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RUBIACEX., 
uniflora, Lam. ill. p. 271.2? H. Virginica and H. glomerata, 
Spreng. syst. 1. p. 412, 413. Lobes of calyx 4, ovate, acumi- 
nated. Corolla subrotate, shorter than the calyx ; with the lobes 
rather spinose. Stamens short, opposite the lobes of the corolla, 
ex Torrey. Style almost wanting; stigma thick, undivided. 
Seeds innumerable, very minute, as in the genus Oldenlandia. 
Glomerate-flowered Hedyotis. Pl. 4 creeping. 
31 H. Gorzr’nsts (D. C. prod. 4. p. 421.) plant diffuse, 
many stemmed ; stems rather angular, glabrous, except at the 
nodi, where they are downy ; leaves lanceolate, acute, glabrous ; 
peduncles axillary and on the tops of the branches, disposed in um- 
bellate heaps, a little shorter than the fruit ; fruit downy, crowned 
by the calycine teeth, which are subulate, and somewhat invo- 
lutely uncinate at the apex. ©. F. Native of the coast of 
Africa, in the island of Goree. Habit of Chickweed. Leaves 
oval-oblong or lanceolate. Capsule dehiscing but slowly. Seeds 
very minute. Corolla not seen. 
Var, P, érecta (D. C. 1. c.) stems erect, much shorter than 
those of the species; heads of flowers solitary, terminal, umbel- 
late. ©. S. Native in humid parts of woods. 
Goree Hedyotis. P1. diffuse. 
+% . $ : 
H wis Panicles or corymbs terminal, loose, rarely axillary. 
€ species are very different from each other, and from the rest 
of the genus. 
32 H.? xa’xa (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 135.) stem herbace- 
ous, weak, dichotomously branched, angular, glabrous; leaves 
ovate, acute, rather hairy on both surfaces, ciliated ; stipulas 
divided into bristles; peduncles axillary, dichotomous; flowers 
usually by threes. %. G. Native of Nipaul. Habit of a 
Species of Ophiorhiza. Anthers in some specimens examined 
exserted, and in others almost inclosed. Teeth of calyx acutely 
omega 3 times shorter than the corolla. Capsule somewhat 
Se free at top, and dehiscing in the middle of the cells. 
eeds ovate-roundish, 
Loose-flowered Hedyotis. Pl. 14 foot. 
: 33 H. potyca‘rpa (Wall. cat, 838.) branches tetragonal ; 
eaves elliptic-lanceolate, acuminated, tapering to the base; sti- 
es Joined to the petioles, and forming a sheath with them, 
“cba with a tooth on each-side; panicle terminal, corym- 
ose, trichotomous ; lobes of calyx separated by broad recesses. 
-S. Native of Silhet. Perhaps a species of Oldenlandia. 
Many-fruited Hedyotis. Pl, 2 to 3 feet. 
He H. MoLLis (Wall. cat. no. 859.) plant clothed with soft 
eed down in every part, but particularly so on the under side 
of the leaves ; peduncles axillary and terminal, panicled ; pedi- 
cels corymbose ; stipulas with 3 bristles. Y. S. Native of 
Pulo-Penang. 
Soft Hedyotis. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
pa H. vacıxa`ra (Blum. herb. and mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 
1.) plant suffruticose, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, much acu- 
minated, nerved ; stipulas long, sheathing, drawn out on both 
sides into one puberulous bristle; corymbs terminal, trichoto- 
SE throat of corolla bearded; stamens exserted. h. S. 
Native of the island of Ternate, one of the Moluccas. 
Sheathed-stipuled Hedyotis. Shrub. 
36 H. zroxca`ra (R. Br. in Wall. cat. no. 865.) plant pube- 
roak leaves lanceolate or linear; stipulas jagged; peduncles 
ee elongated, dichotomously branched ; flowers distant on 
> z ranches of the peduncle, usually by twos, and one in each 
i ; almost sessile. ©. S. Native of the East Indies. Per- 
aps a species of Oldenlándia. 
Elongated-peduncled Hedyotis. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
37 H.? sca'npens (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p- 369.) stem terete, 
scandent, glabrous; leaves on short petioles, broad-lanceolate, 
acuminated, glabrous, shining; stipulas entire, joined to the pe- 
LXXVI. Hepyoris. 
LXXVIII. OLDENLANDIA. 527 
tioles, furnished with a short mucrone on both sides; corymbs 
panicled, axillary, and terminal, with the branchlets rather vil- 
lous; lobes of corolla and throat hairy inside ; style villous at 
the apex; stigma bilamellate. %. J.S. Native of Nipaul and 
Silhet, where it is called Gujee. Petésia Hita, Hamilt. mss. ex 
D. Don, fl. nep. p. 134. 
Climbing Hedyotis. PI. cl. 
88 H. cariteLLA'ra (Wall. cat. 837.) glabrous ; leaves ellip- 
tic, acuminated, tapering at the base; stipulas joined to the pe- 
tioles, furnished with a tooth on both sides; panicle terminal, 
composed of round heads of flowers. Y. VU. S. Native of 
Pulo-Penang, and Tavoy. 
Headed-flowered Hedyotis. Shrub cl. 
39 H.? Lescnenav'tru (D. C. prod. 4. p. 422.) suffruti- 
cose ; branches glabrous, tetragonal at the apex ; leaves lanceo- 
late, pilose beneath ; stipulas combined with the petioles, form- 
ing a kind of cupula, and furnished with 3 bristles on both sides ; 
panicle terminal, with glabrous branches; limb of calyx with 4 
short teeth; lobes of corolla hairy above ; style shorter than the 
corolla. h. S. Native of the East Indies, on the Nelligherry 
mountains, where it was collected by Leschenault. Allied to 
H. scandens, and with it will probably form a distinct genus. 
Var. B, Wallichit (D. C. prod. 4. p. 422.) branches compres- 
sedly angular; leaves acuminated ; limb of calyx 4-cleft to the 
middle: lobes oblong-linear ; limb of corolla very hairy above. 
h. G. -Native of Nipaul, at Katmandu. Perhaps the same as 
H. scandens, Roxb. ex Wall. fl. ind. 1. p. 369, but it does not 
exactly agree with the description given of that plant by Rox- 
burgh. 
Leschenault’s Hedyotis. Shrub cl. ? 
40 H. articuta ris (R. Br. in Wall. cat. no. 854.) plant 
dense and dwarf; leaves much crowded, lanceolate, veiny ; sti- 
pulas jagged ; peduncles terminal and axillary, forming panicles. 
. G. Native of the Nelligherry mountains. 
Jointed Hedyotis. Pl. 4 foot. 
41 H.? arporea (Roxb. in Beats. voy. append. p. 310.) 
arboreous; leaves on short petioles, oblong, acuminated, shining, 
recurved at the apex; stipular sheath cylindrical, furnished with 
1-3 unequal teeth; corymbs terminal, brachiate, almost globu- 
lar; capsules globose. h. S. Native of the island of St. 
Helena, in woods towards the tops of the mountains, where it 
is called dogwood by the inhabitants. Lobes of calyx oval. Co- 
rolla short, glabrous. Perhaps a proper genus. 
Tree Hedyotis. Shrub. 
42 H. sryròsa (R. Br. in Wall. cat. no. 853.) stems quad- 
rangular; leaves glabrous, elliptic-lanceolate, tapering to both 
ends, coriaceous; stipulas pinnatifid; peduncles axillary and 
terminal, trichotomous, forming panicled corymbs; corolla very 
hairy inside. h.G. Native of the Nelligherry mountains. 
Long-styled Hedyotis. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
+ Doubtful species. 
43 H. crassiro'c1a and H. rosea, Rafin. fl. lud. 77. are 
very doubtful plants, and are probably species of Anodtis. 
Cult. None of the species of this genus are worth cultivating 
except in botanic gardens. Any light soil will suit them ; 
and cuttings of the shrubby and herbaceous perennial species 
will root in the same kind of soil, with a hand-glass over them, 
in a little heat. The annual kinds require the same treatment 
as other tender annuals. All are easily increased by seeds. 
LXXVII. OLDENLA/NDIA (named by Plumier in memory 
of Henry Bernh. Oldenland, a Dane, who collected plants at the 
Cape of Good Hope in 1695. They came into the possession 
of Burmann, and there is an account of them in the 6th volume 
of Linnzus’s Amecenitates Academice). Lin. gen. no. 15¢, 
