77. RUBIACE.E. [27. Oldenlandia. 



or twice 2-3-cliotomously branched. Fi-uit very small indeliiscent, 

 hispid, 'OS" diam. 



Singbhum. in Sal forest in the valleys, rare ! My specimens are in fruit only. 

 Fl. Aug.-Sept. Fr. Nov.-Jan. Perennial. 



Leaves hairy both sides, acute botli ends, scarcely acuminate, base narrowed sub- 

 sessile or shortly petioled, sec. n. 4, very oblique, raised beneath. Stipules 

 connate below, short, but with a setaceous hairy acumen •12--2" long. Cymes 

 hispid-hairy •25--.5". :3-10-fld,, bracts linear •08--12" long. Pedicels very short. 

 Calyx with hypantliium hispid, 'OS-'I" long with the sepals rather exceeding the 

 tulie, contiguous or connate at Ijase, linear or narrowly triangular 1-nerved acute. 



The usual Deccan form is H. anricidaria, L., distinguishable by the less hairiness 

 and the capitate cymes, but this has hitherto not been recorded from our area. 



3. H. hispida, Eetz. Syn. Oldenlandia hispida, Benth. 



A diffuse herb Avith stems 8-15" long-, branches hispidulons terete 

 or somewhat compressed with two raised stipular lines each side, 

 sometimes grooved between these lines. Leaves lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, 1-25-3" long', nerveless (exc. mid-rib), pale beneath, hispid 

 beneath and on the margins. Stipules with linear-subulate appen- 

 dages •15--3" long. Flowers clustered axillary sometimes numerous 

 in heads -7" across, calyx densely hispid, -25" long in fruit fincluding 

 hyp.), the tube shortly tubular above the hypanthium with lanceolate 

 sub-aristate lobes. Fruit crustaceous, -09" diam. and about ■!" long, 

 loculicidally 2-valved from the top. Seeds many angular. 



Very common in Chota Nagpur ! Usually' in poor open forest land on clay soil. 

 Fl. r.a. Fr. Nov.-.Tan. 



Root sometimes woody. Leaves seldom hispid on the upper surface except at 

 the margins, trabeculate when dvj-, sessile or subsessile, margins sometimes- 

 recurved, thickened. 



4. H. pinifolia, H.f. ex Wall. Cat. 



A much more slender and wiry plant than the last with the sti])ular lines on the 

 branches usually making them acutely -i-angled and with the slender leaves sub- 

 acicular -o-Vo" long, often fascicled, scabrid, nerveless except the mid-rib, 

 margins revolute,^ tips very acute or pungent. Stipules about 1'5" including the 

 long bristles. Cymes usually fewer-fid. Fls. similar but smaller, only 'la-"!*" 

 long in fruit, sub-sessile or shortly pedicelled, hispid, lanceolate teeth only half as 

 long as the rest of the fruit. Corolla only "l" long including the petals. Top of 

 capsule free 2-lobed (as in last but more so), keeled, seeds many small brown, 

 3-angled. 



Common on fire-lines, etc.. in the forests of Chota Nagpur, chiefly on clay soil 

 and over 1000 ft. ! Gya hills ! Fl. r.s. Fr. Nov.-Dec. 



27. OLDENLANDIA, L. 



Slender, erect or diffuse, often 2-3-chotomously brancheH herbs 

 with the leaves generally small and narrow and stipules often scarious 

 and bristly. Fls. small, mostly white or pinkish, on 1-4-fid. axillary 

 peduncles or in terminal panicled cymes, rarely subsessile. Hypan- 

 thium not or slightly produced above the ovary with 4 very small 

 sepals, usually erect and distant in fruit, sometimes Avith alternating 

 smaller teeth. Corolla funnel- or salver- shaped with long or short 

 tube, petals 4, rarely 5, valvate. Ovary 2-celled, stigmas 2-linear. 

 Ovules numerous. Capsule small with the crown sometimes projecting 

 above the hypanthium, loculicidal at the top or to the base. Seeds 

 angled or rovinded, smooth or pitted. Embryo clavate in fleshy 

 albumen. 



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