786 
LIX. MELASTOMACE^E. 
[Sonerila. 
obovoid-oblong. Hab. Lankawi, Gunong Chinchang at 1000 ft. 
altitude (Curtis). 
(23) S. cyclaminella Stapf, l.c. 33. 
A delicate erect unbranched herb. Stem 1 in. tall or less. 
Leaves 4 pairs, crowded, similar, ovate or oblong blunt, base blunt, 
undulate or entire, light or dark green with silver veins, purple 
beneath, glabrous (except in var. canescens) -8 to 1*4 in. long, 
•4 to *6 in. wide, 5- to 7-nerved; petiole *4 to 1 in. long. Cymes 
1 or 2; peduncle 2 to 5 in. long. Calyx slender campanulate, 
•12 to *15 in. long; teeth triangular. Petals elliptic cuspidate, 
•25 in. long, pink. Anthers acuminate. Fruit obconic angled, 
smooth, -12 in. long. Hab. Mountains at 1000 to 3000 ft. altitude. 
Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 
var. canescens Stapf, lx. 
Leaves hairy, more lanceolate up to 3 in. long. Hab. Selangor, 
Bukit Kutu (Ridley). Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 
(24) S. caloptiylla Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, 
p. 5. 
Tuberous, succulent simple or branched 2 to 8 in. long, glabrous. 
Leaves congested at top, green or brown, marbled white, oblong 
to ovate-oblong blunt, base round, edge spinulose, 2 to 3 in. long, 
1 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. Flowers 3 to 4 in a cyme; peduncle 
1 to 2 in. long. Calyx sub-cylindric, -25 in. long; teeth acute. 
Petals oblong-lanceolate cuspidate, *25 in. long, rose or white. 
Capsule funnel-shaped, smooth *25 in. long. Hab. Kedah Peak, 
(Ridley). 
(25) S. Griffithii Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 539; Stapf, 
lx. 32. 
Slender fleshy herb, 3 to 6 in. tall, rhizome thick. Stem 1 to 
4 in. tall, fleshy. Leaves crowded at top, ovate or round elliptic 
blunt, membranous, edge and upper surface sparsely hairy, *4 to 
•8 in. long and nearly as wide; nerves 5; petioles -3 to -5 in. long. 
Peduncles 1 or 2, erect 2 to 3 in. long. Cymes 3- to 6-flowered. 
Calyx slender, cylindric, lobes ovate, glabrous. Petals elliptic 
cuspidate, dark mauve, *25 in. long. Fruit obovoid-oblong smooth, 
•23 in. long. Hab. Malacca, Mt. Ophir at 3000 ft. altitude in damp 
spots, not rare, but local. (All collectors.) 
( 26 ) S. saxosa Stapf, lx. 31 . 
Erect delicate herb 3 to 6 in. tall, base creeping. Stem slender 
unbranched. Leaves lanceolate sub-acute or obtuse, sparsely hairy 
above and on edge glabrous, purple beneath, pairs equal, 5- to 7- 
nerved, -8 to 17 in. long, -3 to -6 in. wide; petioles *2 to -3 in. 
long. Peduncle 1 in. tall; flowers 1 to 3, pink. Calyx slender. 
Petals *3 in. long; anthers orange, acuminate. Capsule -2 in. 
long; pedicel *i in. long, obconic angled smooth. Hab. Penang 
Hill at 2500 ft. altitude, rare on rocks in shady ravines 
(Curtis). 
