68. EUBIACE^l : HEDTOTIDE^!. 373 



Bentham records this from continental China, owing, probably, 

 to Seemann's specimens being labelled " South China," like many 

 of his other plants, though really collected in Hongkong. An 

 imperfect specimen from Lofausban, collected by Ford, may, 

 however, be this species. 



2. Hedyotis ampliflora, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 11 ; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 783. 



Hainan : Hoihau {Bulloch, bb. Hance, 20321 !). Mus. Brit. 



3. Hedyotis Auricularia, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 101 ; DC. 

 Prodr. iv. p. 420; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 150; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. iii. p. 58 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 783. 



Hedyotis costata, R. Br. in Wall. Cat. n. 849 ; G. Don, Gen. Syst. 

 iii. p. 526. 



Yunnan : Manwyne (Anderson !) ; Kwangtung : Tingushan 

 (Sampson, hb. Hance, 13843!), Lofaushan, &c. (Faberl Ford I 

 Wenyon\), Whampoa (Hance, 2130!); Hongkong (Wright ! 

 Harland !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



4. Hedyotis bracteosa, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 323. 

 Kwangtung : Lofaushan (Faler, hb. Hance, 22223 !). Mus. 



Brit. 



5. Hedyotis capitellata, Wall. Cat. 837, excl. H. fruticosa, hb. 

 Bottler, ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 56. 



Oldenlandia rubioides, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. p. 353. 

 Yunnan : Poneshee (Anderson !). Herb. Kew. 

 Malay peninsula and archipelago. 



6. Hedyotis capituligera, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 12 ; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 780. 



Kwangtung: North river (Sampson, hb. Hance, 11402!). 

 Mus. Brit. 



7. Hedyotis consanguinea, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. ^ at serie, 

 xviii. p. 221 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 782. 



Kwangtung : Whampoa (Hance, 978 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Maximowicz, loc. cit., suggests that this may be the same as 

 the Hedyotis fruticosa, Linn. (Amoen. Acad. vii. p. 501), syn. 

 Spermacoce hedyotidea, DC. (Prodr. iv. p. 555), a plant collected 

 by Sparrman near Canton. 



