76 LXXV. RUBIACER, (J. D. Hooker.) [ Spiradiclis. 
slender peduncles nnequally forked few-flowered bracteate, capsules subsessile tur- 
binate with the crown very convex, cells 1-seeded. Hedyotis monosperma, var. 
subglabra, Thw. Enum. 142. 
y Cryton; Neuera Ellia, abundant in the more elevated districts. 
Very near H. monosperma, with which Thwaites unites it, but the stipules are 
much longer, as are the cymes, and the fruit is very different, twice as large and 
more elongate with a tumid crown, and larger ellipsoid seeds.— Very foetid (Thwaites). 
29. SPIRADICLIS, Blume. 
Annual herbs or undershrubs. eaves opposite and falsely whorled, narrowed 
into a slender petiole; stipules long, subulate, persistent. Flowers minute, 
white or yellow, shortly pedicelled along one side of the branches of a dichoto- 
mous axillary or terminal spicate or paniculate cyme. Caly2-tube ovoid or 
cylindric, ribbed ; lobes 5, small, obtuse, persistent. ` Corolla funnel-shaped, tube 
long or short ; lobes 5, short, obtuse, valvate in bud. Stamens 5, in the corolla- 
tube, filaments short; anthers oblong. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, glabrous 
or hairy, stigma 2-lobed ; ovules numerous, on placentas attached to the middle 
of the septum. Capsules small, subglobose or linear-oblong, loculicidally 2- 
valved, many-seeded. Seeds minute, angled, testa reticulate; embryo micro- 
scopic in fleshy albumen.—DrsTRIB. Species 3, Asiatic. 
l. S. eeespitosa, Blume Bijd. 975; stem creeping below, leaves small 
elliptic obtuse, spike shortly peduncled unilateral few-fld., capsules linear-oblong. 
Kurz in Journ, As, Soc. 1877, ii. 129, excl. syn. 
ManTABAN rare, Kurz.—DisTRIB. Java. 
Whole plant a span long; stem ascending from a rooting base. Leaves 1-1} in., 
in few pairs, elliptic, glabrous or faintly puberulous beneath. Spikes 1-2 in.—I have 
seen no Martaban specimens, but have Javan trom Kurz, who consequently knew the 
species. 
2. S. cylindrica, Wall. Cat. 6215 (Pleotheca) ; erect, leaves elliptie or 
elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acuminate, cymes simply dichotomous, capsules linear- 
oblong. 
Kuasia Mrs., alt. 2-4000 ft., De Silva, Se, Mispm Hrs, Griffith. 
Stem 6-18 in., simple or branched. Leaves 2-6 by }-2} in., glabrous or puberu- 
lous beneath, upper often fascicled as if whorled. Cymes 1-6 in. long, on slender 
peduncles, branches long or short; flowers close or distant; bracteoles minute or 0. 
Capsules H, in. long, clavate in dehiscence. 
3. S. bifida, Wail. Cat. 6216 (Pleotheca?); erect, leaves elliptic or elliptic- 
lanceolate caudate or acuminate, cymes in slender panicles, capsules subglobose. 
Kurz in Journ. As, Soc, Beng. 1872, ii. 311. 
Kuasta Mrs, alt. 2-4000 ft., De Silva, &c. UPPER Assam, Griffith. Maid 
Keenan. 
Stem slender or robust, 1-several feet high, puberulous, Leaves 6-12 by 14-4 in., 
shining above, puberulous on the midrib above and nerves beneath. Panicles 4-10 
in., many-flowered ; branches short, spreading. 
24. POLYURA, Hook. dë \ 
tipules 
A low herb with rooting stem. Leaves opposite or falsely whorled ; 
filiform or subulate. Flowers shortly podicellod, crowded along one side of the 
short alternating recurved branches of a terminal panicle; bracts leafy, imbricate. 
Calyz-lobes D, persistent. Corolla fanne gcee tube short; throat dis 
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