148 Rubiacee. [ Hedyotis. 
the stipules; stip. connate, sheathing, about 1-2 in. long, 
truncate, rarely with a few deciduous teeth; cymes terminal, 
diffuse; calyx campanulate, truncate, with linear-subulate 
teeth, 
Upper montane zone; common? Adam’s Peak; Ramboda; between 
Nuvara Eliya and Sita Eliya. Fl. Apr.; white. 
Endemic. 
Page 307.—For H. Thwaitesu Hk. f. read: 
32. H. asperifolia nom. nov. H. Thwaitesiti Hk. f. in Fl. Brit. 
Ind. III, p. 54 (1880) non Hance. 
Ellaboda Kande. 
34. Hedyotis fumata sp. nov.* H. cinero-viridis var. fumata 
Thw. ex Trim. Syst. Cat. p. 42 (1885). 
Shrub; branches slender, glabrous; leaves ovate-lanceo- 
late, about 24 in. long, % in. broad, drying black, cuneate at 
base; apex gradually acuminate; lateral nerves about 4 on 
either side, oblique; stipules ovate-subulate, densely pilose, 
caducous; fls. in axillary cymes; calyx-lobes subulate, 
glabrous; corolla-tube giabrous outside. 
Montane zone; rare? Adam/’s Peak. Fl. March. 
Endemic. 
35. Hedyotis subverticillata sp. nov.t Hedyotis cinereo- 
viridis Thw. var. subverticillata Trim. Syst. Cat. p. 42 (1885). 
Shrub with slender glabrous branches; leaves ovate-lance- 
olate, usually about 43 in. long, 14 in. broad, drying green, 
cuneate at base; apex long acuminate; lateral nerves about 7 
on either side; stipules subulate, puberulous, caducous; fis. in 
sessile, axillary cymes, heterostylous; calyx-lobes subtri- 
angular, glabrous; corolla-tube pubescent outside. 
Moist region; rare. Ambagamuva; Nillove Kande. Fl. March. 
Endemic. 
Page 305.— 
39. HI. cymosa Thw. 
Gartmore Estate, Maskeliya. 
15, OPHIORRHIZA Linn. 
Erect glabrous plants: 
Bracts absent or early caducous; cymes 
usually spreading; leaves membrana- 
ceous : 
Fls. 0°15 in. diam. ; leaf lamina over 4 in. 
long; herb; bracteoles wanting . I. O. Muncos. 
* Species H. inamcene similis, sed stipulis persistentibus differt.— 
Typus : Adam’s Peak, Alston 975. 
+ Affinis H. cinereo-viridis, sed floribus minoribus differt——Typus : 
Nillove Kande, Trimen. 
Part II. 
