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dissepiments opposite to the valves, the placentae peltate, 

 pedicellate, affixed to the avis of the capsule. 



SONEKILA HETEROPHYLLA. (W.J,) 



Foliis oppositis altero minimo reniformi, altero oblongo 

 acuminato versus basin attenuate ibique semicordato, supra 

 glabris, pedunculis axillaribus brevissimis paucifloris. 



Found at Tappanuly on the West coast of Sumatra. 



Stem creeping, round, covered vi^ith appressed scaly hairs. 

 Leaves opposite, almost sessile, one very minute and reni- 

 form, the other about three inches long, oblong, broader 

 above, acuminate, narrowing to the base, semicordate, the 

 outer lobe forming a rounded auricle, obsoletely denticulate 

 or nearly entire, a small spinule on the denticulations ; three- 

 nerved, smooth above, whitish beneath, with some hairs on 

 the nerves. Petioles scarce any. Flowers from the axils of 

 the small leaves, sometimes nearly solitary, sometimes four 

 or five on a very short peduncle. Pedicels reddish, seated 

 on small tubercles, furnished with glandular hairs. Calyx 

 superior, trifid. Corolla three-petaled. Stamina three. 

 Capsule turbinate, three-celled, many-seeded. 



Obs, — This species is remarkable by the extreme differ- 

 ence in the size of the opposite leaves, one of which is so 

 minute as almost to escape observation. The same peculiarity 

 exists in the Sonerila Moluccana. 



XLIV. LYTHRARIiE. 



LAGERSTRCEMIA FLORIBUNDA. (W, J.) 

 Icosandria Monogynia. 

 Foliis suboppositis ovato-oblongis glabris, paniculis termi= 

 nalibus ramosissimis multifloris ferrugineo-villosis, staminibus 

 inequalibus, calycibus turbinatis sulcatis. 

 Found at Pulo Pinang. 



