72 LXXV. RUBIACER. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Anotis. 
nerves 6-8 pair. Cymes on sieuder peduncles much longer than the leaves; heads 
of flowers tin. diam. Corolla white, glabrous; tube broad, much longer than the 
lobes.—Fruit unknown, 
3. A. Leschenaultiana, W. $ A. Prodr. 411 (Hedyotis); root 
perennial, branches diffuse ascending villous or glabrate, leaves sessile or 
petioled ovate obtuse or aeute more or less hairy or hirsute above and beneath, 
stipules bristly, cymes terminal corymbose hispid or glabrous, capsule sub- 
globose didymous with the calyx-teeth near the top, cells 1-8-seeded, seeds 
deeply pitted. 
Throughout the mountains of the Western PzwiNsULA, from the Concan to 
Travancore, alt. 4.7000 ft. 
A most variable plant in habit, stature, hairiness, and length of the calyx-teeth, 
which often enlarge and are sometimes somewhat toothed after flowering. There are 
three principal forms. 
Var. 1. Leschenaultiana proper; stout, stems often villous 1-2 ft., leaves 1-2 in. 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate often cordate and sessile, cymes 2-4 in. diam., calyx-teeth 
usually short.—Hedyotis Leschenaultiana, Wt. JU. t.125; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 115. 
Var. 2, affinis; smaller, more slender, stem 4-8 in. usually almost hispid, leaves 
3-3 in. petioled coriaceous ovate, cymes 1-2 in. diam., calyx-teeth often very long.— 
H. affinis, W. § A. Prodr. 411 ; Wt. Ie. t. 1030. H. cymosa, Br. in Wall. Cat. 885. 
Van. 3. deltoidea; dwarf, glabrous or sparsely hispid, leaves 3-1 in. coriaceous 
petioled ovate obtuse. H. deltoidea, W. 4^ A. Prodr. 410. 
4. A. decipiens, Hook. f.; perennial, stems elongate slender diffusely 
branching and leaves sparsely pilose, leaves petioled ovate acuminate flat mem- 
branous, stipules with long bristles, cymes terminal and axillary sub aniculately 
branched many-flowered puberulous or glabrate, capsules small subglobose didy- 
mous, crown shorter than the lanceolate calyx-teeth, cells 1-3-seeded. 
Western PENiNsULA; Concan, Stocks; Travancore and Pulney Mts., Wight. 
Habit of glabrate slender forms of H. Leschenaultiana, but the leaves have petioles 
3-1 in.; the cymes are not at all corymbose, the branches being very unequal. The 
capsules much resemble those of A. monosperma at first sight, but are more hemi- 
spheric, didymous, and dehisce across the cells between the calyx-teeth. Corolla 
nearly å in. long, tube narrowly funnel-shaped, much longer than the calyx-tube. 
5. A. oxyphylla, Wail. Cat. 6193 (Iledyotis) ; glabrous, root erennial, 
stem stout erect, leaves petioled linear-lanceolate, stipules long lanceolate 
simple toothed or laciniate, cymes terminal subcorymbose many-flowered, pe- 
duncles and pedicels erect, calyx-teeth short broad, capsules pedicelled turgid hemi- 
spheric, cells 5-8-seeded. Oldenlandia oxyphylla, G. Don Gen. Syst. uk 531. 
Knuasra Mrs. ; in marshy places, alt. 2-5000 ft., common. { 
Stem 12-18 in., simple, rarely branched above, as thick as a goose-quill below, 
and rooting at the lower nodes. Leaves 4-6 by 4-3 in., tapering to the base, dark 
when dry; stipules 3 in., base ovate, not connate, coriaceous, erect. Cymbs much 
divided with slender erect peduncles and pedicels. Corolla pale lilac, much longer 
than the calyx-teeth.—Specimens from Griffith's collection are marked as from Dar- 
jeeling, probably by mistake for Khasia. 
6. A. urophylla, Wall. Cat. 6197 (Hedyotis); glabrous, root pefennial, 
stem erect simple, leaves sessile lanceolate caudate-acuminate, stipules cut into 
many bristles, cymes terminal many-flowered, peduncles and pedicels divaricate in 
fruit, calyx-teeth short broad, capsules shortly pedicelled turgid hemispheric, 
cells 5—8-seeded. 
Kuasta and Jynrna Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft., Gomez, Griffith, Ee, 
Resembles A. oxyphylla in habit, but is more slender, with shorter broader {sessile 
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