Sonenla.] lx. melastomacej;. (C. B. Clarke.) 537 



times vesicular at the base, sometimes blotched along the tnidrib above ; petiole 

 J-i in. Pedtmcle terminal, 2-3 in. Flowers not seen. 



§§§ Species of Bengal. 



30. S. squarrosa, Wall, in Boxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ Wall. i. 182 ; 

 stem 2-4 in. little divided thick, leaves crovrded towards the upper part of the 

 stem spathulate-lanceolate serrulate, petiole jointed on a tubercle of the stem 

 which is supported on each side by rufous bristles, flowers racemed. WaU. Cat. 

 4093, PI. As. Bar. t. 102 ; Naud. in Arm. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 325 ; Tricma in 

 Trans. Linn. Soe. xxviii. 76. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 3000-4000 ft. ; frequent. 



Leaves f-l^ in., glabrous, attenuated into the petiole ; stipules J-J in. Bacemes 

 few-flowered ; peduncles subterminal, short. Calyx-tiibe glabrous. Petals ^-^ in., 

 ovate, acute, mauve. CwpsiUe \ in., glabrous, funnel-shaped, subtrigonous, hardly 

 ribbed, pedicel very short. Seed obovoid, without raised points, raphe not at afl. 

 «xcurrent. 



31. S. argputa, B. Br. in Wall. Cat. 4096 ; stems 0-2 in., leaves elon- 

 gate spathulate, petiole jointed on a tubercle of the stem which is supported on 

 «ach side by a rmous bristle, peduncle 1-flowered. Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 

 3. XV. 326 ; Triana in Trans. lAnn. Soc. xxviii. 76. 



Khasia Hts., alt. 3000-4000 ft., WaUich, H.f. ^ T., C.B. Clarke. 



Leaves (including the petiole) 1-4 by ^-^ in., attenuated into the petiole, with 

 scattered large hairs above or glabrous, l-nerved, very minutely denticulate. Fe- 

 dimcle 1 J-2 in. Calyx-ttibe glabrous. Petals |-J in., mauve,, elliptic, acute. Caipstde 

 ■gin., oblong, glabrous, subtrigonous, ribs obscure. Seed obovoid, with minute raised 

 points, raphe not excurrent. — One example collected by Sir J. D. Hooker has broadly 

 lanceolate leaves, f in. broad, but agrees otherwise with the type. 



32. S> maculata, Boxh. Fl. Ind. i. 177 ; stem short dectunbent roimd 

 ■often divided and with several lateral racemes, leaves pinnate-nerved ovate or 

 lanceolate from a roimded or narrowed base ciliate scarcely serrulate usually 

 -with many long hairs on both surfaces sometimes nearly glabrous, peduncles not 

 very long, capsivles glabrous cernuous in clusters of 6-16. Wall. Cat. 4091 ; 

 TrianM in Trans. Linn. Soe. xxviii. 76 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 

 78. S. emaculata, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 178. S. angustifolia, Boxb. I. c, not of 

 Wall. Cat. ; Wall. PI. As. Bar. t. 102. S. picta, Griff. Notul. iv. 676 {ex Kurz 

 in Flora 1871-90). S. Brandisiana, Kwrz in Flora, 1871, 290. Sonerila sp. 

 3 and 4, Griff. Notul. iv. 676. 



' NiPAX ; WaUich. Assam Hills and Khasia Mts., alt. 1000-5000 ft., plentiful. 

 Maetaban and Tknassebim, Kws. 



Leaves often 4 by 2 in., frequently unequal at the base, sometimes appearing 

 spotted above from vesiculai-based hairs ; petiole 1-2 in., usually ciliate and pubes- 

 cent. Calyx-tube puberulons, and generally with a few scattered hairs. Petals mauve, 

 elliptic, very acute. Capsule J in., oblong or somewhat funnel-shaped, slightly tri- 

 :gonous, obscurely ribbed, much longer than the pedicel. Seedswith prominent raised 

 points, raphe only slightly excurrent near the top of the seeds on one side, — Wall. 

 Cat. 4090 marked Sonerila angustifolia Boxb. is an Argostemma. 



tt Plants with distinct stems, the leaves of each pair exceedingly dissimilar. 



33. S> moluccana, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 178; stem short hirsute, larger 

 leaf of each pair 4A5 in. with a petiole of 1 in. the smaller one J in,, capsule 



