Pail 
Hedyotis. | RUBIACE (Sond.) : 
Has. Between Natalbai and Umlaas River, and on the Table Mts. Nov.—Dec 
Krauss, 39, 53. J. Sanderson, 399. Gueinzius, 125. G.G MK. 1579, pte. (Hb.S8d.,D. 
Stem 1 foot or higher, simple or a few branched. Leaves sessile, 14-2 inches long 
6-9 lines broad, the upper more distant and smaller. Corymb many flowered, 1 0 
2 inches in diameter. Pedicels with subulate bracts, as long as or shorter than th: 
calyx. Tube of the calyx 1 line long, equalling the lobes, Fruit unknown. 
2. H. cephalotes (Hochst.! 1. ¢.); herbaceous, ascending, quite gla- 
brous and smooth ; stem nearly terete, branched ; leaves small, ovato- 
lanceolate, 3-nerved, with revolute margins; stipules bifid, ciliate ; 
Jlowers terminal, capitate ; calyx 4-fid, lobes mucronate, as long as the 
hispid tubes; corolla equalling the calyx; capsule subglobose, pilose. 
Has. D’Urban, Natal, Krauss, 111 ; J. Sanderson, 321 ; Gerr. ¢ M‘K, 588, 589. 
Nov. Dec. (Herb. D., Sd.) 
Habit of Epilobium. Root creeping. Stem 1-2 feet. Leaves acute at both ends, 
8-10 lines long, 2-3 lines broad. Capitulum as large as a small hazel nut, Calyx 
1 line long ; tube as long as the teeth. 
3. H. Gerrardi (Sond.); perennial; stems erect, as well as the leaves 
scabrous, with short spreading hairs ; leaves linear, mucronate, with 
revolute margins; stipules of many bristles; flowers disposed in a 
cymose panicle ; peduncle, pedicels, and flowers glabrous ; calyx-lobes 
ovato-lanceolate, equalling the tube of the shortly tubulose corolla ; 
style as long as the corolla; anthers linear-oblong. 
Has. Zulu, Natal, W. T. Gerrard, April; Gerr, & M‘K. 1366. (Herb. D., Sd.) 
Stem very leafy, from minute branchlets in the axils of the leaves, 3-4 inches 
high. Leaves 8-10 lines long, 1 line broad. The upper or flower-bearing part of 
about the same length as the leafy stem, but not hairy. Panicle erect. Pedicels 
unequal, 1-4 lines long. Calyx 1 line long; tube subglobose, a little shorter than 
the acuminate lobes. Corolla 4-fid; lobes short, acute. Stamens inserted in the 
middle of the tube. Style glabrous. Fruit unknown. 
4. H. Capensis (Lam. ill. n. 1425); annual; stem angular, much 
branched, decumbent, scabrous, hairy, or villous ; leaves linear, acute, 
with revolute margins ; stipules on both sides, with 2 or 3 sete; pedi- 
cels axillary, numerous, 1-flowered, shorter than the leaves, and as long 
or shorter than the calyx; calyx 4-, rarely 5-fid, lobes subulate, ciliated, 
nearly as long as the tube ; corolla a little longer than the calyx; throat 
villous ; fruit glabrous. Oldenlandia Capensis, Thunb. ! fl. cap. p. 147. 
Has. Sandy places near Koopmansrivier, Thumb. ; on the Witrivier, near Enon, 
Drege, 7659 ; Campground, Sir C. Bunbury; Paarl. Dee.-Feb. (Herb. Th., D., Sd.) 
Branches 4-6 inches long, diffuse. Leaves about 6 lines long, hairy, sometimes 
subglabrous. Pedicels shorter or as long as the calyx. Corolla white. Stigma cla- 
vate. (Thunb.) Capsule 1 line long, subglobose. 
5. H. scabrida (Sond.); annual; stem quadrangular, branched, sub- 
erect, scabrous on the angles ; leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, 
subglabrous ; stipules on both sides with 3 or 4 sete ; pedicels axillary, 
solitary or subaggregated, 1-flowered, shorter than the leaves, but 3 times 
longer than the calyx ; calyx 4-fid, lobes subulate, subciliated, nearly as 
long as the tube ; corolla a little longer than the calyx, throat hairy ; 
fruit glabrous, Oldenlandia scabrida, DC. prodr. 4, p. 425. Kohautua 
Dregeana, Presl. in herb. Drege ? (imperfect specimen. ) 
