534 LX. MELASTOMACE--E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Sonerila.. 



SouTHEBN Deccan Pkninsuia, Tinnivelly, alt. 2000 ft.; Col. Beddome. 



Leaves 1^ in., narrowed to each end, obtuse; petiole J in. Racemes 3-6-flowered,. 

 crowded. Calyx-tube with few lar hairs. Petals f-J in., maure. Anthers long,, 

 much attenuate. — Mr. Kurz had published a very different species as Smierila amoMlis, 

 namely, S. Kurzii (No. 38). 



17. S. tr^vaneorica, JBedd. la. PI. Ind. Or. t. 166 ; branches stout 

 round adpressedly TiUoiis, leaves elliptic acute subentire pinnate-nerred with 

 many long brown hairs on both surfaces, capsule ^ in. subcampanulate tri- 

 gonous 6-ribbed smooth longer than the pedicel. Triana in Trans. lAnn. Soc. 

 xxviii. 76. 



Tkatancobe, alt. 4000 ft. ; Col. Beddome. 



Leaves l|^-3 in., acute but scarcely acuminate, glandular-dotted, shaggy on the 

 nerves beneath ; petiole i-1^ in. Eacemes 3-9-flowered, short, pedicels with few scat- 

 tered hairs. Cali/x-tube glabrous or sparsely pilose. Petals f-^ in., mauve, elliptic,, 

 acute. Jihthers oblong, much attenuated upwards. Seed with raised points, raphe 

 exeurrent on one side near the top. 



18. S. hirsutula, Am. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 307 ; branches with 

 spreading rxifous hairs, leaves ovate or oblong subentire with many long brown 

 hairs on both surfaces glandular-dotted and shaggy on the nerves beneath, calyx- 

 tube with many lax patent rufous brown hairs. Tliwaites Enum. p. 108; 

 Triana in Trans. lAnn. See. xxviii. 76. 



Cetlon, Central Province, alt. 6000-7000 ft. ; Walker, Thwaites No. 276. 



Stem 1-2 ft. high, erect ; branches round with four lines. Leaves 1-3 in., 5-nervedi 

 from near the rounded or cordate base or imperfectly pinnate-nerved ; petiole often . 

 2 in. Bacemes short-peduncled, about 4-flowered. Petals | in., elliptic, acute, mauve. 

 ^«i^« greatly elongate. Capsule \-^ in., subcampanulate, strongly 6-ribbed, longer 

 than the pedicel. — This species is very near S. iravancorica ; it differs by the patent 

 (not adpressed) hairs on the stem, and the broad or cordate (not acute) base of th& 

 leaves. * 



19. S. pllosula, Thwaites Enum. p. 108 ; leaves ovate-lanceolate pinnate-- 

 nerved with short hairs over both surfaces very unequal at the base, calyx-tube- 

 with many short patent hairs, petsils | in. purple-red. Triana in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxviii. 76. 



Cetlon, Walker; Saffragam District, alt. 1000-2000 ft., Thwaites. 



Stem 6-18 in., round, striated, -with many short patent hairs. Leaves 2-3J in.,, 

 entire, somewhat acuminate ; petiole 1-2^ in. .Bacemes short, 6-1 2-flowered. Anthers 

 much elongate. Capsule funnel-shaped, 6-ribbed (Th-waites). — This species is marked 

 by the very unequal base of the leaves ; one side of the blade being often continued 

 for ^ in. along the petiole. Perhaps a form of No. 22 8. elegans. 



20. S. speciosa, Zenk. PI. Ind. 18, t. 18; stem nearly or quite gla- 

 brous below ending in a long peduncle villous upwards, leaves 5-9-nerved from 

 the base, petals | in. mauve round-elliptic acute, capsule f in. hispid oblong 

 trigonous Irom a subcampanulate base. Zenk. in Ann. So. Mat. ser: 1. vi. 151 ; 

 Bot. Magi. t. 5026 ; TVi^ht Ic. t. 995-3 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviiL 76. 

 S. solanoides, Ncmd. in Aim. Se. iVlrt. ser. 3. xv. 324, xvi. t. 18, f. 3. S. orbi— 

 culata, Lindl. in Joum. JSort. Soc. viii. 57, with fig. S. elegans, B(st. Mag. 

 4978, not of Wight. 



Hills of the South Deccau Peninsula, frequent : NnusmEis, Wight ; Mtsoee, 

 T. Lobb ; CocETALLAM, Wight ; &e. 



Stems attaining 9-12 in., upper half often naked. Leaiies 2-3 in., ovate or elliptic, 



