Sonerila.] lx. melastomacej). (C. B. Clarke.) 531 



Ceylon, alt. 6000 ft. ; Thwaites, Walker. 



Stems 4-12 in. -with many spreading branches. Leaves f-J in., ovate or narrow- 

 oMong, acute, denticulate, with a few scattered hairs above otherwise glabrous ; pe- 

 tiole 0-J in. Calyx-tube glabrous or with a few lax hairs. Petals J in., purple or 

 white, ovate, acute. Capmle about as long as its pedicel. Heeds with minute glan- 

 dular elevated points, raphe excurrent but hardly overtopping the seed.^fi'. eeylamca 

 is only separated from 8. rostrata and 8. affinis by the anthefs, which (as above 

 stated) are usually i-^ in. long in 8. seyloMica while in 8. affinis they are usually 

 ^ in. In those cases where the anthers of an authentic example of 8. seylanica are 

 actually longer than those of some examples of 8. affinis, we endeavour to fall back 

 on the degree and nature of the attenuation of the anthers, which should be acute in 

 8. zeyUmica, acuminate in 8. affinis. The var. pumila is more distinct from 8. zey- 

 lanica than are 8. rostrata and 8. affinis. Triaua has placed Thwaites' numbered 

 specimens of these species under various others. 



Vak. ptimila, Thwaites Enum. 109 (sp.) ; anthers short-oblong very truncate. 



Vae. Wal&ens ; seed without elevated points, excurrent raphe very much over- 

 topping the seed, being exactly over the top of the seed like a cap. — ^Perhaps a species. 

 Ceylon ; Walker. 



6. S. tomentella, Thwaites Enum. 109; branclies petioles and calyx- 

 tube ruBty-pubescent, anthers ovate very short, capsule short funnel-shaped 

 trigonous 6-ribbed bristly. Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 75. 



Ceylon; Saflfragam, Thwaites. 



Branched, 10 in. high. Leaves ovate and ovate-oblong, minutely denticulate, with 

 a few scattered hairs above, slightly pubescent beneath. Petals g in., ovate, acute, 

 white or pale rose. Pedicels as long as or longer than the capsule. 



6. S. Brunonis, W. Sr A. Prodr. 321 ; stem a foot high somewhat 

 stout branched nearly glatrous, leaves oblong-lanceolate longitudinally 5-7-nerved 

 from near the base with very rarely one or two fainter nerves from the midrib 

 higher up. Wight Ml. 94, Ic. t. 1069. 



SoTiTH Deccan Peninsula; Courtallum; Wight No. 1142. Ceylon, Newera 

 Ellia ; Thwaites. 

 f. Stems 4-angled. ieai;cs li-2^ in., with a few scattered hairs above and miero- 



I' ', scopic puberulous dots beneath ; petiole \-l\ in. Petals | in., mauve-purple, ovate 

 acute. Capsules 4 in., narrow-funnel-shaped, with six thick ribs, longer than tlie 

 pedicels, clusterea on the shortened racemes. 8eed obovoid with glandular elevated 

 points, raphe not excurrent. — The present species is exceedingly like 8. versicolor or 

 8. axillaris, but (as Wight o^perves) may always be recognised by the longitudinal 

 nervation of the leaves. 



7. S. pedunculosa, Thwaites Enum. 109; stem 3-10 in. weak rooting 

 at the nodes, peduncles quasi-terminal very long, capsule ^J in. funnel-shaped 

 subtrigonous obscurely 6-ribbed usually shorter than the pedicel. Triana in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76. S. Rottleri, Wall. Cat. 4097, partly. 



Travancoke, Quilon ; Wiffht TSo. 1111. Ceylon; tropical; Thwaites. 



8tems and peduncles glabrous or pubescent. Leaves 1-2^ in., ovate or oblong, 

 minutely serrulate, sparsely pilose above minutely dotted beneath; petiole ^IJ in. 

 Peduncles 2-6-flowered. Calyx-ttibe glabrous or with a few scattered hairs. Petals 

 i in., ovate, acute, reddish. Seeds with elevated points, raphe much excurrent on the 

 side near the top. 



8. S. Arnottiana, Thwaites Enum. p. 108; stem 12 in. high round 

 branched upwards at least rufous-villous, petioles nerves of the leaves beneath 



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