Sonerila .] 
LIX. MELASTOMACEiE. 
779 
Leaves elliptic, acute, i to 1*5 in. wide . 
Capsule muricate; leaves lanceolate. 
Flowers solitary axillary large, white 
Flowers in cymes of 3 or 4 in lower axils 
Flowers in terminal axils only; leaves 
broad ovat6. 
Leaves hairy above; flowers large, 
rose ...... 
Leaves glabrous above; capsule 
smooth ..... 
Flowers in terminal axils; leaves lan¬ 
ceolate acuminate . . . 
Succulent little herbs, glabrous or nearly so, 
little or not branched ; leaves similar 
and nearly or quite equal; stamens 3. 
Leaves 3-nerved from the base, not con¬ 
gested at the top of the stem. 
Leaves sub-peltate, base unequal . 
Leaves sub-peltate, base equal 
Leaves 3- to 7-nerved from base, succulent; 
flowers white. 
Leaves large; peduncle with several 
erect branches . 
Leaves smaller; peduncles 1 or 2 not 
branched ..... 
Leaves 3-nerved, lanceolate acuminate; 
stem nodose, hairy 
Leaves pinnate-nerved, not congested; 
flowers pink. 
Plant branched, glabrous 
Plant simple, hairy .... 
Leaves congested at the top of the stem; 
small delicate plants; flowers pink. 
Leaf base broad, rounded. 
Leaves ovate 1-25 in. wide, glabrous . 
Leaves lanceolate, ovate, variegated, 
often hairy ..... 
Leaves oblong, edge spinulose . 
Leaf base narrowed. 
Leaves ovate, setose, denticulate 
Leaves lanceolate, -5 in. wide 
Leaves lanceolate, -25 in. wide . 
B. Sonerilopsis. Stamens 6 . 
Herb. Leaves ovate acuminate; flowers pink . 
(9) S. albiflora 
(10) S. ramosa 
(ti) S. suffruticosa 
(12) S. rudis 
(13) S. mollis 
(14) S. pallida 
(13) S. populifolia 
(16) S. elliptica 
(17) S. succulenta 
(18) S. repens 
(19) S. nodosa 
(20) S. pieta 
(21) S. muscicola 
(22) S. congesta 
(23) S. cyclaminella 
(24) S.-calophylla 
(25) S. Griffithii 
(26) S. saxosa 
(27) S. bellula 
(28) S. heterostemon 
C. Hexodon. Stamens 3; leaves of each pair very dissimilar , one very small 
and round ; cymes from axils of the small leaves ; fruit turbinate ; valves 
always splitting into 3. 
Cymes with rather large persistent bracts. 
Fruit glabrous ...... 
Fruit muricate. 
Leaves broad, oblique ovate; petiole long. 
Leaves acuminate .... 
Leaves round, blunt at tip , 
Leaves oblong, petiole short; peduncle 
long. 
Cymes with minute caducous bracts. 
Leaves quite glabrous, base narrow 
(29) S. glabriflora 
(30) S. capitata 
(31) S. csesia 
(32) S. bracteata 
(33) S. integrifolia 
