54? LXXV. RUBIACE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) [Hedyotis. 



3-nate, 1-1 \ in., midrib distinct beneath; stipules very inconspicuous. Cymes small,. 

 bracteate, branches 3-6-flowered. Capsules as in H. elcgans. Certainly closely allied to 

 H. elegans, but the habit is very different, the leaves small and not acuminate, black- 

 brown when dry, and the cymes small. Flowers not seen. It approaches Hance's 

 No. 978, from Whampoa, with narrower ciliate leaves. 



**** j er b s or shrubs, cymes axillary (never terminal), sessile or jye 

 dense- or lax-flowered (or flowers solitary in 27. travancorica) ; stymies nearly 

 simple or pectinate. 



21. H. membranacea, Thwaites Enum. 143; quite glabrous, stem 

 obtusely 4-angled, leaves petioled lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, 

 nerves very slender, stipules free ^-circular pectinate, cymes axillary sessile 

 capitate, calyx-teeth foliaceous oblong-lanceolate very much larger than the- 

 small ovary. 



CEYLON ; at no great elevation, Walker, Thwaites. 



Stem woody below, stout, subsimple. Leaves bright green when dry, 3-6 by 

 f-l| in., rather coriaceous, narrowed into the petiole, margins flat; stipules large. 

 Heads \-l in. diam., surrounding the stem. Flowers (not seen) mixed with chaffy 

 bracts/ Capsules very small, together with the very large calyx-limb in. long, cells 

 few or many-seeded. 



22. H. maerophylla, Wall in W. $ A. Prodr. 408 ; Cat. 841 ; annual, 

 stem acutely 4-angled or -winged, leaves petioled ovate elliptic or lanceolate 

 acuminate, nerves distinct, stipules free broad toothed or pectinate, cymes 

 axillary sessile capitate, calyx-teeth lanceolate as long as the small capsule. 

 H. nodiflora, Wall. Cat. 855 - ; G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 526. Scleromitrum tetran- 

 drum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, ii. 136. Rondeletia tetraudra, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. i. 524 (according to Kurz). Wendlandia? tetrandra, DC. Prodr. iv. 412. 



TENASSERIM, Gomez, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 2889, 2892). PENANG, Wallich. 

 MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2889). NICOBAR Islands, Kurz. 



Stem usually very stout, short, 6-10 in., simple. Leaves green or brown when 

 dry, very variable in size and breadth, 3-6 by ^-3 in., sometimes a little rough 

 above ; nerves faint ; petiole -1 in. ; stipules very variously cut, segments sometimes 

 filiform and pubescent. Heads often surrounding the stem. Capsules small, glabrous 

 or pubescent. 



23. H. Thwaitesii, Hook. f. ; stem obtusely 4-angled, leaves petioled 

 elliptic- or ovate-lanceolate acuminate scaberulous above, nerves distinct, stipules 

 pectinate segments long or short hispid, heads axillary sessile capitate, calyx- 

 teeth, foliaceous oblong-lanceolate much longer than the small capsule. II. 

 maerophylla, Thwaites Enum. 142. 



CEYLON ; forests about Adam's Peak, Walker, Thwaites, &c. 



Slender or robust, sparingly branched. Leaves 3-8 by 1-2^ in., narrowed into a 

 stout or slender petiole ^-1 in., rather coriaceous, ciliate ; stipules \-\ in. Heads 

 surrounding the stem 1 in. diam. Capsules with large calyx in. long, cells 3-seeded. 



24. H. nodulosa, Am. Pugill. 22 ; hirsute throughout, branches obtusely 

 4-angled, leaves petioled ovate or lanceolate acuminate flat, nerves distinct, 

 stipules setose, heads axillary sessile, calyx very hairy, teeth subulate-lanceolate 

 equalling or exceeding the hirsute capsule. H. nodulosa, var. )3. Thwaites 

 Enum. 143. H. axillaris, Gardn. mss. (Thwaites). 



CEYLON ; Adam's Peak, Newera Ellia, and Ambagowa, Walker, &c. 



Branches or stems 1-2 ft., rather stout, shaggy, especially above and at the nodes 

 and petioles -with purplish soft spreading hairs. Leaves 2-4 by 1-1 1 in., base nar- 

 rowed or rounded ; petiole ^-1 in. ; stipules membranous, connate into a truncate 

 tube with villous bristles. Heads very dense. Corolla-tube long, glabrous, lobes 



