532 
Rom. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 200. A very obscure species, 
and syn. in Rheed. mal. 10. t. 31. cited for this species is re- 
ferrible to Portuldcca Meridiana. 
Depressed Oldenlandia. PI. prostrate. 
N. B. Oldenléndia nudicailis, Roth, nov. spec. p. 96. and 
Old. maritima, exclusive perhaps of the synonyme of Lin., 
differs from this genus in the flowers being of 4 distinct petals, 
and in the want of stipulas ; they therefore even do not belong 
to Rubidcee, but are probably Caryophyllaceous plants. 
Cult. The species are not worth cultivating, unless in bo- 
tanic gardens. A very sandy soil suits them best, and cuttings 
of the shrubby kinds will root in sand, under a hand-glass, or 
by seeds. ‘I'he annual kinds should be treated like other tender 
annuals, by being raised on a hot-bed, and afterwards planted 
out. All the species require a considerable degree of moisture. 
LXXVIII. GONOTHE'CA (from ywvıa, gonia, an angle, 
and Onxn, theke, a sheath; in reference to the capsule, which is 
furnished with a double wing on each side). Blum. mss. ex 
D.C. prod. 4. p. 429. but not of Rafin.—Hedydtis species, 
Blum. bijdr. 
Lin. syst. Tetrándria, Monogynia. Calyx with a somewhat 
compressed tube, and ashort truncate somewhat 4-toothed limb. 
Corolla having the tube inflated at the base, the throat villous, 
and the lobes keeled. Stamens inclosed. Style wanting ; 
stigmas 2, obtuse. Capsule compressed, margined by a double 
wing on both sides, which runs down the pedicel, crowned by 
the tube and short limb of the calyx, and dehiscing between 
the stigmas, membranous, 2-celled. Seeds numerous, ovate, 
small, scrobiculate.-—A glabrous, erect herb, with the habit of 
Oldenléndia. Stem divaricate, quadrangular. Leaves lanceo- 
late, almost sessile. Stipulas toothed. Cymes pedunculate, 
axillary, and terminal, few-flowered. 
1 G. Brume'i (D.C. prod. 4. p. 429.). ©.? F. Native of 
the islands of Timor and Java, in the latter island on calcareous 
hills at Kuripan. Hedyòtis pterita, Blum. bijdr. p. 972. Co- 
nyza Chinénsis, N. L. Burm. fi. ind. p. 179. exclusive of the 
synonyme Oldenlandia alata, herb. mus. par. 
Blume’s Gonotheca. PI. } foot. 
Cult. See Kadua, p. 533. for culture and propagation. 
LXXIX. KOHAU’TIA (in memory of Francis Kohaut, who 
collected many plants and other objects of natural history in 
Senegal). Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p.156. D. C. 
prod. 4. p. 429.—Knoxia and Hedyòtis species of authors. 
Lin. syst. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an obovate 
tube; teeth acute, separated by acute recesses while in flower, 
but at last by very broad ones. Corolla with a long terete tube, 
and oval-lanceolate lobes, which are usually cuspidate by a 
mucrone. Anthers sessile, within the tube, inclosed under the 
throat. Style shorter than the anthers, bifid at the apex. 
Capsule globose, membranous, crowned by the teeth of the 
calyx, 2-celled, dehiscing at the cells. Seeds innumerable, 
small, half immersed in pits on the placentas, which are glo- 
bose and stand on short pedicels.—Erect, twiggy, glabrous, 
branched herbs, with the habit of Aspérula. Leaves op- 
posite, linear, or linear-lanceolate. Stipulas joined to the 
petioles, furnished with one or few bristles. Cymes terminal, 
corymbose, or loosely spicate. 
1 K. cranpirtora (D. C. prod. 4. p. 430.) leaves linear, 
lower ones the broadest, and nearly lanceolate : uppermost ones 
very slender and subulate ; stipulas membranous, connecting the 
petioles : lower ones cuspidate in the middle, the rest furnished 
with 2 bristles on both sides; flowers trichotomously corym- 
RUBIACE. LXXVIII. Gonotueca. 
LXXIX. Konavtta. 
bose; lobes of corolla oval, mucronate. h. S. Native of 
Senegal, from which place it was sent by Bacle, under the name 
of Hedyòtis herbicea ; and in sandy places at Kounoun, where 
it was collected by Perrottet and Leprieur. Tube of corolla 
6 lines long, and the lobes 3 lines long and 14 broad. 
Great-flowered Kohautia. Shrub } to 1 foot. 
2 K. Senrcare’nsts (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 
156.) leaves linear: floral ones subulate ; stipulas with very 
narrow margins, joining the petioles, furnished with 2 bristles ; 
flowers on short pedicels along the branches and at their tops, 
distant ; lobes of corolla lanceolate. I.S. Native of Senegal. 
Knéxia Senegalénsis, Reichb. in Sieb. fl. seneg. exsic. no. 9, 
Tube of corolla 44 lines long ; and the lobes 2} lines long. 
Senegal Kohautia. Shrub 4 to 1 foot. ; i 
3 K. srricra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 430.) leaves linear, with 
sub-revolute margins ; stipulas joined to the petioles by a very 
narrow margin, furnished each with 2 short bristles ; flowers 
trichotomously corymbose ; lobes of corolla oblong-linear. ©. 
S. Native of Senegal at Walo and Lampsar, where it was col- 
lected by Leprieur and Perrottet; and at Sierra Leone by 
Afzelius. Hedyòtis stricta, Smith, in Rees’s cycl. vol. 17, no. 
21. but not of Wall. Root simple, perpendicular, white. Tube 
of corolla 5 lines long; and the lobes 24 lines long and hardly 
a line broad. 
Straight Kohautia. Pl. 4 foot. ae 
4 K. tonerrro’ra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 430.) leaves linear, 
hardly acute ; stipulas short, with many bristles : bristles spread- 
ing a little, length of membrane; flowers pedicellate along the 
branches on one side ; corolla with a very long tube; and linear, 
hardly acute lobes. h. G. Native of the south of Africa, 
where it was collected by Burchell, ex cat. geogr. no. eae 
Tube of corolla 7 lines Jong; and the lobes 3 lines Jong, an 
scarcely a line in breadth. Teeth of calyx short. Pedicels 2-4 
lines long. 
Long-flowered Kohautia. Pl. } foot. : 
5 K. cyna’ncntca (D. C. prod. 4. p. 430.) leaves linear, 
acute ; stipulas membranous, joining the petioles: bristles re- 
flexed, twin on both sides, at last deciduous; corymbs few- 
flowered ; lobes of corolla linear, hardly acute. R. G. ae 
tive of the south of Africa, where it was collected by Burchell, 
ex cat. geogr. no. 772. Capsule turbinate. Teeth of el 
short. Tube of corolla 3 lines long; with the lobes a little 
shorter than the tube. 
Cynanchica-like Kohautia. Shrub 4 to 1 foot. > 
6 K. serirera (D. C. prod. 4. p. 430.) leaves linear, pen 
dately mucronate, with somewhat revolute edges; alter 
membranous, joining the petioles, cleft into 4 spreading brist = 
on both sides, which are longer than the membrane ; corym 
few-flowered ; lobes of corolla short, oval. h. G. Native 0 
the south of Africa, where it was collected by Burchell, ex G 
geogr. no. 2322. Plant hardly a hand high. Bracteas stipu 
laceous, membranous, multifid. Tube of corolla hardly 2 lines 
long. 
Dilber Kohautia. Pl. 4 foot. 5 
7 K. era‘crtis (D. C. 1. c.) leaves linear ; branches and z3 
duncles compressed ; stipulas truncate, fringed, at length more 
flowers on long peduncles, rising from the forks and from í ; 
tops of the branches; lobes of corolla Jinear-lanceolate, od i 
a little shorter than the tube. ©. F. Native of Nipaul. ze 
dydtis stricta, Wall. act. soc. asiat. 13. p. 369. but not of ene 
Hedydtis gracilis, Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 377, Oe 
fisca, Hamilt. ex D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 134. kae a 
corolla 4 lines Jong; and the lobes 3 lines long, and hardly 
line broad. 
Slender Kohautia. PI. $ to 1 foot. : 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Oldenléndia above- 
