74 LXXV. RUBIACRJ3. (J. D. Hooker.) [An-otis.. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; on the Grhauts from Concan south wards, De Montholon (in 

 Herb. Gay), Ritchie, Dalzell, &c. 



This resembles a good deal a short annual state of A. Leschenaultiana, but the 

 capsules are subsessile, collected fn small clusters, and the crown so protruded in 2 

 hemispheric bosses that the calyx-teeth are nearer the pedicel than the top. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, purple. Seeds subglobose, pitted, and with a deep ventral pit. The 

 short hair-point of the calyx-teeth and bracts is a good character. 



11. A. quadrilocularis, Thw. Enum. 144 (Hedyotis) ; annual, diffusely 

 branched, branches slender glabrous, leaves petioled ovate subacute mem- 

 branous slightly hairy on both surfaces, stipules truncate the upper with short 

 bristles, cymes very small capitate peduncled and terminal or axillary an$ sessile, 

 capsules sessile 2-4-lobed 2-4-celled with very small calyx-teeth. H. tubularis, 

 Br.in Wall Cat. 8765. 



MYSORE; on the Bababoodan hills, Bottler; Belgaum, Ritchie. TRAVANCORE; 

 Courtallum, Wight. CEYLON ; Badulla district, rare, Thwaites, 



Much more slender than A carnosa, not at all fleshy, with membranous petioled 1 

 leaves and much smaller calyx-teeth and longer corolla-tube. Seeds about 3 in each 

 cell. 



12. A. carnosa, Dalz. in Hook. Keiv Journ. ii. 135 (Hedyotis) ; annual, 

 diffusely branched from the base, glabrous, fleshy, leaves ovate- or oblong- 

 lanceolate obtuse, margins recurved, stipules truncate or obsolete, cymes capitate 

 sessile and axillary or peduncled and terminal, capsules sessile broader than 

 long with large lanceolate calyx-teeth, cells 5-6-seeded. Hedyotis carnosa, 

 Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 116. 



CANARA ; on the sea-shore at Malwan, Dalzell ; Mangalore, Holienacker. 



Branches very numerous, rather stout, 5-6 in. Leaves -f in., pruinose. Heads 

 3- 6-flowered, on strict peduncles ^-1 in. Calyx-teeth as long as the very short 

 funnel-shaped corolla-tube. Capsules in. diam.,with a very wide tip and spreading: 

 calyx -teeth. 



13. A.foetida, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 134 (Hedyotis); annual,, 

 erect, filiform, glabrous, leaves linear or narrowly linear-lanceolate subacute- 

 scaberulous above, margins recurved, stipules minute bristly, cymes of 2-3 sub- 

 sessile flowers terminating simple or forked slender subterminal peduncles, 

 capsules sessile broader than long didymous crown very prominent, cells 1-6- 

 seeded. Hedyotis fcetida, Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 116. II. tenella and H. 

 subtilis, Miq. in Herb. Hohen. No. 173. H. tenuiflora, Schlecht. I. c. No. 848. 



The CONCAN and CANARA at Malwan, in stony ground, Stocks, Dalzell, &c. 



A very slender annual, 4-6 in. high, simple or excessively branched, the 

 branches erect. Leaves sessile, 1 by ^-\ in. Cymes on capillary erect peduncles ; 

 flowers capitate. Corolla funnel-shaped. Capsules about in. diam. 



14. A. Ritchiei, Hook. f. ; annual, stem 6 in. high very slender acutely 

 4-angled hispid above, leaves shortly petioled small lanceolate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late acute or obtuse hispid on both surfaces, stipules inconspicuous rounded 

 toothed, cymes terminal short few-flowered shortly peduncled hispid, flowers 

 sessile, calyx-teeth lanceolate acuminate much shorter than the very slender 

 corolla-tube; 



CONCAN ; Belgaum ? Ritchie. 



A very small slender species, growing in tufts apparently as if drawn up amongst 

 grass, the internodes very long. Leaves - in., flat. Cymes -% in., with few and 

 short branches, hispid with white hairs, as is the unopened corolla ; flowers 2-3-nate. 

 Corolla purple, lobes short rough within. Stamens exserted ; anthers linear. Ovary 

 2-celled ; cells about 4-ovuled. Fruit unknown. 



