412 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIONS. 



Sub-genus JIetabolos, B1. 



Capsule sc'pticidally dehiscent or nearly so, bcmisphorieal and more or less 

 truncate at the apex, often obscurely 2-lobed. Bijfuse or half-scandent, rarely erect 

 perennials. Flowers in axillary (very rarely terminal) clusters or cymes. 



* Flowers in axillary peduncled etjnies. Prostrate or diffuse perennials. 

 X Flowers pedivelhd, in loose cymes. 



H. i-LMiFOLiA, Wall. Hills East of Touug-ngoo at ■4000 to 6000 feet. 



All parts more or less pubescent. Calyx-lobes longer than the tube. 

 H. (Sper5i.4Coce) glabea, Eoxb. Tenasserim. 



All parts glabrous. Calyx-teeth minute. 



X X Flowers sessile or nearhj so, in little heads eolleeted into peduncled cymes or clusters. 



H. (speemacoce) cosiata, Eoxb. Southern portion of Pegu Kangc, 



-ZZ". carulea, Korth. non L. Tenasserim, and Kamorta. 



U. capitulijlora, Miq. 



Flowers minute, pale blue. Capsule only about A line across. 



**" Flowers sessile or very shortly pedieelled, in axillary or terminal clusters or heads. 



H. aukiculakta, L. Hills East of Bhamo. 



H. renosa, Korth. 

 JT. iodoneura, lliq. 

 IT. lineata, Eoxb. 



Prostrate or diffuse, all parts more or less pubescent. Clusters axillary. 



H. scABEA, Wall. Upper Tenasserim. 



Erect, slightly pubescent. Clusters terminal, involucred by the 4 or 5 upper- 

 most leaves. 



T^yo doubtful species are H. argentea, Wall., Ava ; and H. Mcrguiensis, H. f. et 

 Bth., Mergui (Kurz). 



Kurz adds from the Nicobar group : 



H. KiGiDA, Miq. Tropical forests of Kamorta. 



Very close to II. hispida, Eetz, but the corolla more than twice as large. Capsules 

 globose, as in Oldenlandia. Stems hispidulous. Leaves glabi-ous above, puberulous 

 beneath. 



H. ArpHoxniATA, W. A. Kamorta. 



Spermacocc tubularis, E. Br. 



ScLEEOMiTEiON, Wiyht and Arnott. 



As preceding, but capsule separating into 2 or 4 several-seeded cocci. 



Sub-genus Eu-Scleromiteiox (Feegtjsoxia, H. f. ?). 



Capsule loculicidally separating into 2 many-seeded cocci. Calyx more or less 

 obovoid, crowned by the converging calyx-limb. Stiymatie lobes 2. Diffuse perennials. 



* Floivers in terminal sessile heads or clusters. 

 S. coEONAEmi, Wall. Tavoy. Attaran Yalley. 



Flower-heads half-included in the cmbraciug bases of the involucre-like uppermost 

 leaves. Calyx-teeth large. 



S. (Eoxdeletia) TETEAKDEnr, Eoxb. Tenasserim. 



Iledi/otis viacrophi/lla, Wall. 

 JI. nodifora, Wall. 



