Sonerila.] lx. melastomace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 539' 



37. S> Kurzll, 0. B, Clarke; leaves orbicular nerved from the base, 

 pedicels 3-6 with many patent hairs, capsule short (Kurz). S. amabilis, Kurz 

 in Flora, 1871, 290. 



SixKiM ; Eungait Valley, alt. 4000-5000 ft., Kurz ■ Eungbee Valley, alt. 2000- 

 3000 ft., ^affrey. 



Leaves 4— J iu. diam., with many long patent hairs, subentire, cordate at the base ; 

 petiole ^Q in., with long patent hairs. Pedtmcle 1-2 in., with many patent hairs ; 

 pedicels crowded, subumbelled. Petals f in., broadly elliptic, obtuse, rose-mauve. 

 Anthers narrower upwards, hardly acuminated. • 



§§ Capsule (Along funnel-shaped, distinctly trigonous. 



38. S> Griffitbll, C. B. Clarke ; leaves glabrous minutely dotted puber~ 

 ulous beneath, capsule \ in. funnelTshaped, pedicel nearly \ in., seeds with very 

 minute points raphe prominently excurrent on one side near the top. 



Maiacca, Mount Ophir ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2300), T. Lobb, Maingay- 

 No. 781. 



Stemless, or the stem 1-2J in. Leaves ^1 in., ovate, glabrous or with scattered 

 bristly hairs above, minutely denticulate, subciliate, nerves from near the base ; petiole- 

 \~l in. Peduncle 1-4 in., 2-6-flowered ; raceme short, glabrous or nearly so. Petals 

 I in., broadly elliptic, acute. Anthers long, attenuate. 



39. S. nudlscapa, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 78 ; leaves with 

 flaccid scattered hairs beneath, capsule | in. narrow fimnel-shaped, pedicel much 

 shorter, seeds with very small minute raised points raphe scarcely excurrent. 



MBRGm ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2303). Tenassbrim or Andamans, Heifer 

 (Kew Distrib. No. 2303). 



Nearly stemless. Leaves 1-2 in., very thin, ovate or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, nearly 

 entire, sotnewhat pinnate-nerved ; petiole O-f in. Peduncle l-lj in., 3-8-flowered ; 

 raceme short, glabrous or' nearly' so. Petals J in., elliptic, acute. Seeds hardly half" 

 as large as in any other species. 



40. S. violaefolia, Sook.f. ms. ; Triana in Trans. lAnn. Soc. xxviii. 77; 

 glabrous, bundles of rufous bristles J-| in. about the base of the petioles, capsule- 



1 in. fuimel-shaped usually shorter than the pedicel, seeds with minute raised 

 points raphe not excurrent. Kwrz in Jowm. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 78. 



MouiMBiN ; Lobb No. 356. 



Stemless. Leaves 1-2 in., ovate, entire or minutely denticulate, 5-nerved, the upper- 

 two nerves often branching from the midrib at a point some way above its base ; pe- 

 tiole |—2J in. Pe^Mfflcfe l-SJ in., 3-8-flowered. Petals ^ in., mauve, elliptic, acute. 

 — In this and the next species the rufous bristles at the base of the petiole are exceed- 

 ingly like those in 8. arguta and S. sgmrrosa, but they are in numerous tufts (not 



2 only and qnasi-stipular as in those species) and the petiole is not jointed on a, 

 tubercle of a woody stem as in those species. 



41. S. kbaslana, C. B. Clarke ; bimdles of rufous bristles i-| in. about 

 the base of the petioles, leaves usually vidth scattered bristly hairs above, capsule- 

 \-\ in. oblong shorter than the pedicel, seeds with minute dots raphe not ex- 

 current. 



Khasia Mrs., alt. 4000-5000 ft.; Mamloo, Kalapani, H. f. ^ T.; Jarain in 

 Jaiutea, G. B. Clarke. 



