68. RUBIACE^l: IIEDY0TIDE2E. 377 



Hedyotis pterita, Blume, Bijdr. p. 972. 



Gonotheca Blurnei, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 429 ; Endl. Atakta, t. 22. 

 Kwangtung: Tingushan (Sampson, hb. Hanee, 13826!). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kevv. 



Western peninsula of India and Malay archipelago. 



2. Oldenlandia corymbosa, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 119 ; DC. 

 Prodr. iii. p. 426 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 64 ; Maxim, in 

 Mel. Biol. xi. p. 786. 



Oldenlandia herbacea, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 425 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. ^. 151, 

 excl. var. a, ex Maxim. 



Hedyotis herbacea, Osbeck, Voy., Engl. ed. ii. p. 4 ? ex Maxim. 



Fokten : Amoy (Hance, 1460!) ; Kwangtung : Pakhoi (Play- 

 fair !) ; Hongkong ( Wright ! Wilford ! Champion !). Mus. Brit. ; 

 Herb. Kew. 



Widely spread in tropical Asia, and also in Africa and Ame- 

 rica. 



3. Oldenlandia diffusa, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 426 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 

 p. 426; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 65; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. 

 xi. p. 787. 



Oldenlandia angustifolia, var. pedieellata, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd,- 

 Bat. iii. p. 108, ex Maxim. 



Oldenlandia herbacea, var. a, uniflora, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 151. 



Kwangtung: Pakhoi (Playfair\); Hongkong (Wright !). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Widely spread in tropical Asia, and extending northward to 

 Japan. 



4. Oldenlandia paniculata, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, p. 1667 ; DC. 

 Prodr. iv. p. 427; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 69; Benth. Fl. 

 Hongk. p. 152 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 785. 



Ktangsu: Shanghai (Maingagl); Hongkong (Wright ! La- 

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



Nearly all over India and Malaya, and extending to Polynesia. 



[Oldenlandia umbellata (Osbeck's Voyage, Engl. ed. i. p. 386) 

 is not described, and there are no means of determining what 

 plant was intended.] 



1. Anotis boerhaavioides, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 787. 

 Hedyotis (Oldenlandia) boerhaavioides, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 73. 

 Chekiang: Ningpo (Faberl) ; Kwangtung: White Cloud 

 hills (Sampson, 1230 ! Hance, 15133 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



