50. LXXV. RUBIACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) ( Hedyotis. 
3. H. evenia, Thwaites Enum. 140, 419; shining, branches and inflores- 
cence puberulous, leaves shortly petioled elliptic or ovate-lanceolate acute 
glabrous nerveless, margins recurved, stipules with sparingly glandular tips, 
cymes terminal panicled, calyx-lobes triangular obtuse shorter than the capsule. 
Cryton; Adam's Peak, Gardner. 
A small shrub, yellow when dry; branches acutely 4-angled. Leaves 4-3 in., 
coriaceous above, varnished and with a few scattered raised points. Cymes few-fid. 
—Fruit unknown, and hence the position of the species in the genus. 
4. H. cymosa, Thwaites Enum. 142; glabrous, leaves sessile lanceolate 
obtuse or acute, nerves very faint, stipules ovate-lanceolate long-acuminate 
gland-serrate, cymes terminal panicled, calyx-teeth in fruit lanceolate exceeding 
the capsule, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 35. 
Crvrow; Hinidoon Corle, alt. 1000 ft., Thwaites. 
A shrub, black when dry; branches obtusely angled. Leaves 2-3 in., coriaceous, 
margins not recurved, Cymes flat-topped, very minutely puberulous. Calyx-teeth 
much enlarged in fruit. Capsule almost didymous. Seeds solitary in each cell, much 
compressed, plano-convex (winged when ripe f). 
5. H. Macreei, Hook. f., softly pubescent, leaves petioled recurved 
lanceolate acuminate many-nerved, stipules broader than long abruptly cuspi- 
date eglandular, cymes terminal panicled, calyx-teeth shorter than the capsule. 
Cryton, Macre. 
Grey-green when dry; branches obscurely 4-angled. Leaves 3-4 in., recurved 
and complicate, narrowed into a petiole }-% in. long, rather seabridly pubescent 
above, softly tomentose beneath; stipules tomentose. Cymes large, rounded, with 
whorled spreading branches. Flowers small, } in. Calyx pubescent, as are the 
corolla-lobes within. Capsule small, ellipsoid, cells many-seeded. 
6. H. purpurascens, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 5 (purpurea); quite 
glabrous, leaves petioled ovate or ovate-lanceolate obtuse or obtusely-acuminate, 
nerves faint, stipules gland-serrate or pectinate, cymes terminal panicled, calyx- 
tube produced and teeth much longer than the capsule. 
Mts. of Travancore and TixxEvELLI, Wight (Kew Distrib. 1357. H. stylosa, var.), 
Beddome. 
A small woody shrub, yellow-green when dry; branches tortuous and nodose 
below. Leaves 1-3 in., coriaceous, margins flat, nerves variable in number; gtipules 
pubescent. Cymes rounded in flower, flat-topped in fruit. Caly«-lobes oblong, obtuse. 
Corolla small, with small lobes. Capsules large, 4 in., with the enlarged calyx nar- 
rowly ellipsoid, cells many-seeded.—There being an H. purpurea previously published 
(by A. Gray), but unknown to Col, Beddome, I have substituted that of purpunyscens 
for his plant. 
7. H. scaberula, Hook. f., finely scaberulous throughout, branches 
slender elongate terete, leaves petioled ovate aeute flat, nerves faint arched, 
stipules triangular obtuse appressed, margins glandular, cymes in a loose erect 
bracteate terminal leafy panicle, flowers pedicelled i um ori calyx-jeeth 
triangular much shorter than the subglobose capsule. i 
ManrAznAN ; at Moulmein, Lobb, 
A very distinet species, rough to the touch all over, of whieh I have inf one 
specimen, and that in fruit, pale green when dry; branches strict, slender, wä long 
internodes. Leaves 2-3 in., base acute, equally scaberulous on both surfaces ` petiole 
lin. Panicle elongate, pyramidal in outline, with distant internodes; branches (trict 
rather depressed, the lower with large leaves at the axils, uppermost naked, 3-choto- 
mously branched at the ends. Capsule septicidal, the valves loculicidal. Seeds about 
8 on each placenta.—This may be a climbing species, but there is no evidence of it. 
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