Hedyotis.'] LXXV. RTJBIACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 55 



lanceolate, mouth woolly. Capsule of 2 hard cocci splitting ventrally, each with 

 about 6 angular seeds. This is certainly Arnott's H. nodulosa, who describes it as 

 2-coccous, and not the H. nodulosa a. of Thwaites, which has 4 indehiscent cocci, and 

 is an Allceophania. 



VAB. Walkeri; leaves glabrous above. H. Walkerii, Am. in Nov. Act. Acad, 

 xviii. i. 339 ; Walp. Rep. ii. 493. Ceylon, Walker. 



25. H. cinereo-viridis, Thwaites Enum. 419 ; slender, much branched, 

 stem obtusely 4-angled, leaves petioled lanceolate acuminate, nerves indistinct, 

 stipules very short cuspidate, cymes opposite on slender peduncles or sessile 

 few-flowered, calyx-teeth triangular-ovate acute or obtuse shorter than the capsule. 

 H. inamcena, Thivaites I. c. 143, partly. 



CEYLON ; in the central province, Thwaites. 



Stem apparently erect ; branches acutely 4-angled. Leaves green when dry, 2-6 

 by -2 in., narrowed into a petiole -f in. ; cusp of stipules longer than the body. 

 Peduncles of cymes in one form ^-2 in. long, in ft. of Thwaites 0, with 2 foliaceous 

 bracts under the head. Flowers crowded, subsessile. Capsules ovoid, smooth, cells 

 3-4-seeded. 



26. H. albo-nervia, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 3 ; quite glabrous, much 

 branched, stem obtusely 4-angled, leaves petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, 

 nerves distinct, stipules free deeply pectinate glabrous, cymes small axillary 

 sessile, calyx-teeth lanceolate much longer than the capsule. 



TINNEVELLI and TBAVANCOBE Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft., rare, Beddome. 



Very nearly allied to H. cinereo-viridis, but differing remarkably in the stipules, 

 the segments of which are sometimes filiform, and in the long lanceolate acuminate 

 calyx-lobes. 



27. XX. travancorica, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. 7 ; quite glabrous, much 

 branched, branches obtusely 4-angled, leaves small petioled elliptic acute or 

 acuminate, nerves indistinct, stipules semi-orbicular pectinate, peduncles axillary 

 capillary 1-fld., calyx-lobes elongate subulate longer than the capsule. 



TBAVANCOBE and TINNEVELLI Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft., Beddome. 



A, small species ; branches woody, divaricating, white when old, youngest only 

 acutely 4-angled. Leaves towards the end of the branches, green when dry, - 1^ in., 

 rather coriaceous; stipules scurfy. Peduncles shorter than the leaves, filiform. 

 Flowers solitary, in. long, without bracts. Calyx-tube not produced above the 

 ovary. Corolla funnel-shaped, glabrous except the woolly mouth. Capsules glabrous 

 with stiff erect calyx-teeth, cells few-seeded. 



28. H. hirsutissima, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. ii. ; woody, robust, 

 branches and leaves beneath hirsute, leaves petioled elliptic-lanceolate acumi- 

 nate scabrid above, nerves strong beneath, stipules very large connate deeply 

 pectinate, cymes on axillary slender peduncles, calyx-teeth ovate-lanceolate 

 equalling the hirsute capsule. 



NILGHEBBY Mts. ; between Avalanche and Sispara, alt. 7000 ft., Wight, Gardner, 

 Beddome. 



Stem terete, spreading, short spreading branches densely clothed with stipular 

 scars, as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves crowded at the end of the branches, yellow- 

 brown when dry, 1-3 by j-1 in., very coriaceous; petiole short, stout; stipules 

 sometimes 5 in. diam., coriaceous, hirsute ; segments subulate. Peduncles shorter 

 than the leaves when bearing flowers only and slender, when bracteate with a 

 branched cyme stouter. Capsule globose, cells several-seeded. 



***** Herbs with terminal or terminal and axiUary globose dense-floivered 

 cymes, often bracteate or iniolucrate at the base. 



