536 Lx. MELASTOMACE*. (C. B. Clarke.) [Sonerila. 



26. S. angrustata, Triana in Trans. lAan. Soc. xxviii. 76 ; glabrous, 

 leaves narrowly lanceolate 1-nerved, capsule I in. short fmmel-shaped cemuous 

 about equal in length to the pedicel. S. rhonibifolia 0. angustata, Thwaites ms. 



Cetlon; District Galle, Ttoaiies No. 2799 partly. 



Stem 6 in. ; branches wiry, sub^uadrangular. Leaves If by ^ in., -with remote 

 shallow crenatures upwards ; petiole j in. — The species is distinguished from No. 15 

 S. rhonibifolia Thwaites by Triana, and the leaves appear very different. The speci- 

 men of Thwaites has no flowers. 



^ §§ Species of the Transgangetic Peninsula. 



26. S. tenuifolia, Blume in Flora, 1831, 491 ; stem, attaining a foot 

 glabrous or with a few spreading hairs, leaves ovate-lanceolate acuminate 

 strongly serrate, capsule glabrous with a very wide mouth. Benn. PI. Jav. Par, 

 211, t. 44 ; Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. iv. 324 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 

 563 ; TriavM in Trans. Idnn. Soc. xxviii. 76. 



Malacca, Mount Ophir ; T. Lobb, Maingay No. 779. — Distbib. Java. 



Leaves |-2 in., unequal, often pilose above ; petiole \-\\ in. Anthers oblong, atten- 

 uated. Capsule \-\ in., trigonous, shorter than its pedicel, mouth \-\ in. broad. 

 Seeds with raised points, raphe exeurrent on one side near the top. 



27. S. linearis, ^ooA;./. ms.\ Trianain TV-aras.Zirere. Soc. xxviii. 76; nearly 

 glabrous, leaves linear-spathulate sessile minutely distantly toothed or sub- 

 entire, capsule \ in. campanulate narrow-cylindric glabrous faintly 6-ribbed 

 longer than the pedicel. Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 78. 



MortMEiN, on Mount Gerai, alt. 3000 ft., T. Lobb No. 345, 425. 



Very erect, 15 in., with small round branches. Leaves 1 by JL in. Bacemes ter- 

 minal, 2-4-flowered. Calyx-tube minutely puberulous. Petals J in., mauve. Anthers 

 slender, attenuated upwards. 



28. S. plcta, Kortk. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 249, t. 52 ; leaves ovate or 

 lanceolate pinnate-nerved serrulate, racemes about 6-flowered short-peduncled 

 terminal, calyx-tube and pedicel puberulous subpubescent, petals J m. elliptic 

 acute mauve, anthers much elongate. Blume Mvs. Bot. i. 11 ; Miq. Ft. Ind. Bat. 

 i. pt. i. 664 ; Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 326 ; Triana in Trans. Zinn. 

 Soc. xxviii. 76 ; Ku7-z in Joum. As. Soo. 1877, pt. ii. 78. 



Mergui, Griffith ; Moulmein, T. Lobb, Parish. — Disteib. Sumatra. 



Stem 4-8 in., little divided, pubescent or subtomentose upwards. Leaves 1-4 in., 

 nearly glabrous, pubescent on the nerves beneath, usually none of the nerve quite 

 basal and 2-3 nerves high up the midrib, blotched white or not along the midrib 

 above ; petiole ^-| in. Capsule (ex Korthals) funnel-shaped, trigonous, sparsely pilose. 

 Seeds with raised points, raphe very exeurrent, hooded. 



Var. Lobbii ; stem very rusty tomentose, leaves small scarcely 1 in. — Top of 

 Thoungyeen, Moulmein, alt. 4000 ft. ; T. Lobb. 



29. S. secunda, P. Br. in Wall. Cat. 4094 ; stem weak pubescent sim- 

 ple, leaves elliptic acute pinnate-nerved, peduncle capsules and pedicels glabrous, 

 capsule \ in. funnel-shaped subtrigonous as long as the pedicel, ribs not promi- 

 nent. Benn. PI. Jav. Par. 216 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 76 ; Kwz 

 in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 78. 



Tavot; Walliek. 



Stem 2-4 in., with 4-6 large leaves approximated at its summit. Leaves 2_4J 

 in., minutely denticulate, with scattered long lax hairs on both surfaces, hairs some- 



