30 G. King— Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No* J, 
Perak; Larut, Gunong Babn, 5000 ffc., Wray 38631 (in part). 
15. SoNEfiitA ELLlPTiCA, Sfcapf and King. An erect or ascending, 
nfiiiallj Tinbraocbed herb, 6-9 in. high, with a verj fine, furfaraceons, dark- 
rmtj indumentum in the lower parts and oti tlie young leaves, glabrous 
or soon glabresceut higher np. Stem somewhat stoat and sacculent, 
terete. Leaves of a pair similar in shape, slightly unequal or equal 
in size, broadly elliptic, rarely ovate or almost orhicalar, very ohtuse, 
usually symmtitrical and rou tided or aubcordate at the base, minutely 
and iuconspieuouLaly toothed, thick, fleshy, dark-green, often mottled 
■with white along the nerves above, waxy yellowish-green beneath, 
1-2 '5 in- by '75-2 in., distinctly 5-norvcd from the very base, npper 
nerves usually qaite indistinct; petioles 1-2 in, long. Cymes many- 
flowered, deuBo, axis at length up to '75 in. long; peduncle slender, 
l-2'5 in. long, pedicels at length tip to '2 in, long. Oalr/x obconical, 
trigonous, *12 in, long, glabrous, teeth distinct, broad, tiiangular. 
Petals oblong, apiculate, '2-'23 long, glabrous, pinkish white. Anthers 
oblong, obtuse, scarcely '1 in. long. Stigma punctiforra. Fruit 
trigonous, obconical, '15 in. long, smooth ; valves '12 in. broad. 
PjiRAK ; Kinta, on limestone rocks, 500-800 ft,, Kwistler 70S7 ! 
7225 ! Sungie Si put, Curt is 3156 ! 
10. SoNEEiLA succuLEKiA, Stapf and King. A Bucculent, erect 
hefb, quite glabrons with the exception of a very few gland-tipped haira 
on the calyx. iStem stoiit, very short to S in, long, very fleshy. Leaves 
few, crowded, of a pair equal, symmetrical or almost so, long-petioled, 
elliptic to ovate-elUptie, rather long and acutely acuminate, rounded 
at the base or very slightly subcordate, entire, very thinly membranous 
when dry, 6-7 in. by 3-4 iiu, 7-nerved from the base, with las, eabhori- 
zontal transverse nerves, petioles sneoulent, 2-4 in, long. Cymes 
terminal and axillary, 2-5 ou a loiig common peduncle, snbebracteato, 
rather few-flowered, veiy abort and dense ; common peduncle stout, 
4-7 in, long; special peduncles 1 to over 3 in. long, bracts very minute, 
subulate, the lower soon decidmoas ; pedicels hardly any. Calyx oblong- 
campanulate, up to '25 in. long j teeth short, triangular. Petals obloug, 
cuspidate-acuminate, '18 in. long. Anthers long-acuminate, incurved, 
over *25 in. long. Style '35 in. long j stigma gubeapitate. Fruit subfcri- 
gonous, obconical, smooth, up to -25 in. long ; valves over *15 in, broad. 
Peeak j Maxwell's Hill, 3000 ft., Scortechini 279 ! 
17. So^'BRiLA REPEN!*, Stapf atul Kiug. A herb with a long creep- 
ing rhizome and a very short succulent stem bearing 2-3 usually mnch 
approximated pairs of leaves, with few, whitish, more or less adpressed, 
papilliform hairs on both sides of the leaves and with very few, minute, 
gland-tipped haira on the stems, petioles and inflorescences, or glabix)ns 
with the exception of the leaves. Leaves of a pail* similar in shape, 
