50 LXXV. RUBIACEJ:. (J. D. Hooker.) [Hedyotis. 



3. H. evenia, Thwaites Enum. 140, 419; shining, branches and inflores- 

 cence puberulous, leaves shortly petioled elliptic or ovate-lanceolate acute 

 glabrous nerveless, margins recurved, stipules with sparingly glandular tips, 

 cymes terminal pauicled, calyx-lobes triangular obtuse shorter than the capsule. 



CEYLON ; Adam's Peak, Gardner. 



A small shrub, yellow when dry; branches acutely 4-angled. Leaves -f in., 

 coriaceous above, varnished and with a few scattered raised points. Cymes few-fld. 

 Fruit unknown, and hence the position of the species in the genus. 



4. H. cyxnosa, Thwaites Enum. 142 ; glabrous, leaves sessile lanceolate 

 obtuse or acute, nerves very faint, stipules ovate-lanceolate long-acuminate 

 gland-serrate, cymes terminal panicled, calyx-teeth in fruit lanceolate exceeding 

 the capsule. Bedd. Ic. PL Itid. Or. t. 35. 



CEYLON; Hinidoon Corle, alt, 1000 ft., Thwaites. 



A shrub, black when dry ; branches obtusely angled. Leaves 2-3 in., coriaceous, 

 margins not recurved. Cymes flat-topped, very minutely puberulous. Calyx-teeth 

 much enlarged in fruit. Capsule almost didymous. Seeds solitary in each cell, much 

 compressed, plano-convex (winged when ripe ?). 



5. H. ZHacreei, Hook. f. ; softly pubescent, leaves petioled recurved 

 lanceolate acuminate many-nerved, stipules broader than long abruptly cuspi- 

 date eglandular, cymes terminal panicled, calyx-teeth shorter than the capsule. 



CEYLON, Macrce. 



Grey-green when dry ; branches obscurely 4-angled. Leaves 3-4 in., recurved 

 find complicate, narrowed into a petiole - in. long, rather scabridly pubescent 

 above, softly tomentose beneath ; stipules tomentose. Cymes large, rounded, with 

 whorled spreading branches. Flowers small, \ in. Calyx pubescent, as are the 

 corolla-lobes within. Capsule small, ellipsoid, cells many-seeded. 



6. H. purpurascens, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 5 (purpurea) ; quite 

 glabrous, leaves petioled ovate or ovate-lanceolate obtuse or obtusely-acuminate, 

 nerves faint, stipules gland-serrate or pectinate, cymes terminal panicled, calyx- 

 tube produced and teeth much longer than the capsule. 



Mts. of TRAVAXCORE and TINNEVELLI, Wight (Kew Distrib. 1357. H. stylosa, var.\ 



A small woody shrub, yellow-green when dry; branches tortuous and nodose 

 below. Leaves 1-3 in., coriaceous, margins flat, nerves variable in number; stipules 

 pubescent. Cymes rounded in flower, flat-topped in fruit. Calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse. 

 Corolla small, with small lobes. Capsules large, ^ in., with the enlarged calyx nar- 

 rowly ellipsoid, cells many-seeded. There being an H. purpurea previously published 

 (by A. Gray), but unknown to Col. Beddome, I have substituted that of purpurascens 

 for his plant. 



7. H. scaberula, Hook. f. ; finely sca,berulous throughout, branches 

 slender elongate terete, leaves petioled ovate acute flat, nerves faint arched, 

 stipules triangular obtuse appressed, margins glandular, cymes in a loose erect 

 bracteate terminal leafy panicle, flowers pedicelled divaricate, calyx-teeth 

 triangular much shorter than the subglobose capsule. 



MARTABAN ; at Moulmein, Lobb. 



A very distinct species, rough to the touch all over, of which I have but one 

 specimen, and that in fruit, pale green when dry ; branches strict, slender, with long 

 internodes. Leaves 2-3 in., base acute, equally scaberulous on both surfaces ; petiole 

 ^ in. Panicle elongate, pyramidal in outline, with distant internodes ; branches strict 

 rather depressed, the lower with large leaves at the axils, uppermost naked, 3-choto- 

 mousiy branched at the ends. Capsule septicidal, the valves loculicidal. Seeds about 

 8 on each placenta. This may be a climbing species, but there is no evidence of it. 



