3.900.] G-» King — Materiahfor a Flora of the Malayan Pminmla. 19 
smooth or asperoloDs ; raphe usa^^lly thick, Bpongy. Bpeciea OTer JOO 
thrODgh oat. tropical Asia. 
Leaves eitniloi', alttiotigli of ton vorj aneqaal iu sue. 
Stnnjena 3, Fruit rasiiolly smooth (see No, 13-14) j valves 
enttro, dietinob, exGo&dlng: the maxgiu of tlie matara 
oalji (§ Eo-Sonerila) j— 
£ root or ascending herbs with £broiii roaie and withoiiti 
rhizome i — 
CaTyi very slender {also in teaib} i stem with 2 mtno^ 
what raiaod, commisaaral lines. Very aoantily hairy 
or glabroaa, ofton mach branched and jamaU- or 
narrow- leaved (escept No- 1 ) herbs : — 
Lenves ov»tp^ l-l"? in. hy '7-'9 in. ... ... \, S. epilobinid^s. 
Leaves mtioh smaller or at leaflfc very much 
carrower :— 
Anthora 'IS-'IS in. long; — 
Leaves oblong to elliptic- oblong, S-'b by 
'15-'2^ in. ... ... ... 2. 8. calaminthifoUa, 
Leaves lanceolate, 1— 1'7S in. by '15-'23 in. ,„ 3. S. hyetopiffilia. 
Anthers '06-09 in, long ... ... 4. S. erecUi. 
Calyx more or Ibbb oblong- or ovoid -cam pan o late ; 
fruit tnrbinato or obpyramidaL Sieia terete or 
qnadrangnlar : — 
Leaves more or lesa ovate, long acnminate, 1-2 in, 
by in. or still smaller, ncntely and coarnoly 
tooth &d, thin, 3-5 -nerved from the very base ; 
petioles long, very sleoder ... ... ... 5. tenuifoliat 
Leaves nsnally larger, not coarsely toothed : — 
Upper side-nerves starting from above the base : — 
Leaveft pinnatinervedj acute or acuminate at 
the bivso .. ... ... ... Q. S.jUtcdda, 
Leaves not pi nn at i nerved (rarely snbpinnati' 
nerved in No. 7) ; all the aide-iiBrvGS springing 
from near the b^sc, rarely the uppermost frooi 
near the middle : — 
Cymes diatincfcly peduncled; — 
Anthers snhacnto, *(>£)-• 12 in. long; leaves 
membranous, roaaded or sabcordate ab 
the base ... ... ... ... 7. 8 andamanentis, 
Anthera slender, acnminatet '2~'3 in, long: — 
Stem, petioles and inflorescence minutely 
tomentoae ; leaves thiuly membr&nons, 
snhoordate at tho base on very long and 
alender petioles ... ... ... €, popviifoHa^ 
Stem, petioles and inflorescence with 
long hairs ; leavea acute or ronnded, but 
not snboordato at the base : — 
Leaves membranousj, more or less 
oblong, usaally acuta at tlie base ... 9, 3, ^Uida. 
