RUBIACEÆ. LXXVI. Hepyoris. 
which circumstance they have been compared to ears). Roxb. 
f. ind. 1. p. 368. Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnæa. 4. p. 153. 
D. C. prod. 4. p. 419.—Hedyòtis species of Lin. and all authors. 
Lix. syst. Tetrándria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ovate 
tube, and a 4-toothed limb : teeth erect, permanent, also sepa- 
rated on the fruit by acute narrow recesses. Corolla with a short 
tube, a bearded throat, and a 4-lobed limb. Stamens exserted a 
little; anthers ovate or roundish, small. Capsule ovate, some- 
what attenuated at the apex, crowned by the calycine teeth, 
which are connivent, but separate, 2-celled, and dehiscing in the 
middle of the cells. Seeds minute, angular, many in each cell. 
—Herbs, sometimes suffruticose at the base, with a habit like 
that of Spermacòce. Stems tetragonal or nearly terete. Leaves 
opposite. Stipulas adhering to the petioles on both sides, end- 
mg in many bristles. Flowers axillary, usually glomerate.— 
This genus differs from Houstònia, to which St. Hil. pl. rem. 
bras. p. xxi. has Joined it, in the calyx being adnate to the fruit 
the whole length. It differs from Oldenlandia in the teeth of 
the calyx being separated on the fruit by narrow recesses, not 
by broad ones, 
A ; ; 
Pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, solitary, and sometimes twin. 
i 1 H. era‘crurs (D. C. prod. 4. p. 419.) plant decumbent and 
SF gate scabrous from hairs; leaves linear, acute ; stipulas 
cleft into many bristles; pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, solitary, 
equal in length to the leaves; corolla hardly longer than the 
calycine teeth.—Native of New Caledonia. Capsule downy, 
ae rather compressed: lobes of calyx lanceolate, separated 
y narrow recesses. 
Slender Hedyotis, Pl. decumbent. 
k H. Apsce NSIONIS (D.C. l. c.) stem suffruticose, branched, 
A gon ; leaves linear, acute, with revolute margins, and are, as 
le as the calyxes, rather scabrous; pedicels axillary, solitary, 
3 ‘esha shorter than the flowers. h. S. Native of the 
rm of Ascension, where it was collected by Lesson, G. Don, 
ce. Herb becoming black on drying. Capsule compressed. 
eeds very minute. Corolla white. Lobes of calyx long, linear. 
Ascension Hedyotis. Pl. + foot. 
3 H. paucirròra (Bartl. in herb. Henke, ex D. C. prod. 4. 
P. 419.) plant suffruticose, glabrous; branches tetragonal, 
Sia ; leaves linear, very acute, with revolute margins; sti- 
a with many stiff erect bristles; flowers solitary, axillary, 
B he. pedicellate. k. S. Native of the island of Luzon, one 
the Philippines. Leaves 1 or 14 inch long, and a line broad. 
: ruit unknown, but the lobes of the calyx are separated by nar- 
Ow recesses, indicating it to belong to this genus. 
Fen-flowered Hedyotis. Pl. 
* £ Fl + . - . 
owers axillary, almost s 7 n 
aktar, y, almost sessile, disposed in glomerate 
— TENELLIFLORA (Blum. bijdr. p. 971.) stems suffruticose, 
fee ; leaves on short petioles, lanceolate, veinless 
eae PAR scabrous margins; bristles of stipulas long and 
tiy us; flowers usually twin, axillary, sessile. h. S. Na- 
e of the island of Nusa Kambanga, near Java. 
Slender-flowered Hedyotis. Shrub procumbent. 
me = ANGustiròLIA (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 
a ; stems branched a little, tetragonal, when young the angles 
e nary; leaves linear, very narrow, acute, with revolute sca- 
Pg Margins ; stipulas hairy, membranaceously fringed ; flowers 
le ee axillary, almost sessile, glomerate. ©.F. Native 
island of Luzon, one of the Philippines. 
Narrow-leaved Hedyotis. Pl. 4 foot. 
ee H. Béscur (D. C. prod. 4. p. 420.) plant glabrous ; stems 
ini ascending, branched, slender, tetragonal ; leaves 
3 bristles of stipulas shorter than the fruit ; flowers few, 
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axillary, somewhat verticillate; fruit ovate, crowned by the 
teeth of the calyx, which are acute. ©.? H. Native of Cara- 
lina, where it was collected by Bosc, and sent home under the 
name of Diddia. Leaves almost an inch long, and a line broad. 
Seeds very minute. 
Bosc’s Hedyotis. Pl. ascending. 
7 H. auricuta ria (Lin. spec. 147.) stem almost simple, tetra- 
gonal, rather hairy at the apex ; leaves lanceolate-ovate, nerve:! ; 
stipulas ciliated with bristles ; flowers glomerate, axillary, some- 
what verticillate. %. S. Native of Ceylon, Malabar, also of 
Silhet and Nipaul, ex Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 369. Rheed. mal. 10. 
t. 32.—Burm. fl. zeyl. t. 108. f. 1.? H. nervosa, Lam. dict. 3. 
p-79.? Flowers white, sessile. 
Auricled Hedyotis. Pl. 4 foot, procumbent. 
8 H. cenicuta’ra (Roxb. fi. ind. 1. p. 368.) plant weak, de- 
cumbent ; stems nodose, terete, smooth; leaves almost sessile, 
lanceolate, smooth; flowers on short peduncles, disposed in 
whorles.—Native of the Malay Islands. The rest unknown. 
Kneed-stemmed Hedyotis. Pl. decumbent. 
9 H. Lareyrov'si (D. C. prod. 4. p. 420.) stem erect, gla- 
brous, terete, rather angular at the apex, and hardly branched ; 
leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, glabrous ; 
stipulas of many bristles; flowers few, axillary, almost sessile, 
verticillate; capsules globose. ©. F. Native of the island of 
Vanikoro, where it was collected by Lesson. Stem 14 foot 
high. Leaves 4 inches long, and 8-10 lines broad, lined with 
5-6 oblique nerves on each side. 
La Peyrouse’s Hedyotis. Pl. 14 foot. 
10 H. crassrrért1a (Blum. bijdr. p. 971.) stems diffuse, rather 
hairy ; leaves lanceolate, cuspidate, almost veinless, except the 
middle nerve, scabrous beneath and on the margins, on very 
short petioles ; stipulas setigerous ; flowers disposed in dense 
whorles; filaments exserted.—Native of the west of Java, in 
humid shady places, Said to be allied to H. hispida. Bristles 
of the stipulas long. Teeth of calyx very acute. Perhaps the 
same as H. crat@ogonum. 
Thick-leaved Hedyotis. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
11 H. crarmoconum (Spreng. pug. 2. p. 35.) stems terete, 
glabrous, articulated; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, veiny, sca- 
brous ; stipulas setaceously jagged; flowers sessile, disposed in 
glomerate whorles.—Native of Amboyna, ex Rumph. amb. 6. 
p. 25. t. 10.; and of Java, ex Lin. not in Jamaica, as said by 
Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 199. Oldenlandia verticillata, 
Lin. mant. 40. 
Strong-jointed Hedyotis. P1. 1 foot. 
12 H, ur'sriva (Retz, obs. 4. p. 23. but not of Roth,) stems 
diffuse, branched, tetragonal, rooting at the nodi; leaves sessile, 
lanceolate, with hispid margins; stipulas with many bristles ; 
flowers axillary, almost sessile, disposed in glomerate whorles ; 
filaments inclosed.—Native of China, ex Retz; of the Moluccas, 
ex Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 368.; of Java, Blum. bijdr. p, 971. 
Oldenlandia hispida, Poir. dict. 4. p. 536. Stamens shorter 
than the style, which is clavate, ex Retz. Capsule hispid, ex 
Spreng. pug. 2. p. 32. 
Hispid Hedyotis. Pl. 5 foot, decumbent. 
13 H. uncrine’tta (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. p. 
192.) plant suffruticose, glabrous ; branches simple; leaves pe- 
tiolate, oblong-lanceolate, with almost simple longitudinal veins ; 
flowers axillary and terminal, numerous, almost sessile, disposed 
in glomerate whorles ; capsules turbinate, glabrous, crowned, 
bipartite at the dissepiment ; tube of calyx contracted, and the 
lobes subulate and recurvedly uncinate, long, and ciliated. R. 
G. Native of China. This may be the type of a new genus, 
and is probably the H. cephaléphora, R. Br. in Wall. cat. 
no. 842, 
Hooked-calyxed Hedyotis. Shrub, 
