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Stapf . — On the Sonerileae of Asia. 
Mt. Ophir. It seems to form a short and thick rhizome from 
which thin often very long branches spring which creep in or 
upon the moss or the soft ground. Their internodes are 
sometimes 2-3 cm. long and bear small leaves which soon 
disappear leaving scars, from the callous margins of which 
tender rootlets spring occasionally. Towards the end of 
these branches the internodes become suddenly shortened 
and consequently the leaves crowd just as in S. pedimciilosciy 
whilst the axis ends with a long-peduncled inflorescence. 
This consists of a cyme which is reduced sometimes to a 
single flower. The flowers are as in 5 . rotundifolia , but the 
anthers are rostrate, 3-4 mm. long. The capsules differ more. 
They are distinctly ribbed and destitute of the characteristic 
white margin of the allied western species. 
7. S. nudiscapa , Kurz. Mergui Archipelago ; Tenasserim. 
The stem is reduced to a very small and short rhizome from 
which the leaves and 1-3 peduncles spring. The leaves are 
few, very thin, and show the same venation as those of .S'. 
Griffithii. The flowers are smaller, the anthers not rostrate, 
2-5-3 mm - long, the capsules as in the former, but almost 
sessile and with faint ribs and a thinner pericarp. 
8. 5 . amabilis , Kurz. Tropical Himalaya of Sikkim, to 
1200 m. 
Very closely allied to S', nudiscapa. C. B. Clarke says in 
a note to a specimen collected in the Rungbee Valley, near 
Darjeeling, it has a bulbous root. This material is not suffi- 
cient to come to a decisive opinion, but from Treutler’s 
specimens it appears quite clear, that these tubers are part 
of the stem, in fact tubershaped rhizomes. There is, for 
instance, one specimen with three such tubers, each about 
2-5—3 mm - hi diameter, in connexion. They are joined 
by a very short internode. The first and second bear 
root fibrils, the third besides them a single leaf, whilst the 
next internode ends with a cluster of • radical ’ leaves and two 
peduncles. 
9. 5 . khasiana , C. B. Clarke. Khasia mountains, 900- 
1500 m. 
