368 TPTRANDRIA MONOGYNIA) Hedyotf, 
equal Jaeinize.— Stamina spreadiug;' 1ó&8g.— Seed precisely as ia D; 
laciniatus. Gart. Carp. ii. p. 40. t. 86. ; 
Obs. The plant is apptoaching to D. pilosus, but'seems to differ 
sufficiently in the form and size of the leaves, and involucrum. I 
am doubtful whether the variety suggested above may not form & 
distinct, species. It seems on the whole to be smoother, its leaves 
‘deeply pinnatifid or pinnate at the base, with acuininate lanceolate 
'seguiehts.—N. W. 
h 
HEDYOTIS. Schreb. Gen. N. 153, 
Calyx fóur-partéd. — Corol one-petalled, funnel-shaped. Capsule 
inferior, two-celled, many-seeded. Receptacles adhering to the par- 
tition their whole length. Embryo pent it a: and furiiished witli 
M pes id 
a perisperm. 
E. = hispida. Rete. aes iv. p. 03. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. will. i. 
565. 
Diffuse od rooting at the dofus Leaves sessile, lánceo- 
Vite, with hispid margins. Flowers axillary, crowded. 
.. Jt sprung up and blossomed in December in the Botanic. Gar- 
den, amongst plants introduced from the Moluccas, in 1798-9. 
Stem none, but several square, creeping branches, with their 
floriferous extremities ascending.— Leaves opposite, sub-sessile, 
lanceolate ; margins hispid, and entire, smooth, from two to three 
inches Yong ; the connecting membrane divided into many subulate 
portions.— Flowers axillary, y, sessile, small, white .—Capsule roundish, 
two-celled. — Seeds numerous, 
2. H. pes R. tes 1s |t 
_ Weak, straggling, jointed, round, smooth, pe oe lan- 
ceolite, smooth. Flowers sub-verticilled, short-peduncled. — 
. A native of the Malay Islands. ada i 
