lax hairs, teeth broader than long. 

 Petals ^-1 in., obovate, rose-purple. Capsule \ in., trigonous, elongate funnel-shaped, 

 ribs between the angles very obscure. Seeds ovoid, smooth ; rapjie not excurrent. — 

 The type of this species is S. burmatmica Wall. Cat. 4098, but the striking form S. 

 stricta was first published and the name must therefore be maintained. The true 8. 

 Bottleri Wall, is a Courtallum species and widely dilFerent, but Wallich seems in 

 hand-and-eye distribution to have mixed the present species with it. 



Vae. typica ; leaves with a few denticulations, uppermost sometimes in whorls of 

 4, often purplish beneath.- — Moulmein ; Lobb No. 347 ; Parish, No, 427. 



Vak. burmannica, Wall. Cat. 4098 ; leaves usually entire or nearly so. S. tenera. 

 Wall. Cat. 4098 ^pr%; Kvre in Jowm. As. Soo, 1877, pt. ii. 78. S. Eottleri, WaU. 

 Cat. 4097 partly. Sonerila sp. 5 Griff. Noiul. iv. 676. 



3. S. ere eta, Jack in Mai. Misc. et in Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 63 ; stem 8-12 

 in. firm erect with opposite branches, racemes secmid, flowers sessile, capsule 

 long-eylindric subtrigonous, seeds hemi-ellipsoidal covered with glandular raised 

 points, raphe shortly excurrent and overtopping the seed. Wall. Cat. 4092 ; 

 Bernn. PI. Jav. Rar. p. 217 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 563 ; Waud. in Ann. 

 8c. Nat. ser. 3. xv, 324 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 75. 



MonxMBiN, Lobb. Pinano, Wallich. Malata, Maingay. — ^Disteib. Malaya. 



Stem bifariously hairy. Leaves f in., equal or uneqiml, lanceolate, slightly ovate 

 at the base, hairy on both surfaces, subentire or minutely denticulate, sessile and long- 

 petioled on the same plant. Bacemes 2-6-flowered. Calyx-tvbe minutely pubescent. 

 Petals \ in., ovate, acute, rosy. Anthers ovate, much narrowed upwards. Fruits |-i 

 in,, \ in. apart. 



■fi' Species of Ceylon and the South Deccan Peninsula. 



4. S. zeylanica, W. Sr A. Prodr. 322; branches quadrangular neaily 

 glabrous, anthers ^-J in. ovate narrowed upwards, capsule \ in. funnel-shaped 

 subtrigonous with 6 prominent ribs. Am. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii, 307 

 (Oeylanica) ; Navd. in Ann. So. Nat. ser. 3, xv. 321 ; Thwaites Eimm. 109 ; 

 Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii, 75, 



