538 LX. MBLASTOMACEJ!. (C. B. Clarke.) [Sonerila^ 



intensely hispid scabrous. Wall. Cat. 4089 ; Slmne Mvs. Bot. i. p. 10 ; Bmn, 

 PI. Job. Bar. 215 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 562 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xxviii. 77. S. paradoxa, Naud. in Ann. Se. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 321. S. Tjegoniae- 

 folia, Blume Mus. Bot. i. p. 11 ; Naud. I. o. 322 ; Triana I. e. 



Pinahg; Wallkh, Griffith, Maingay. MkLkccx; Maingay. Sihoapoee; WaUich, 

 Lobb. — DisTEiB. Malaya. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, very unequal at the base, pinnate-nerved, with much rufou» 

 or brown hair on both surfaces, ciliate, hardly serrulate. Calyx-tube very shaggy. Pe- 

 io&iin., eUiptic, acute. CwpsuU less than | in., broad-campanulate, longer than its- 

 pedicel. Seeds almost epunctate, raphe very strongly excurrent near the top on one side. 



ttt Stemless or almost steinless species (the stem sometimes ehngate in S. 

 Grifathii). 



§ Capsule suhhemispheric, i.e. short with the three angles obscure. 



34. S. Wallicllii, Benn. PI. Jav. Bar. 215 ; leaves pinnate-nerved ovate 

 acute, capsule short subcampanulate glabrous crowned by a prominent white 

 margin, seeds vdth raised points and the raphe moderately excurrent on one side 

 towards its top. Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 77. S. Eheedii, Wall. 

 Cat. 4096 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 321. S. acaulis, Beddome in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 XIV. 216. 



South Malabar Ghats. Cochin, Johnston ; Anamaulats, Beddome ; Baea- 

 BOODTTN HiLis, Law. 



Leaves from |^ to 5 in. often broad or cordate at the base sometimes acute, 

 minutely denticulate or entire, usually puberulous and also with a few scattered 

 hairs; petiole 0-2J in. Peduncle 1-8 in.; flowers 3-17, crowded, subumbelled; 

 pedicels glabrous. Petals J in., elliptic, acute, mauve. Anthers not greatly elongate. 

 Capsule ^-^ in. exclusive of the margin, shorter than the pedicel. 



35. S. scaplg'era, Dalz. in Sook. Land. Joum. Bat. vii. 672, t. 23 ; 

 leaves nerved from near the base ovate or ovate-oblong, capsule campanulate- 

 glabrous crowned by a very narrow mar^n, seeds without raised pointe or excur- 

 rent raphe. Dcdz. §• Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 93 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 



77. 



BoUBAY Ghats, Dalzell ; Concak and Bababoodun HiUs, Law ; Mysobe, LM. 



Leaves commonly ^-1^ in., broad or cordate at the base, minutely crenate-serrate, 

 glabroius, sometimes glandular puberulous dotted above ; petiole often 2 in. Pedunde 

 1-3 in. ; flowers 4-10, crowded, subumbeUate ; pedicels glabrous or nearly so. Petals 

 i-f in., elliptic, acute, mauve. Anthers much elongate. Capsule ^-^\a., shorter than 

 the pedicel. — The peduncle pedicels and petioles frequently become succulent and 

 much thickened. Generally resembling S. Wallichii and closely allied to it. 



36. S. rotundifolia, Bedd. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 216 ; leaves orlnca~ 

 lar or ovate nerved from near the base, pedimcles 1-4-flowered, raceme glabrous 

 or nearly so, capsule short hemispheric glabrous crowned by a narrow mai^n, 

 seeds with raised large subtubercular points raphe not excurrent. Triana in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 77 ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Lnd. Or. t. 169. 



South Deccah ; AnamaUays, alt. 6000 ft. ; Beddome. 



Leaves ^f in. diam., cordate at the base, minutely denticulate, glabrous and 

 minutely pimernlous, dotted on both surfaces ; petiole ^-1^ in. Peduncles 1^3 in. 

 Petals j in., orbicular-obovate, mauve. Anthers short for the genus, little attenuate, 

 truncate. Capside J; /„ in., shorter than the pedicel. 



