— "fpermacoce. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 373 
Knoxia corymbosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. i. p. 582, which he 
considers as Gartner's K. stricta, appears to me to be this plant. 
. Indeed the two genera Spermacoce and Knozia differ so little from 
one another as to induce me to think one of them might be spared. 
2.'S. teres. R. 
Shrubby, erect, round, villous. . Leaves opposite, remote, lanceo- 
late, entire, villous. Corymbs terminal, decompound, alternate ; di- 
visions becoming spikes when in seed. Stamens erect, but hid. in- 
hairs. Style twice the length of the corol. 
Knosia umbellata, Banks. Herb. 
Found by Dr. Buchanan in the woods of Koorg, from whence — 
he sent the seed to the Botanic Garden, where the PH thrive 
well, and blossom during the rainy season.*. 
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Stem erect, perennial, round, while young digis Branches 
Opposite, a little inflected, round and villous, height of the whole 
plant about three feet.— Leaves opposite, short-petioled, lanceolate, - 
downy, entire; length from two to four inches high.— Connecting 
Membrane with several erect, filiform divisions ; when they accom- 
pany the divisions of the inflorescence, they are more numerous, and 
may be called an involucre.—Corymbs terminal, brachiate, with the 
ultimate divisions lengthened into short spikes by the time the seeds 
are ripe.—Corol, mouth of the tube shut with much long white hair, 
Which entirely conceals the large, erect anthers lodged amongst i 
Style erect. Stigma two-cleft with divisions involute. 
Obs. This has much the habit of Hedyotis friticosa, but differs 
Widely i in the stipules, (even if the pericarp of that plant should be that - 
ofa Spermacoce,) and in the form of the stem and branches. Itis also 
3 Very like S. sumatrensis, but there the branches are four-sided, here 
perfectly: round; there the tube of the corol is smooth, short UM 
gibbous, here cylindric, and shut with hairs; finally the capsule is 
there bipartible, opening from the base, with oblong brown seed, in 
*Thave received specimens of this and the preceding species from Nepala, D. 
tying, Met, a little i in their character from those described above-—N- W- 
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