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*■* Flowers in axiUtiry chmters or heads. 

 X All jxirls ylalrous or nearly so. 

 S. (Hedyotis) rigid.v, Mic]. 'iVnassLriin. 



Leaves linear, not nprvcil, (luito j;laI)rous. Flowers in dense clusters. Calyx-tube 

 glabrous or nearly so. Capsule glabrous or shortly liisjiiil. 



S. NiTiDUM, W. A. Pegu and bills East of Toung-ngoo. 



Loaves ovate to ovate-oblong. Flowers by 2-3 or few in the leal'-asils. Capsule 

 glabrous. 



Verj' probably only an extiemo, broad-leaved form of S. /(i.ipidttm, while .S'. 

 approximafiim [Hedijotis ajiproxiniuta, W. A.), may be an extreme narrow-lea\ed 

 variety of it. 



X X All parts, more espeei'aU// the stems and eapside, more or less shortly hispid. 



S. nispinuu, Eetz. Ava and Pegu. 



All parts, also the leaves, .shortly seabrous-pubeseeut. Capsule ovoid, about 

 a line long or longer. 



S. PAn.iD0XUM, Kz. Andamans. Groat Nioobar. 



Stem shortly hispid. Leaves glabrous above, minutely puberulous beneath. 

 Corolla half the size, pubescent at the throat. Capsule globular (as in Oldenlandia), 

 with short calyx-lobes. 



* * Ondcs and seeds solitary in each eell. 



SriiRilACOCIE.Ti. 

 Capsnles distinet, dihixriny, or scparatiny info eoeei, rarely indrhixeent. Floicers 

 not in heads. Corolla without toothhts Intu-een the lubes valeate. Radielc inferior. 



SpEiniACocE, Linn/et(s. 



Orulc attached to or below the middle of the cell. Capsule dehiscing septicidally 

 from the apex. Herbs. 



S. STRICT.^, L. Ava, Pegu and Fpper Teiiasscrim. 



Flowers in dense whorl-like clusters or heads, white, about a line long. Capsuh^s 

 1 line long. 



S. Hisi'inA, L. var. ji fmm Ava to Tenasserim up to l.JOO feet. 



<S'. seahra, Willd. 



var. n hispida. AVhole ])lant hisjud-pubescent, the leaves usually of a softer 

 texture and undulate. Corolla-tube only li-2 lines long. Capsule greyish or whitish 

 villous. Seeds opa(iue, black. 



■? var. ji S. artieuliiris, L. (S. Arana, and lunyieaulis, Tl. Tir.). AViiole plant 

 more scabrous, and short pubeseent, the leaves rij;id and not undulate. Corolla- 

 tube about 3 lines long, sleuder. Capsule shorter and hispid. Seeds often glossy black 

 or brownish. 



K.voxiA, Linnaus. 



Ovule attached at or below the summit of the cell. Capsule dehiscing from the 

 base into two deciiluous cocci, leaving the persistent setaceous axis. Herbs. 



* Intern leafy, without radical leaves, more or less branched. 



K. coitv.MiiosA, "Willd. Ava. Prome and hills East of Toung-ngoo. 



Spermacoee teres, Koxb. Trice and Track. 



jS. Sumatrcnsis, Iletz. non Roxb. 



Leaves petioled. Flowers spiked, forming corymbs. 



K. MICKOCARPA, Kz. Pegu. Yunzaliu. Zwa-ka-bin [fide Pari.sh). 



Leaves sessile or nearly so. Flowers corymbose, forming corymbs. 



