Sonerila .] lix. melastomace^b. 785 
at 1500 to 2000 ft. altitude. Perak. Thaiping Hills (all collectors), 
Bujong Malacca (Curtis). 
(19) S. nodosa Ridl . Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 61, p. 5. 
Stem slender fleshy, red, 3 in. tall, swollen at the nodes, sparsely 
hairy. Leaves unequal or nearly equal lanceolate, long acuminate, 
base round oblique, edge spine-toothed, fleshy sparsely hairy above; 
nerves 3 from the base, 3*5 in. long or less, 75 in. wide; petioles 
1 in. long. Small leaves *25 to *5 in. long. Cymes in upper axils; 
pedicels *25 in. long. Flowers white. Calyx *1 in. long; lobes 
acute. Fruit campanulate, smooth, base broad, *12 in. long. 
Hab. Mountain forests, rare. Perak, Bujong Malacca (Ridley). 
(20) S. picta Korth, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 249, /. 52. S. 
flaccida Stapf, l.c. 25. 
A succulent ascending herb 3 to 12 in. tall, scurfy above. Leaves 
lanceolate to ovate, narrowed to base, tip acute, unequal, edge 
serrate dark green above, marbled, spotted, or veined with white 
or plain green glaucescent beneath; nerves 3 pairs, fine, alternate 
from midrib, 1-25 to 4 in. long, 75 to 175 in. wide; petioles -5 to 
1-5 in. long. Cymes axillary and terminal; peduncles 1 to 1-5 in. 
long. Flowers 6 or 7; pedicels -08 to -i in. long. Calyx narrow, 
cylindric; teeth triangular acuminate. Petals -15 in. long, rose 
pink. Capsule obconic trigonous smooth, *2 in. long, -i in. wide. 
Hab. Damp lowland forests up to about 3000 ft. altitude. 
var. a. concolor Ridl. 
Leaves lanceolate, plain green; plant 12 in. tall. Selangor, 
Bukit Hitam; Bukit Kutu. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Kota 
Glanggi; Tahan w'oods; Telom. Perak, Ulu Batang Padang 
(Kunstler). Thaiping Hills. 
var. b. maculata Ridl. S. flaccida Stapf, l.c. 
Johor, Gunong Pantai. Pahang, Telom. Perak, Gunong Inas 
(Wray); Temengoh (Ridley). Dislrib. Borneo, Sumatra, Lingga. 
(21) S. muscicola Stapf, l.c. 31. 
Flaccid unbranched herb 4 to 6 in. tall, rhizome creeping, all 
hairy. Leaves similar oblong to lanceolate-oblong, acute both 
ends, minutely toothed, pale green, thin, 2 to 37 in. long, -8 to 
1-4 in. wide; nerves pinnate 3 to 4 pairs, fine; petioles -3 to -8 in. 
long. Cyme terminal; peduncle slender, 1*5 in. long. Flowers 
3 to 4. Calyx cylindric-campanulate; teeth short. Petals -4 in. 
long, pink. Stamens long acuminate, orange. Hab. On mossy 
trees. Lankawi, Gunong Raya (Curtis). 
(22) S. congesta Stapf , l.c. 31. 
A delicate unbranched herb 3 in. tall, glabrous. Stem 1 
to 1*5 in. tall. Leaves crowded at top about 6, similar, ovate to 
elliptic blunt, base round, membranous, -9 to 17 in. long, -6 to 
1*12 in. wide; nerves 3 pairs (2 pairs from base); petioles *6 
to 7 in. long. Peduncle 2-5 in. long. Cyme of about 10 flowers, 
pink, quite resembling those of 5 . muscicola , but glabrous. Fruit 
Fl.M.P.,1. 3 E 
