Hedyotis. ] LXXV. RUBIACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 61 
l-nerved, margins recurved, stipules with long cilia, flowers 2-6 in axillar 
clusters, calyx-teeth triangular about equalling the hispid ovoid capsule. Roxb. 
Fl. Ind. t. 364; Wall. Cat, 845. Scleromitrion hispidum, Korth.; Mig. Fl. Ind. 
Bat. ii. 185, Oldenlandia hispida, Benth. FI. Hongk. 150. 
TnoPrcAnL HrwArAYA, from Chamba and Kangra, C. B. Clarke, to Sms and the 
Kuasa Mrs., Assam, Cacuar, CurrrAGONG, and the MALAYAN PENINSULA from 
Tenasserim to Malacca.—Distrim. Malay Islands, S. China. 
Annual ; branches 6-18 in., terete below, 4-angled above. Leaves 11-23 in., very 
variable in width, rough and rigid. Capsule similar to that of H. tenelliflora, but 
glabrous. 
47. H. nitida, W. $ A. Prodr. 412; branches diffuse elongate acutely 
4-angled, leaves sessile elliptic- or linear-lanceolate acute scaberulous or smooth 
above smooth beneath l-nerved, margins recurved, stipules with long cilia, 
flowers 1 or few axillary sessile, calyx-teeth triangular erect equalling the 
glabrous capsule. H. Neesiana, Arn. Pugill, 23. H. glabella, Br. in Wall. Cat. 
886; Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 56. 
Western PENINSULA, from Dharwar southwards to Travancore and CEYLON ? 
TENASSERM, Kurz. 
A slender annual, similar in habit to Z7. hispida, but with leaves smooth or 
sparingly scabrid towards the margins above only, shining and green, and glabrous 
capsules.—I have seen no Tenasserim specimens, and it is possible that Kurz’s plant 
is H. hispida, of which this may be a smooth variety. 
*** Fruit crustaceous, indehiscent ; cymes axillary (and terminal in H. scabra), 
sessile, capitate or few-fld.; leaves flat, with or without lateral nerves; stipules 
triangular, entire or gland-serrate or fimbriate, not bristly ; corolla very short. 
48. H. inamoena, Thw. Enum. 145 in part; shrubby, glabrous, erect, 
3-chotomously branched, branches subterete, leaves petioled ovate-lanceolate 
caudate-acuminate nerves arching faint, stipules connate below triangular 
glandular-pubescent caducous, cymes axillary very short few-flowered subsessile, 
calyx-limb cup-shaped teeth broad shorter than the smooth fruit. 
Cresto: Adam's Peak, Thwaites. 
A tall slender shrub, with long slender erecto-patent branches, obscurely 4-angled 
above, black when dry. Leaves dark brownish-green when dry, 3-5 by 3-11 in., 
leathery, smooth, with a distinct midrib and faint-arching nerves; stipules short. 
Flowers 3-5, almost sessile, small, glabrous. Calyx-tube hemispheric. Ripe fruit 
not seeh,— Very like H. cinereo-viridis, with which it has been mixed in Herbaria. 
49. H. congesta, Br. in Wall. Cat. 844; robust, glabrous, branches 
acutely 4-angled, leaves sessile or shortly petioled elliptic or ovate-lanceolate 
acutely or obtusely acuminate leathery, nerves arching faint, stipules elongate 
ovate with a long entire serrate or lacerate point, flowers in crowded qr 
heads, calyx-teeth broadly triangular obtuse shorter than the ovoid thic 
smooth fruit. G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 525. H. argentea, Wall. Cat, 858. 
Matayan PENINSULA from Tenasserim to Malacca, Wallich, &c.; PENANG, Maingay. 
—Disrris. Sumatra, Borneo. 
A stout shrub with brachiate branches. Leaves pale when dry, 3-5 by 1-2 in., 
quite glabrous and smooth on both surfaces; stipules sometimes j in., coriaceous, 
nts sometimes branched. Flowers clustered, small. Calya-tube hemispheric. 
Fruii subdrupaceous, white. 
50. H. prostrata, Korth. o Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 160; glabrous, 
branches long flexuous prostrate or scandent? obtusely 4-angled, leaves petioled 
elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, nerves distinct, stipules elongate coriaceous 
toothed or subpectinate, cymes axillary small subsessile few-flowered, calyx- 
