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14 H. rorunpiro Lia (Spreng. pug. 3. p. 197.) plant decum- 
bent, branched a little; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, somewhat 
3-nerved ; stipulas scarious, ciliated; flowers axillary, almost 
sessile, disposed in whorles; capsules hispid.—Native of the 
East Indies, in humid places. Oldenlandia trinérvia, Retz, obs. 
4, p. 23. 
A Hedyotis. Pl. decumbent. 
15 H. rerrusrLLa (Hook. et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 259.) 
glabrous; stems tufted, diffuse, branched, weak ; leaves oblong ; 
stipulas minute, not setigerous; pedicels terminal, and from the 
forks of the branches, 1-flowered, about equal in length to the 
leaves ; tube of calyx globose, hispid from bristles; teeth of 
calyx erect, ovate, obtuse.— Occasionally found in inundated 
places by the shores of La Plata, near Buenos Ayres. Stem 1 
to 2 inches long, branched; the branches are furnished with 
several short Jateral ramuli, from the axils of which springs a 
peduncle, which after flowering becomes reflexed. Very closely 
allied to H. uniflora, but seems to differ from the genus by the 
stipulas not being furnished with bristles. 
Least Hedyotis. Pl. tufted. 
16 H. xopirròra (Wall. cat. no. 855.) glabrous ; stems quad- 
rangular ; petioles downy; leaves ovate-elliptic, acuminated, 
veined; flowers much crowded, axillary, subverticillate, sessile. 
w. S. Native of the East Indies, in Tavoy. 
Knot-flowered Hedyotis. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
17 H. arce’nrea (Wall. cat. no. 858.) glabrous; stem quad- 
rangular; leaves broad-ovate, acuminated, whitish above, and 
rusty beneath; flowers in axillary heaps. 2. S. Native of 
the Burmese Empire, on the banks of the Irrawaddy. 
Silvery Hedyotis. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
18 H. cosra'ra (R. Br. in Wall. cat. no. 849.) stem downy, 
quadrangular ; leaves lanceolate, tapering to both ends, glabrous, 
with many parallel veins; flowers disposed in crowded axillary 
heaps, subverticillate ; teeth of calyx separated by distant reces- 
ses. 2%.S. Native of Pulo-Penang and Silhet. 
Ribbed Hedyotis. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
19 H. pryivoria (Wall. cat. no. 850.) plant much branched ; 
branches quadrangular; leaves linear, with revolute edges; 
flowers disposed in axillary and terminal verticillate heaps. ©. 
S. Native of Pulo-Penang, and of the Burmese Empire, at 
Prome and Amherst. Perhaps a species of Oldenlandia. 
Pine-leaved Hedyotis. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
20 H. conce'sra (R. Br. in Wall. cat. 844.) herbaceous, gla- 
brous ; stem and branches quadrangular; leaves ovate-lanceo- 
late, acuminated, pale beneath; flowers crowded, axillary ; sti- 
pulas somewhat pinnatifid; lobes of calyx rounded, separated 
by narrow blunt recesses. 2.F. Native of Pulo-Penang. 
Cronded-flowered Hedyotis. Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
21 H. macroruy’tra (Wall. cat. no. 841.) stem and branches 
quadrangular ; leaves large, roughish, veined, tapering to both 
ends; stipulas pinnatifid ; flowers much crowded, axillary, form- 
ing glomerate whorles. .S. Native of Pulo-Penang. Calyx 
downy, with the lobes separated by narrow recesses. 
Large-leaved Hedyotis. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
*** Peduncles axillary, many-flowered : flowers crowded. 
22 H. caprra‘ta (Lam. dict. 3. p. 80.) stem terete, almost 
simple, downy ; leaves almost petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
nerved, glabrous above, velvety on the nerves beneath ; stipulas 
setaceously jagged ; peduncles axillary, solitary, much shorter 
than the leaves, bearing each a dense head of flowers.—Native 
of the East Indies, particularly in Java, in moist parts of moun- 
tains. Blum. bijdr. p. 973. Habit of Euphérbia capitata. 
Capitate-flowered Hedyotis. PI. 4 foot. 
23 H. uinea'ta (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 369.) plant diffuse, pi- 
lose; leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate, with longitudinal simple 
RUBIACEÆ. LXXVI. Hepyoris. 
parallel veins; peduncles axillary, many flowered, rather long, 
2-3-together ; capsules round, pilose. ©. F. Native of the 
East Indies, in Chittagong. The rest unknown. 
Lined-leaved Hedyotis. Pl. diffuse. 
24 H. urmsrdrsa (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 370.) plant 
ascending, clothed with soft hairs; leaves oval-lanceolate, acute, 
nerved, very villous on the nerves on both surfaces ; stipulas 
cup-shaped, acuminated at both ends, joined to both sides of 
the petioles ; peduncles axillary, much shorter than the leaves, 
bearing many subcorymbose flowers ; flowers usually by threes; 
calyx villous, with acute lobes. %. G. Native of Nipaul. H. 
lineàta, D. Don, fl. nep. p. 134. but not of Roxb. Spermacòce 
lineata, Hamilt. mss. Stipulas coriaceous, acuminated in the 
middle. Stems many from the same root, woody, simple. Caly- 
cine segments lanceolate, spreading. 
Elm-leaved Hedyotis. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
25 H. vestr'ta (R. Br. in Wall. cat. no. 847.) stems, peduncles, 
and petioles villous; stem quadrangular; leaves ovate-lanceo- 
late, much acuminated, tapering at the base, downy, particu- 
larly on the veins beneath ; stipulas villous, bearing 3 long bris- 
tles each ; peduncles axillary, trichotomous, each division bear- 
ing a head of flowers. Y%. S. Native of Pulo-Penang and 
Silhet. Leaves with parallel veins. 
Clothed Hedyotis. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
26 H. macrostE Mon (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt bot. 
p. 192.) plant suffruticose, branched ; branches pubescent ; leaves 
on short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, clothed with, soft down be- 
neath, rather scabrous and shining above, with longitudinal 
simple parallel veins; peduncles axillary, solitary, shorter than 
the leaves, many flowered ; flowers capitate; stamens much a 
serted ; capsules hairy, free at the apex. k. 6G. Native 0 
China. Closely allied to the two preceding species. 
Long-stamened Hedyotis. Pl. 4 foot. 
27 H. sereyLLIròLIA (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 14.) stem herbaceous, 
branched, rather angular ; leaves ovate, acuminately mn 
somewhat ciliated; stipulas bipartite, acuminated ; flowers 2- $ 
in each heap, axillary and terminal, on short peduncles ; tube £ 
calyx downy.—Native of the island of Bourbon, where It es 
collected by Bory de St. Vincent. Corolla white, shorter than 
the calyx. Seeds innumerable, very minute. Stem hispid. 
Wild Thyme-leaved Hedyotis. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. ee 
28 H. re'pens ; stem creeping, filiform, branched, oe 
every joint; leaves small, oval or obovate, linear-lanceolate, be 
Lour, smooth; flowers axillary, solitary, on very short pedicels 5 
capsule nearly globular, covered with hollow pellucid nee 
S. Native of the East Indies and China. Oldenlandia r vel 
Burm. fl. ind. 38. t. 15. f. 2. Lour. coch. p. 78. Corolla be 
shaped, white. 
Creeping Hedyotis. Pl. creeping. i 
29 H. unirrora (D. C. prod. 4. p. 421.) plant aa 
stems creeping, branched, weak ; leaves ovate-roundish, ob oe 
stipulas small; pedicels terminal, 1-flowered, longer cra ae 
leaves ; tube of calyx rather hispid. ©. F. Native of r 
in sandy places along the banks of streams. Olde c 
flòra, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 57. Corolla with a broa ’ 
which is bearded inside. Lobes of calyx ovate, acutish. 
One-flowered Hedyotis. Pl. creeping. 
30 EA pine (Ell. sketch. 1. p. 185.) stem nearly vie 
herbaceous, downy, branched ; leaves lanceolate, attenuate ge 
the base, downy ; stipulas acutely bidentate ; flowers almost ® 
sile, capitate, axillary and terminal, rarely almost soke 
of calyx hispid. ©. ex Torrey, 4%. ex Ell. H. Nativeo et 
America, in humid places, from Carolina to New York. ie 
fl. un. st. 1. p. 171. Oldenléndia glomerata, Michx. f. ree 
amer, 1. p. 83. H. auriculata, Walt. car. p. 85. but no g. 
Lin. Oldenlándia unifòra, Lin. ex Willd. spec. 1- P- ab 
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