Sonerila.] lix. melastomace^e. 787 
(27) S. bellula Ridl. Journ. Roy. .4 s. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 70 
[by misprint belluta). 
Delicate unbranched herb, 2 to 4 in. tall, base creeping quite 
glabrous. Leaves crowded, narrow lanceolate, narrowed to base 
sub-acute, spine-toothed, pale beneath, 75 to 1-25 in. long, -2 in. 
across; petioles *3 in. long or less, slender. Peduncles terminal 
axillary 1 or 2, 75 in. to 1*25 in. long. Cymes 5-flowered. Calyx 
slender, cylindric-campanulate, teeth short triangular. Petals 
pink, oblong cuspidate, *2 in, long; anthers short acuminate. 
Capsule obconic, smooth -2 in. long. Hab. On rocks in forest, 
rare. Johor, Gunong Banang near Batu Pahat (Ridley). 
(28) S. heterostemon Naud. Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, xv. 326, 
t. xviii. fig. 4; Clarke, in Hook. fit. F.B.I. ii, 540; Staff, l.c. 33. 
S, obliqua Cogn. Monogr. vii. 515, not of Korthals. 
A glabrous herb, 3 to 18 in. tall. Stem angled, branched. 
Leaves unequal, oblique ovate acuminate, base cuneate asymmetric, 
pale green, when young spotted white; nerves 5 or 6, transverse ; 
nervules conspicuous, 1-5 to 4*5 in. long, 1 to 2-3 in. wide; petioles 
•5 to 2 in. long. Cymes axillary and terminal. Flowers up to 
16 or even more, sessile; peduncles -6 to 1*25 in. long. Bracts 
spathulate, persistent. Calyx obconic, -15 in. long; teeth obtuse. 
Petals elliptic, *15 in. long, bright pink. Stamens 6, 3 curved 
purple, 3 straight yellow. Capsule sessile turbinate -25 in. long, 
smooth. Hab. On rocks and banks in forests from Singapore to 
Selangor and Perak, Pahang and Tringganu. The commonest 
species. Dislrib. Sumatra, Borneo. Native names : Ati-Ati Gajah ; 
Ati-Ati hutan ; Kerukap Ayer. 
(29) S. glabriflora Staff, l.c. 42. 
Ascending herb, 6 in. tall. Stem, petioles, nerves beneath 
appressed hairy. Leaves dissimilar, large one oblique elliptic, blunt 
or sub-acute/unequally cordate, glabrous, green, above pale; 
nerves purple beneath, 3 to 6 in. long, 2 to 3*5 in. wide; petioles 
1 to 2-5 in. long, small leaves sessile reniform, *25 in. wide. Cymes 
terminal, axillary; peduncles 1 to 2 in. long. Calyx campanulate- 
ovoid, glabrous, -15 in. long. Petals elliptic acute -25 in. long, 
white or pinkish; anthers linear-oblong, blunt. Capsule quite 
smooth, campanulate, -16 in. Long. Hab. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
(30) S. capitata Staff, l.c. 35. 
Ascending, simple, bristly stemmed herb about 12 in. tall, base 
nude. Leaves dissimilar, larger obliquely obovate, abruptly cuspi¬ 
date, base oblique cordate, sparsely bristly above, densely on the 
nerves beneath, 4 to 6 in. long, 175 to 3 in. wide; nerves 5 to 8; 
nervules oblique conspicuous; petioles thick, -5 to 1-5 in. long. 
Small leaves orbicular reniform -4 in. long or less. Cymes axillary 
capitate, -2 in. across ; pedicels slender, *6 in. long. Bracts numer¬ 
ous, linear. Calyx oblong, shaggy, -07 to *09 in. long; teeth 
triangular. Petals oblong acuminate, white or pink, -12 in: long. 
