63.  RUBIACERE, 83 
Hr. Taitoó: Hakuhakusha. 
Drsrnr. "Propieal Asia, the Philippines and. Australia. 
8. Hedyotis LiwN. 
Dichotomous Key to the. Formosan. Species. 
(CES Leuves Hincar e smallerz 0 Se ete. eere mme rrr e esit Spida. 
Leaves lanceolate, larger. (2). 
(2) Flowers terminal or lateral cyme, eymes long peduneulate. 
Sooautaoonog/? B CUORE OUS 
Flowers in axillary-elusters, clusters sessile.............. H. uncinella. 
J , 
Hedyotis hispida lir.; Marsuw, et HavarA Enum. Pl. Formos. p. 
185. 
Har. Kelung, Hikaku, '"l'aihoku, Iusshaku. 
DrrnRI. India and Malaya. 
Hedyotis nantensis Havara Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 142. — Herb, but 
shrubby towards the base, seemingly seandent or voluble, very green ; branches 
angulate, slightly seabrous or levigate, internodes 6-7 em. long. Leaves ob- 
long, oblong-lanceolate, changeable in size, 5-10 em.long, 2-33 em. broad, 
aeute or aeuminate at the base, slightly attenuate to the petioles, entire, 
chartaceous-membranaceous, lateral veins 5-6, basal veins parallel to the 
margin, the rests diverging upwards with an aeute angle, then recurving, im- 
pressed on the upper surface, slightly prominent on the lower surface, 
upper surface very green, lower surface pallid, both surfaces glabrous, but 
slightly seabrid, petioles 5 mm. long, stipules interpetiolar and membranaceous, 
aristately-4-dentate, simus of the teeth truneate. — Flowers in  panieulate- 
cymes, eymes terminal or axillary, flowers at the apex of branches of 
ceymes umbellately 10-30-faseieulate ; braets lanceolate, pedicels — 2 mm. 
long. Calyx-tube eampanulate, 11 mm. long, 4-lobed, lobes linear, 2 mm. long, 
i mm. broad, recurved, sinus of the lobes truneate and with appendage, ap- 
pendages setiformed, i mm. long. Corolla campanulate-tubiformed, tube 15 
mm.long, smooth on both sides, limb 4-lobed, lobes angustate, 53 mm. long, 
l mm. broad, revolute to the midway, obtuse at the apex, 3-nerved, outer 
