54 LXXV. RUBIACEÆ®. (J. D. Hooker.) [Hedyotis. 
3-nate, 1-14 in., midrib distinct beneath; stipules very inconspicuous. Cymes small, 
bracteate, branches 3-6-flowered. Capsules as in H. elegans.—Certainly closely allied to 
H. elegans, but the habit is very different, the leaves small and not acuminate, black- 
brown when dry, and the eymes small. Flowers not seen. It approaches Hanee's 
No. 978, from Whampoa, with narrower ciliate leaves. 
**** Herbs or shrubs, cymes axillary (never terminal), sessile or peduncled, 
dense- or lax-flowered (or flowers solitary in 27. travancorica); stipules nearly 
simple or pectinate. 
21. H. membranacea, Thwaites Enum, 143; quite glabrous, stem 
obtusely 4-angled, leaves petioled lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, 
nerves very slender, stipules free j-cireular pectinate, cymes axillary sessile 
capitate, calyx-teeth foliaceous oblong-lanceolate very much larger than the 
small ovary. 
Cryton; at no great elevation, Walker, Thwaites. 
Stem woody below, stout, subsimple. Leaves bright green when dry, 3-6 by 
1-11 in., rather coriaceous, narrowed into the petiole, margins flat; stipules large. 
Heads 1-1 in. diam., surrounding the stem. Flowers (not seen) mixed with chaffy 
bracts. Capsules very small, together with the very large calyx-limb 1 in. long, cells 
few or many-seeded. 
29. H. macrophylla, Wall. in W. $ A. Prodr. 408; Cat. 841; annual, 
stem acutely 4-angled or -winged, leaves petioled ovate elliptic or lanceolate 
acuminate, nerves distinct, stipules free broad toothed or pectinate, cymes 
axillary sessile capitate, calyx-teeth lanceolate as long as the small capsule. 
H. nodiflora, Wall, Cat, 855; G. Don Gen. Syst, iii, 626, Seleromitrum tetran- 
drum, Kurz in Journ. As, Soc. 1877, ii. 136. Rondeletia tetrandra, Roxb. FI. 
Ind. 1. 524 (according to Kurz), Wendlandia? tetrandra, DC. Prodr. iv. 412. 
TENASSERIM, Gomez, Helfer (Kew Distrib. 2889, 2892). Prnane, Wallich. 
Maracca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2889). Niconan Islands, Kurz. 
Stem usually very stout, short, 6-10 in., simple. Leaves green or brown when 
dry, very variable in size and breadth, 3-6 by 5-3 in., sometimes a little rough 
above; nerves faint ; petiole 1-1 in. ; stipules very variously cut, segments sometimes 
filiform and pubescent. Heads often surrounding the stem. Capsules small, glabrous 
or pubescent. 
25. H. Thwaitesii, Hook. f.; stem obtusely 4-angled, leaves petioled 
elliptic- or ovate-lanceolate acuminate scaberulous above, nerves distinct, stipules 
pectinate segments long or short hispid, heads axillary sessile capitate, calyx- 
teeth foliaceous oblong-lanceolate much longer than the small capsule. H. 
macrophylla, Thwaites Enum, 142. ) 
CEYLON; forests about Adam's Peak, Walker, Thwaites, &c. H 
Slender or robust, sparingly branched. Leaves 3-8 by 1-23 in., narrowed *into a 
stout or slender petiole 2-1 in., rather coriaceous, ciliate; stipules 1-l in. Heads 
surrounding the stem 1 in. diam. Capsules with large calyx 4 in. long, cells 3-seeded. 
24. H. nodulosa, Arn. Pugill. 22; hirsute throughout, branches obtusely 
A-angled, leaves petioled ovate or lanceolate acuminate flat, nerves distinct, 
stipules setose, heads axillary sessile, calyx very hairy, teeth subulate-lanceolate 
equalling or exceeding the hirsute capsule. H. nodulosa, var. 8. Thwaites 
Enum. 143. H. axillaris, Gardn. mss. (Thwaites). ) 
CEYLON; Adam's Peak, Newera Ellia, and Ambagowa, Walker, &e. 
Branches or stems 1-2 ft., rather stout, shaggy, especially above and at théinodes 
and petioles with purplish soft spreading hairs. Leaves 2-4 by 1-13 in., basé nar- 
rowed or rounded; petiole 1—1 in.; stipules membranous, connate into a tryncate 
tube with villous bristles. Heads very dense. Corolla-tube long, glabrous," lobes 
