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Stapf. — O71 the Soiierileae of Asia. 
obovato-oblonga, breviter acuminata, basi brevissime cordata 
margine integer rimo, 10-12 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, supra 
glaberrima, infra in nervis adpresse setulosa, nervis secun- 
dariis duobus basilaribus in latere exteriore, uno subbasilari et 
uno altius orto in latere interiore, minora minima, decidua. 
Circini pedunculati axillares, strigillosi. Flores ignoti. 
Capsulae sessiles vel sub-sessiles, breviter turbinatae, bullato- 
tuberculatae, 5 mm. longae. Perak, C. Curtis (1302). Well 
characterised by its entire leaves. 
10. S. papuana, Cogn. Western New Guinea. Only known 
to me from description. 
All these specimens are closely allied and form a very 
natural group. But I find it very difficult to link them to any 
of the previous groups. 
XII. Group of S. magnifica (Subgen. Oxycentria , Miq.). 
West Sumatra. 
1. X. magnifica , Miq. 
The only species, known from a description of Miquel. It 
is a very aberrant form, or perhaps no Sonerila at all. It 
has six anthers with an acute spur at the back, and a narrow 
panicled inflorescence with short contracted branches. 
X. Helferi , C. B. Clarke. Tenasserim. 
The specimen representing this species is in too imperfect a 
state to ascertain its natural position in the genus. 
Two species which differ very remarkably were brought 
to the genus Sonerila by Oliver, although with some reluc- 
tance. Cogniaux referred them to his section, Anomalae , 
but they are no more Sonerila than, for instance, Sarcopyramis 
or Phyllagathis. They have tetramerous flowers and two whorls 
of inappendiculate stamens, the outer of which are longer and 
purplish. Both were found in Southern China in the province 
of Canton, S. Fordii on the Lo Fau Shan (at 930 m.) and 
S. peperomiifolia , above Ookaisa, near the summit of the 
Mausan Mountains, at 690 m. They are by no means closely 
allied, but belong, in my opinion, to two different new genera 
which occupy a position at Sonerileae similar to that of Sarco- 
pyramis and Phyllagathis. I call them Fordiophyton and 
