I 



<30 LXXV. KUBIACEJS. (J. D. Hooker.) 



than the sheath. Cymes enclosing the nodes, 1 in. diam. Fru 



smooth; cells about 6-seeded. I have seen but one specimen in f. it ui.ly 



* Capsule crustaceans, rarely coriaceous, loculicidal < 

 many-seeded; seeds usually angular. Cymes sessile, capitate orfeic-Jl^i 

 or terminal; leaves glabrous or hispid, with one central ne^f;'' stipules u'itJt lout/ 

 bristles. SCLEROMITRION, W. & A. 



43. H. pinifolia, Wall Cat. 850; branches ajKelv 4-angled, angles 

 sometimes hispid, leaves very narrow linear acuminate K-abrid -above 1-nerved, 

 margins re volute, stipules with many rigid bristles, cymes sessile capitate axil- 

 lary and terminal, calyx-teeth subulate shorter than the u\okl hispid capsule. 

 Q. Don Gen. Syst, iii. 525. Scleromitrion rigiduui, jKurz i/i Journ. As. Soc. 

 1877, ii. 136, excl. Syn. Miquel. 



BEHAR and CHOTA-^AGPORE, alt. 1-2000 ft., T. J^l ^fke. MALAYAN 



PENINSULA, from Pegu and the Andaman Islands to Singapore and Pe'nang. DISTRIB. 

 Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



A slender diffuse wiry much-branched annual, 4-8 in. high, black when dry. 

 Leaves often fascicled, 1-1^ in., spreading and recurred, rigid ; stipules very short. 

 Heads 5 ^ in. diam., 3- many flowered. Kurd's S. rlgidutu agrees with this in the 

 form of the leaves, but he describes these as glabr<- -as they are distinctly 



scabrid in H. pinifolia ; he further, by some error, quoted Miquel's Hedyotis rigida 

 (Fl. Ind. Sat. ii. 181), a shrubby species described as having lanceolate leaves 

 6 in. long, 



VAR. c&spitosa; shorter, branches tortuous, leaves quite glabrous and smooth, - 

 much closer set, cymes 1- few-flowered, capsules quite glabrous. Scleromitrion 

 csespitosum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. Suppl. 540. Malacca, Griffith; Singapore, G. Thom- 

 son ; Java, Barnes. Possibly a different species. 



44. K. coerulea, W. fy A. Prodr. 412 ; erect, branches terete puberulous, 

 leaves opposite or fascicled linear-subulate aristate smooth above or scabrid 

 1-nerved, margins revolute, stipules pectinate with filiform bristles, cymes 

 sessile capitate axillary and terminal, calyx-teeth triangular with hair-points 

 rather shorter than the glabrous capsule. JBedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 30. H. 

 pygrnEea, Wall. Cat. 6199. H. brachiata, Miq. PI. Hohenack. No. 373. H. 

 -cyanantha, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1876, ii. 136. 



WESTERN PENINSULA from Dharwar southwards, and in CEYLON ; in sandy places. 



A slender strict annual 6-14 in. high, much branched. Leaves brown when dry, 

 \-\^ in., very narrow. Heads much 'fewer-flowered than in H. pinifolia, from which 

 the hair-pointed leaves and calyx-teeth well distinguish this. 



45. H. tenelliflora, Blwne Bijd. 971 ; glabrous, diffuse, branches acutely 

 4-angled, leaves sessile linear-lanceolate acuminate 1-nerved, margins revolute, 

 stipules with long cilia, flowers 1-3 axillary sessile, calyx-teeth rigid ovate or 

 lanceolate equalling the ovojd glabrous capsule. DQ* Prqdr. iv.. 419. H. 

 angustifolia, Cham. 8? Schledk-: in Linn. iv. 153. II. approximate, Br. in Wall. 

 Cat. 852. PSperniacoce tubularis, Br. in Wall. Cat. Scleromitrion tenelli- 

 florum, Karth. fy S. ; tetraqueti-um, Miq. FL Ind. Bat. ii. 185, 186. Olden- 

 landia angustifolia, Benth. FL Ilongk. 151. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Hb. Griffith. KHASIA MTS., alt. 1-4000 ft., J. D. H. $ T. T. 

 NICOBAR'S, Kurz. PENANG, Wallich. DISTRIB. Malay Islands, S. China, Philippines. 



Stems much branched, slender, 6-18 in. Leaves blackish-brown when dry, 1-2 by 

 -^ in., stiff, pale beneath, stipular hairs often exceeding the capsule. Calyx-teeth 

 ciliate, variable in breadth and length. The smooth surfaces of the very narrow 

 leaves distinguish this from H. hispida. 



46. K. hispida, Retz Obs. iv. 23; diffuse, branches and leaves on both 

 surfaces scabrid, leaves sessile elliptic- or linear-lanceolate acute or acuminate 



