Hedyotis. ] Rubiaceez. 147 
25. Hedyotis flavescens Thw. Enum. p. 141 (1859). H. Lesser- 
tiana var. flavescens Thw. 1. c. p. 419 (1864). 
Erect shrub, about 1 ft. high; stem stout, cylindrical, 
glabrous; leaves 14-3} in. long, #-4 in. broad, ovate-lance- 
olate, glabrous, not plicate, very coriaceous; petiole up to 
1 in. long stip. connate, sheathing, loose, deciduous, glab- 
rous, truncate, with numerous deciduous teeth; cymes ter- 
minal, very dense; calyx with large % connate segments; 
corolla hairy within; capsule over } in., obovoid, dehiscent. 
Montane zone; rather rare? Adam’s Peak; Galagama; Maskeliya. 
Fl. March. 
Endemic. 
27. Hedyotis marginata Thw. ex Hk. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. ITI, 
p. 53 (1882). H. Lessertiana var. marginata Trim. Fl. Ceyl. II, p. 309 
(1894). 
Erect shrub; stem cylindrical, glabrous; leaves 3-6 in. 
long, I-2 in. broad, ovate-lanceolate, long acuminate, sub- 
glabrous; lateral veins conspicuous, very oblique; petiole 
short, connate with the stipules; stip. connate, sheathing, © 
up to 14 in. long, truncate, with a few hairy, deciduous, 
teeth; cymes terminal, capitate; calyx campanulate; calyx 
segments long-lanceolate, persistent. 
Lower montane zone; rare. Kotiya Kande. FI. Oct. 
Endemic. 
29. Hedyotis confertiflora sp. nov.* H. Lessertiana var. 
confertiflora Thw. Enum. p. 141 (1859). 
Shrub; stem cylindrical, glabrous; leaves 2-34 in. long, 
I-14 in. broad, ovate-elliptic, shortly acuminate, glabrous, 
plicate; lateral veins conspicuous, very oblique; petiole +-4 
in. long, free from the stipules; stip. connate, sheathing, 
about # in. long, truncate with a few deciduous teeth; cymes 
terminal, dense; calyx campanulate; calyx-segments broadly 
triangular, persistent. 
Upper montane zone; common. Nuvara Eliya; Adam’s Peak; 
Horton Plains; Ambagamuva; Naminakuli. Fl. Apr., Dec. 
Endemic. 
30. Hedyotis dendroides sp. nov.t H. Lessertiana var. major. 
Thw. Enum. p. 141 (1859). 
Erect, sparingly branched shrub, about 13 ft. high; stem 
about 2 in. in diam., at base; leaves 6-10 in. long, 14-4 in. 
broad, lanceolate-elliptic, acuminate, glabrous; lateral veins 
conspicuous, very oblique; petiole 1-14 in. long, free from 
* Affinis H. Lessertiane, sed floribus majoribus foliisque latioribus 
differt—Typus : Nuvara Eliya Gardner C.P. 103 
+ Affinis H. marginate, sed floribus paniculatis differt.—Typus : 
Ramboda, Alston 442. 
Part If. 
