Leptodermis. | LXXV. RUBIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 199 
Kuasta Mrs., alt. 3-5000 ft., Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2964), Be, 
A small rigid bush; branches stout; branchlets slender, furfuraceous. Leaves 
1-14 in., brown when dry, nerves 2-3 pair, glabrous or nearly so beneath. Calyx- 
teeth nearly glabrous, lanceolate. Corolla white, A in. long. Capsule $ in. long, 
brown. Seed enclosed in an adnate reticulate fibrous coat. 
4, L. scabrida, Hook. f.; leaves small elliptic-lanceolate subacute 
scabrid above coriaceous, stipules with recurved pungent points, capsules ovoid 
twice as long as the bracteoles, much longer than the short obtuse glabrous 
calyx-teeth. i 
Misuwi Has (Upper Assam), towards the summit of Thumathya, Griffith. 
Evidently nearly allied to L. Griffithii, having a turgid capsule, but this and the 
leaves are smaller, the calyx-teeth shorter and more obtuse, and the utricle quite 
loose. “Corolla tinged with purple," Griffith. Seeds enclosed in a loose reticulate 
fibrous coat. 
IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES, 
L. sp.?; an excessively branched shrub, branches slender hispid interlaced, leaves 
3.1 in. linear or linear-lanceolate acute hispid above or on both surfaces, stipules 
small appressed, bracteoles short pubescent, capsules 'cylindrie j in. long, calyx-teeth 
very short.—Nipal, Wallich (Cat. 6241 A., in part).—Habit of L. virgata, Edgw. 
L. sp.?; branches stout, leaves 4 in. elliptic or ovate obtuse hirsute on both sur- 
faces, stipules small appressed, capsules cylindric } in., calyx-teeth broad short.— 
Bhotan near Telagoung, Griffith.—Specimens of an allied species or variety from 
below Chupeha, 7000 ft., Griffith, have very slender branches and obovate or oblong 
leaves 4-4 in. 
Tus; XV. SPERMACOCEZJE. 
80. HYDROPHYLAX, Linn. fil. 
Creeping glabrous stout succulent herbs, branches terete. Leaves opposite, 
sessile, ovate-oblong; stipules combined with the petioles into an entire or 
toothed cup. Flowers solitary, axillary, shortly pedicelled, lilac. Calyx-tube 
4-angled ; segments of limb ovate-lanceolate, persistent. Corolla rather fleshy, 
between bell- and funnel-shaped, tube with a ring of hairs within; lobes 4, 
ovate, valvate. Stamens 4 on the corolla-throat, filaments filiform ; anthers 
linear. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, pubescent, stigma obscurely 2-lobed ; 
ovules 1, peltately attached to the septum in each cell Fruit large, corky, 
oblong-ovoid, compressed, curved, acutely 3-4-keeled between the acute margins, 
1-2-celled, 2-seeded.—Drsrris. An Asiatic, a Natal, and a Madagascar species. 
1. H. maritima, Linn. f., leaves obovate acute. Roxb. Cor. Pl. t. 233; 
Fl. Ind. i. 373; DC. Prodr. iv. 576; Wall. Cat. 6205; W. & A. Prodr. 441; 
Wt. Ic. t. 760. Sarissus anceps, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 118, t. 25. 
Sand-hills on the shores of the Westers PENINSULA and CEYLON. 
Stems a foot long, sparingly branched. Leaves 4-1 by 4-3 in., often recurved, 
sometimes papillose or subseabrid, stipules broad sheathing. Calyx-tube } in., 
longer than the lobes. Corolla 4-4 in.. long, and as broad across the lobes. Fruit 
1-2 in. long, crowned with the enlarged calyx-teeth. 
87. SPERMACOCE, Linn. 
Herbs or low undershrubs; branches usually square. Leaves opposite; 
stipules connate with the petioles into a broad truncate tube with marginal 
bristles. Flowers small or minute, solitary or in axillary or terminal fascicles 
heads or cymes. Calyx-tube various, limb of 2-4 (rarely 5) teeth with often 
interposed teeth or bristles. Corolla funnel- or salver-shaped ; lobes 4, valvate. 
