‘Hepyotis. : RUBIACE Æ. ATI 
base. From its great affinity with the two next, we are not disposed to place 
much dependence-on the elongation of the filaments. 
1258. (12) H. (A.) afinis (W. & A.:) herbaceous, procumbent, rooting : 
stems flexuose, branched, or villous particularly near the extremities: hairs 
on the branches and leaves flat and jointed: leaves deltoid-ovate, acute, ta- 
pering slightly at the base into a petiole about one-third of the length of the 
limb, sprinkled with hairs on both sides, paler on the under: bristles of the 
stipules 2-4 on each side, much shorter than the petioles: corymbs shortly 
hirsute, terminal, peduncled, trichotomous: calyx-segments cuneate-lanceo- 
late, becoming larger and somewhat foliaceous immediately after flowering: 
corolla infundibuliform ; tube slender, 4-5 times longer than the calyx-seg- 
ments: filaments exserted and the style short, or filaments short and the 
style elongated: capsule with 6-8 seeds in each cell.— Wight! cat. n. 1297. 
— —Dindygul mountains. 
1259. (13) H. (A.) Leschenaultiana (W. & A.:) herbaceous, rooting at 
the base: stems long, little branched, straggling, villous or hairy particularly 
towards the extremities: hairs on the branches and leaves flat and jointed: 
leaves broadly ovate, acuminated, acute, obtuse or somewhat cordate at the 
base, shortly petioled or sessile; upper side sprinkled with hairs, under vil- 
lous or hairy : bristles of the stipules 2-6 on each side, longer than the sheath- 
. ing portion and than the petioles: corymbs hirsute, terminal, peduncled, 
trichotomous : calyx-segments oblong, becoming larger cuneate-lanceolate 
and somewhat foliaceous after flowering: corolla infundibuliform, often hairy ; 
tube slender, 4-5 times longer than the calyx-limb: filaments exserted or 
Short: style short or exserted: capsule with 6-8 seeds in each cell.— Wight ! 
cat. n. 1998. —Putoria Indica, DC.? prod. 4. p. 577——Dindygul mountains. 
Neelgherries. : : 
A much larger and stouter species than any of the former ; it varies so very 
much in hairiness that we had almost combined it with the two preceding 
into one species, and perhaps we had acted more correctly if we had done so. 
Whether as varieties or species, they may be distinguished from each other 
by the following short characters :—H. deltoidea ; stems and corymbs gla- 
brons :—H. affinis; stems and corymbs hairy, leaves small, acute at the base, 
stipularly bristles small :—H. Leschenaultiana ; stems and corymbs hairy, 
leaves usually pretgy large, obtuse or retuse at the base, stipularly bristles 
elongated. We yeesess numerous specimens of the last, and but few of the 
two former, whi#h makes us speak cautiously of their merits as species. The 
two last exhibit the remarkable variation of length in both the filaments and 
style noticed under H. stylosa. 
Secr. 3. Calyx-limb 4-partite ; segments in fruit spreading, with the sinus 
scarcely acute. Corolla short, tubular; tube scarcely ever exceeding 
and often shorter than the calyx-segments. Fruit globose, very small, 
hard and nut-like; the apex within the calyx cireular, very shortly 
pointed with the permanent base of the style, scarcely dehiscing, and 
only in maturity. Seeds several, often few, in each cell.—Suffrutescent 
plants with deeumbent spreading branches. Leaves marked beneath 
with simple line-like nerves. Stipules with one or several bristles. In- 
florescence small, axillary, corymbose or capitate, peduncled or sessile. 
— Euhedyotis. 
i ia, Li belongs to this section. 
ur e Marin imi e vele nd a i a othe, that we have not 
served it in any one specimen in our Rerbarium : is the eapsule really indehiscent? 
or is the dehiscence, as we suspect, septicidal? The inflorescence, although con- 
siderably variable, scarcely presents sufficient characters for a subdivision. To the 
more lax kind, P "far as e vit judge from the imperfect materials we have seen, 
