'')SG ^'XX-. nUtJI.VCE.T:. 



equal, 1 or 2 of the leaves of the whorl sometimes not being m'oi'C th.'in 

 ^ in. long, while 1 or both of the other 2 may exceed 2| in. long, sub- 

 sessile or rarely shortly petioled, ovate or ovbicular-ovate, obtuse or 

 snbobtuse (rarely acute), glabrous Or sparsely pubernlous on both sides; 

 stipules obsolete. Flowers 4-merous, in terminal 3-many-flo\vered 

 usually simple umbels; peduncles solitary, 1-1 ;| in. long ; bracts folia- 

 ceous,' conspicuous beneath the umbel. Calyx ^ in. long>; teeth short, 

 subacute. Corolla white, divided aliuost to the base ; lobes i in. long, 

 ovate-oblong, subacute. Anthers 4, oblong-lanceolate, curved, opening 

 by pores, m. B. I. v. 3, p. 42; Wight, Icon. t. IIGO. A. connatum, 

 iDalz. in Ivew jGui»n. Bot. v. 3 (1851) p. 345. A. cuneaUim (by error 

 for A. connatum), Dafe. & 6ibB. p. 118.— Flowers : Aug. 



S. M. Country : on rocks at tlic Cliorla Gh;U, Bahelll fc'XNA'EA : iaw! — Distrib. 

 India (W. Peniusiila). 



2. Argostemma verticillatum, Wcdl. in Boxh. Fl. Incl. cJ. Carey, 

 V. 2 (1824) p. 325. Erect, 4-G in. high. Leaves thinly membranous, 

 4 in a whorl, tineqtial, 1-4J- by |-] \ in., sessile or nearly so, lanceolate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, inequilateral at the base. 

 Flowers white, 5-merous, in tel'fninal pedtincled few-flowered umbels 

 shorter than the leaves, often 3 umbels together of which the central 

 one is frequently compound, the lateral ones usually simple ; bracts 

 beneath the timbels conspictious, oblong-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. 

 Calyx Y^ii in. long ; teeth -^^ in. long, subaculely triangular from a broad 

 base. Corolla \ in. long, divided almost to the base ; lobes narrowly 

 triangular-oblong or ovate, very acute. Anthers linear-oblong, apiculate, 

 opening by pores. Fk B. I. v. 3, p. 43. Argostemma gJaherrimum, 

 l>alz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) p. 345 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 118. 



KoNKAX : on trees in the Wari country, Dal::dl\ 



10. HEDYOTIS, Linn. 



Herbs, undershrubs or shrubs (herbs in tlie Bombay species). Leaves 

 opposite (rarely ternately ^^■horled) ; stipules free, or connate with the 

 petioles into a bristly sheath. Flowers usually white, in terminal or 

 axillary dense or lax cymes. Calyx-tube ovoid, globose or turbinate : 

 lobes 4, usually short, acute, persistent, without interposed teeth. 

 Corolla infundibuliform or campanulate ; lobes 4, ovate or linear, valvate 

 in bud. Stamens 4, inserted in the tube or throat of the corolla. 

 Ovary 2-celled ; ovules numerous, on sessile or pedicelled placentas 

 attached to the septum at or below the middle ; style fiUform ; stigma 

 2-fid or 2-lobed. Fruit small, coriaceous or crustaceous (very rarely 

 membranous), indehiscent or septicidally or loculicidally dehiscent, or 

 separable into 2 indehiscent cocci, 2-many-seeded. Seeds plano-convex 

 or angled ; albumen horny. 



Ciipsiile indehiscent 1. //. Auricularia. 



Capsule loculicidal on the crown only. 



Leaves linear-subulate, aristate 2. H. CfBrnJca. 



Leaves elliptic or linear-lanceolate, acute 3. 11. nitida. 



1. Hedyotis Auricularia^ Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 101. Annual ; 

 branches numerous, prostrate or suberect, spreading, not rooting at the 

 nodes, glabrous or hairy especially at the nodes, often purple when young. 



