72 LXXV. RUBIACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Anotis. 



nerves 6-8 pair. Cymes on slender peduncles much longer than the leaves ; heads 

 of flowers \ in. diara. Corolla white, glabrous ; tube broad, much longer than the 

 lobes. Fruit unknown. 



3. A. Leschenaultiana, W. $ A. Prodr. 411 (Hedyotis); root 

 perennial, branches diffuse ascending villous or glabrate, leaves sessile or 

 petioled ovate obtuse or acute more or less hairy or hirsute above and beneath, 

 stipules bristly, cymes terminal corymbose hispid or glabrous, capsule sub- 

 globose didynious with the calyx-teeth near the top, cells 1-8-seeded, seeds 

 deeply pitted. 



Throughout the mountains of the WESTERN PENINSULA, from the Concan to 

 Travancore, alt. 4-7000 ft. 



A most variable plant in habit, stature, hairiness, and length of the calyx-teeth, 

 which often enlarge and arc sometimes somewhat toothed after flowering. There are 

 three principal forms. 



VAB. 1. Leschenaultiana proper ; stout, stems often villous 1-2 ft., leaves 1-2 in. 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate often cordate and sessile, cymes 2-4 in. diam., calyx-teeth 

 usually short, Hedyotis Leschenaultiana, Wt. III. 1. 125 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 115. 



VAB. 2. affinis ; smaller, more slender, stem 4-8 in. usually almost hispid, leaves 

 i in. petioled coriaceous ovate, cymes 1-2 in. diam., calyx-teeth often very long.- 

 H. affinis, W. $ A. Prodr. 411 ; Wt. Ic. t. 1030. H. cymosa, Br. in Wall Cat. 885. 



VAB. 3. delloidea ; dwarf, glabrous or sparsely hispid, leaves - 1 in. coriaceous 

 petioled ovate obtuse. H. deltoidea, W. $ A. Prodr. 410. 



4. A. decipiens, Hook. f. ; perennial, stems elongate slender diffusely 

 branching and leaves sparsely pilose, leaves petioled ovate acuminate flat mem- 

 branous, stipules with long bristles, cymes terminal and axillary subpaniculately 

 branched many-flowered puberulous or glabrate, capsules small subglobose didy- 

 mous, crown shorter than the lanceolate calyx-teeth, cells 1-3-seeded. 



WESTEBN PENINSULA ; Concan, Stocks ; Travancore and Pulney Mts., Wight. 



Habit of glabrate slender forms of H. Leschenaultiana, but the leaves have petioles 

 |-1 in. ; the cymes are not at all corymbose, the branches being very unequal. The 

 capsules much resemble those of A. monosperma at first sight, but are more hemi- 

 spKeric, didymous, and dehisce across the cells between the calyx-teeth. Corolla 

 nearly \ in. long, tube narrowly funnel-shaped, much longer than the calyx-tube. 



5. A. oxyphylla, Watt. Cat. 6193 (Hedyotis) ; glabrous, root perennial, 

 stem stout erect, leaves petioled linear-lanceolate, stipules long lanceolate 

 simple toothed or laciniate, cymes terminal subcorymbose many-flowered, pe- 

 duncles and pedicels erect, calyx-teeth short broad, capsules pedicelled turgid hemi- 

 spheric, cells 5-8-seeded. Oldenlandia oxyphylla, G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 531. 



KHASIA MTS. ; in marshy places, alt. 2-5000 ft., common. 



Stem 12-18 in., simple, rarely branched above, as thick as a goose-quill below, 

 and rooting at the lower nodes. Leaves 4-6 by - f in., tapering to the base, dark 

 when dry; stipules % in., base ovate, not connate, coriaceous, erect. Cymes much 

 divided with slender erect peduncles and pedicels. Corolla pale lilac, much longer 

 than the calyx-teeth. Specimens from Griffith's collection are marked as from Dar- 

 jeeling, probably by mistake for Khasia. 



6. A. urophylla, Wall Cat. 6197 (Hedyotis) ; glabrous, root perennial, 

 stem erect simple, leaves sessile lanceolate caudate-acuminate, stipules cut into 

 many bristles, cymes terminal many-flowered, peduncles and pedicels divaricate in 

 fruit, calyx-teeth short broad, capsules shortly pedicelled turgid hemispheric, 

 cells 5-8-seeded. 



KHASIA and JYNTEA Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft., Gomez, Griffith, &c. 



Resembles A. oxyphylla in habit, but is more slender, with shorter broader sessile 



