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RhYNCHOSIA CoDOORENSIS. (Bedd.) Stems herbaceous climbing pubescent, stipules small setaceous deciduous, peti¬ 
oles 1|-1£ inches long whitish-pubescent, leadets 3 the central one broad ovate to rhomboid-ovate acute up to 3 inches long by 2 broad, the 
petiolule 6 lines long the lateral ones smaller and unequal-sided membranaceous furnished on both sides with addressed short pube¬ 
scence, reticulated and paler on the underside, racemes lax few flowered-nearly as long as the leaves, flowers in pairs, bracts ovate to 
auborbicular broader than long acute or obtuse caducous, calyx pubescent inch long the segments prominently veined ovato-lanceo- 
late obtuse the 2 upper connate towards the base, the lowest a little longer than the others, corol yellow not equalling the calyx, pod 
3»4 lines broad 2-seeded not equalling the calyx slightly puberulous. 
Codoor hills, Cuddapah District, rare. 
PLATE No. CCXCVII. 
MELASTOMACEiE. 
Sonerila Gardner!. (Thw.) Stems terete, generally simple erect rather woody glanduloso-hirsute, reddish-black, 
1-1| feet high, leaves ovate or rotundate acute subcordate serrulate J-l^ inches long 4-8 lines broad hirsute on both side’s paler beneath, 
petioles 1-3 lines long glanduloso-hirsute, pedicels hirsute shorter than the calyx each furnished with a foliaceous bract, flowers 9-12 lines 
long, the calyx glandulose-hirsute, petals reddish lanceolate acute, the centre nerve on the outside with a few glandular hairs, anthers 
eordato-lanceolate subacute capsule ovoid gibbous obscurely 6 costate muricato hirsute. Thw. En • PL Zey. p. 107. 
Ceylon, below Horton Plains towards Galagama on wet rocks, elevation 5000 feet. 
PLATE No. CCXCVIII. 
SoNERILA LANCEOLATA. (Thw.) Suberect sparingly branched very glabrous, leaves 3-nerved linear-lanceolate serru¬ 
late above the middle, cordate at the base very shortly petioled, 1%~3 inches long by 3-8 lines broad, racemes simple or branched, flowers 
8-10 lines long, petals red rotundate apiculate, anthers subulate, capsule rather loDg and with the thickened pedicel deeply 6-sulcate. 
Thw. 1. c. p. 107. 
Ceylon, Carawette Kanda near Ratnapoora, elevation 1000 feet. 
PLATE No. CCXCIX. 
^ONERILA ArNOTTIANA. (Thw.) 1-2 feet suberect subligneous, branched, branches more or less glanduloso-pilose, 
leaves 3-5-nerved lanceolate or ovato-lanceolate ciliato-deuticulate a little oblique and unequal, above glabrous beneath sparingly 
glanduloso-hirsute on the nerves, f-3 inches loug by 4-10 lines broad, paler beneath acute at both ends or the base rather rounded, 
petioles 8-12Tines long more or less glanduloso-pilose, racemes simple or forked glanduloso-pilose, petals ovate acuminate purple 3£ lines 
long, anthers cordato-obloDg shortly acuminate, capsule hypocrateriform 6-ribbed muricato-setose about equalling the pedicel. Thic. 
1. c. p. 108. 
Ceylon, central provinces 4000-7000 feet. Anamallay mountains 5000 feet elevation. 
PLATE No. CCC. 
