RUBIACEJC. 



177 HEDYOTIS. 



M. REPENS. 



Stem creeping- ; leaves roundish-ovate, petiolate. A little prostrate plant 

 found in woods^^throuixhout the U. S. Stem furnished with flat, coriaceous, 

 dark green leaves, and producing small, bright red berries, remarkably dis- 

 tinguished by their double structure, and remaining on the plant through the 

 winter until the following spring. The corollas are white or tinged witti red, 

 very fragrant. Fruit well flavored but dry and full of stony seeds. Jn. 

 Per. Partridge Berry. 



3 . II E D Y O' T I S . 

 Calyx tube ovate, limb 4-parted ; corolla 4-lobe(l ; stamens 

 4, inserted on the corolla; stigma 2-lobed ; capsule 2-celled, 

 rnanj-seeded. 



Gr. ril'Ji, sweet, (ovi) oroi, the ear; said to cure deafness. A genus (T. 

 <^ G.) embracing the Hedyotis, Houstonia and Oldenlandia of Linn. Herbs, 

 rarely shrubs. Leaves opposite. Stipules connate with the petiole. 



* Corolla rotate, tube very short. 



1. H. glomera'ta. 



Stem assnrgent, branching ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, pubescent, narrowed 

 at the base into a short petiole or sessile ; flowers glomerate in the axils and 

 terminal. A plant varying in size from 1—2 inches to as many feet, found in 

 swamps, <!fec. N. Y. Leaves half an inch in length, apparently connate from 

 the stipules adhering to each side ofthe petiole. Stipules 2-cleft, into narrow 

 subulate divisions. "Calyx in 4 deep, leafy divisions which are much longer 

 than the white, rotate corolla. Stamens scarcely exserted. Style very short. 

 Capsule opening crosswise. Jn. — Sept. Ann. Creeping Green-Uead. 



* * Corolla tube longer than the calyx segments.— Houstonia. 



2. H. CCERU'LIA. Hook. Houstonia coerulia. i. 



Corolla hypocrateriform ; radical leaves ovate-spathulate, petiolate ; stems 

 erect, numerous, dichotomous ;. pcdnnrles dVii'onn, 1 — 5i flowered. An elegant 

 little plant, found in moist grounds, fields and road-sides. Its blossoms ap- 

 pear early and are usually found in patches of considerable extent, covering 

 the surface of the ground with a cicrulian hue. The cauline leaves are small, 

 opposite, lance-ovate. Stems very slender, forked, 3--5 inches high, each 

 branch bearing a flower. Corolla pale blue, yellowish at the centre. May — 

 June. Per. Dwarf-pink. Innocence. 



3. H. CILIOLA'TA. Torr. Hous. Canadensis. Mh. 



Coro//a infundibuliform ; Radical leaves ovate, obtuse, narrow at the base, 

 ciliate on the margin ; cauline ones ovate-spathulate, sessile ; conjmbs termi- 

 nal, pedicellate; peduncles trichotomous ; divisions of the ta/yj; lance-linear. 

 Banks oflakes and rivers ; Ontario, Niagara. A little plant about the size of 

 the last. Root leaves numerous, stem leaves few. Stems smooth, 4-angled, 

 branched above and bearing a corymbose cluster of numerous pale purple 

 flowers. Calyx half-adherent, its lobes about half as long as the tube of the 

 corolla. May — July. Per. Clustered Dwarf-pink. 



4. H. LONGIFO'lIA. Hook. Hous. longifolia. Gaert. 



Corolla infundibuliform ; radical leaves oyal, narrowed at each end ; stem 

 Zeazjcs linear, l-nerved; ^oicers coryrnbed or panipulate. Stem erect, 5 — 10 



