Hepyotis. . RUBIACE XE. — A 
§ 1. Calyx-limb cup-shaped, with 4 short triangular erect teeth : disk on the apex of 
the ovary glabrous : epicarp rather succulent: cocci bony, opening on their inner 
face. Inflorescence a kind of panicle. 
1247. (1) H. (D.) Lawsonie (W. & A.:) shrubby, glabrous: branches 4- 
angled : leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, petioled ; nerves 
few and distant, curved: stipules deciduous, triangular-ovate, acuminated, 
the point thickened and glandular-lobed ; the margin entire : panicle spread- 
ing: calyx-limb cup-shaped, 4-toothed: corolla externally glabrous, villous 
on the mouth and on the segments: filaments slightly protruded: style con- 
siderably protruded: capsule obovate, dicoccous.—W endelandia Lawsonie, 
DC. prod. 4. p. 413.—Lawsonia purpurea, Lam. enc. meth. 3. p. 107.—Rheed. 
Mal. 4. t. 57. Cochin in Malabar; Rheede. 
Our specimens, from Ceylon, agree so exactly in almost every particular 
with Rheede's figure and description, that we have no doubt of their identity 
as species. 
1249. (2) H. (D.) stylosa (Brown:) shrubby, glabrous: branches some- 
what terete or obtusely 4-angled : leaves from oval to oblong-lanceolate, acu- 
minated at both ends, petioled; the nerves on the under side strong, armed, 
slightly branched: stipules somewhat permanent, triangular-ovate ; their 
margin pectinately pinnatifid, the segments long, filiform, hirsute : panicle 
spreading: calyx-limb cup-shaped, 4-toothed: corolla externally glabrous, 
villous in the mouth on the segments: filaments considerably protruded : 
style much protruded: capsule ovoid, dicoccous.—Brown in Wail.! L. n. 
853; Wight ! cat. n. 1290.—H. Leschenaultii, «, DC.? prod. 4. p. 422.—— 
Neelgherries. : 
The filaments vary considerably on the same specimen, but are m general 
considerably elongated. "There is, however, a remarkable structure which we 
have observed in H. macrostemon, Hook. and Arn., H. wmbellata, H. Leschen- 
aultii, and some others, that, in the flowers where the filaments are elongated, 
the style is short, and in those with a long style the filaments are short: but 
whether this be constantly the case, or what may be the cause of it, will yet 
require careful examination on living plants: in D. stylosa, however short the 
filaments be, the style seems to be protruded. Our principal doubts about 
De Candolle’s synonym arises from his description of the stipules, and from 
bringing under it, as a variety, the very distinct H. scandens, Wall. (H. volu- 
bilis, Br., but not, as far as we can see, really distinct from Roxburgh’s 
plant); but, on the other hand, we have not seen any species from the Neel- 
gherries that approaches so closely to De Candolle’s description as the pre- _ 
sent one. It is possible, however, that Leschenault (from whom De Candolle — 
obtained it) may have obtained the specimens from the Caleutta Botanic 
Garden, that the station given is incorrect, and that his plant is either H. 
scandens or H. volubilis. 
1249. (3) H. (D.) articularis (Brown :) shrubby, glabrous : branches terete 
or obscurely 4-angled: leaves approximated sessile, narrow, oblong-lanceo- 
late with the margins recurved, coriaceous, minutely papillose ; nerves on the 
under side striseform, close, simple: stipules ovate-lanceolate, the opposite ones 
connate at the base ; the margins divided into several filiform rigi segments : 
panicle coarctate : calyx-limb cup-shaped, 4-toothed : corolla externally pu- 
rulous, villous in the mouth and on the segments: filaments protruded ; 
anthers oblong-linear: style scarcely longer than the tube of the corolla : cap- 
sule oblong-obovate, dicoccous.—Brown in Wall.! L.n. 854; Wight! cat. n. 
1291.— Neelgherries. : : 
The leaves appear minutely papillose, and as if scabrous under the micro- 
. Scope, but are not at all scabrous to the touch. 
