Hedyotis.] LXXV. RUBIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) ! 51 
tt Stipules pectinate, 
8. H. stylosa, Br. in Wall. Cat. 853; glabrous, leaves petioled ovate or 
elliptic-ovate acute glabrous or hairy on the distinct nerves neath, stipules 
connate pectinate with long subulate segments, cymes terminal, calyx-tube pro- 
duced above the ovary, teeth short acute. W. & A. Prodr. 407; Wt 1. t 
1027. H.? Leschenaultiana, DC. Prodr. iv. 422, excl. var. 8. Knoxia 
Wightiana, Schlecht. in Herb, Hohenack., not of Wallich. 
Mountains of Maranar and Travancorp, alt. 5-6000 ft., common, Noton, &e. 
A much branched shrub, yellow-green when dry. Leaves 1-2 in., very variable in 
breadth and shape, coriaceous, margins flat or recurved, nerves few obscure above ; 
stipules pubescent. Cymes short, flowers crowded.  Corolla-lobes woolly within. 
Capsules globose, many-seeded. 
9. H. articularis, Br. in Wall. Cat. 854; quite glabrous, leaves sessile 
small lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate subacute, margins recurved, nerves below 
very broad, stipules connate pectinate with long subulate segments, calyx-tube 
produced above the ovary, lobes very short. W. & A, Prodr. 407 ; We. \ ie. t 
1028. 
NiranknRY Mts., Noton, Wight, &c. 
A small rigid stout leafy bush, yellowish when dry. Leaves 1-1 in., very rigid, 
with 8-10 very broad and much raised longitudinal nerves beneath, marked by 
channels above. Cymes terminal, small, dense-flowered. Calya- limb a 4-toothed cup, 
unaltered in fruit. Corolla puberulous, lobes glabrous, mouth woolly. Capsule very 
variable, from 4 in. globose to 4 in., obovoid ; cells with 8-10 angular seeds. 
10. H. pruinosa, JV. $ A. Prodr. 408; leaves petioled ovate-lanceolate 
or lanceolate acuminate glabrous, nerves distinct, stipules free pectinate, seg- 
ments subulate. cymes pruinose, calyx-limb not produced, teeth subulate 
recurved shorter than the capsule. FI. corymbosa, Wall. Cat. 6202, chiefly ; 
837 a. H. lentiginosa, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 6. 
Travancore and Marapar; Quilon, Wight; in the backwaters, Beddome. 
A shrub, yellowish when dry. Leaves 2-2} in., margins flat ; nerves few, slender; 
petiole Z.A in.; stipules not connate, short. Cymes spreading, many-flowered, hoary. 
Corolia-mouth woolly. Capsules small, obovoid, subclavate or globose, many-seeded. 
ll. H. swertioides, Hook. f.; leaves sessile glabrous elliptie acute 
marging undulate, stipules free very long slender pectinate with distant subu- 
late sements, cymes very many in the upper axils and terminal densely pubes- 
yx-limb not produced, lobes lanceolate longer than the tube. 
cent, e 
T" in the Pulney Mts., Wight (Kew Distrib. 359). 
A very fine and remarkable species, tall, erect, stout, with distant nodes, and a 
profuse oblong head of cymes, yellow when dry. Leaves 3 by 15-12 in., coriaceous, 
contracted at the base, but hardly petioled; nerves few, hardly raised ; stipules i-i 
in., erect, stiff. Cymes very many-flowered. Corolla woolly at the mouth. Fruit not seen. 
—The stout strict branches and erect sessile broad coriaceous opposite leaves give 
the plat a gentianoid aspect. 
12. H. obscura, Thwaites Enum. 14; glabrous except the youngest 
shoots and sometimes the nerves beneath, leaves sessile or petioled elliptic- 
lanceolate or ovate or suborbicular acute obtuse or acuminate, stipules connate 
pectinate, peduncles axillary filiform, cymes few-flowered, calyx-teeth subulate 
shorter than the capsule. 
Cxxrow; Central provinces, alt. 6-8000 ft., Walker, Gardner, &c. 
A Bigid woody shrub, black when dry, occurring under three very dissimilar forms, 
whiehylhwaites unites.—1. leaves petioled lanceolate 1-3 in., nerves very obscure, 
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