Hedj/Otis. TETRANDKIA MONOGYNIA. 37 1 



ovate-lanceolate, nerved and plaited. Corymbs peduncled, agi^te- 

 gate, axillary, opposite, shorter than the leaves, open. Flowers pedi- 

 celled, mostly ternate. Calycine segments very long. 



Sent to me from Nepala by the Hon. Mr. Gardner; time of 

 blossoming the rainy season. 



Root fibrous, strong.— Sfew short, Avoody, divided into several 

 simple, long, very hairy brandies, romided, smoother, and joint- 

 ed towards the base, somewhat flattened at their upper-ends. — 

 Leaves in approximate pairs, from two to three inches long, some- 

 what more than an inch broad, acute at the base, atteimate and 

 acuminate at their end, rough and hairy on both sides, with many ap- 

 proximate, parellel, downy nerves, deeply furrowed and plaited above, 

 acquiring on being dried, as well all the younger parts, a yellow ap- 

 pearance. — Pef/o/s half an inch long, broad and slightly marginated, 

 furrowed. — StipulcB broad-'anceolate or trian2:ular, as long as the 

 petiols, adpressed, tapering into a very long, sometimes bifid, or tri- 

 fid, hispid acumen. — Peduncles slender, an inch long, several in each 

 axil, erect, once or twice trichotomous, with subulate bractes under 

 each division. — Flowers rather large, pedicelled, mostly in threes. — 

 Calyx round, hispid, with four lanceolate persistent laciniaj, almost 

 as long as the smooth tubular corolla, the segments of which are li- 

 near-lanceolate, acute. — Stamina short. Filaments and S yle pubes- 

 cent. Stigma two-Iobed — Capsule globose, ^s large as a Coriander 

 seed, crowned, hispid, many-seeded. 



ObS' In general appearance and in die leaves this species agrees 

 with H. capitata, Lam. ; but it differs in having opposite aggregate 

 corymbs, and in the flowers not being capitate. 



7. H. gracilis. Wall. 



Erect, slightly scabrous, with lengthened, sub-dichotomous, naked 

 branches. Leaves linear. Stipules truncate, fimbriated, at last naked- 

 Peduncles terminal, very long, tern, sub-panicled. Stigmas linear. 



H. stricta. Wall, in Asiat- Res. xiii. p. 369- 



A native of Ure Turraee and of Nepala; sent to me from the 



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