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uniflora, Lam. ill. p. 271.? H. Virginica and H. glomerata, 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p 412, 413. Lobes of calyx 4, ovate, acumi- 

 nated. Corolla subrotate, shorter than the calyx ; with the lobes 

 rather spinose. Stamens short, opposite the lobes of the corolla, 

 ex Torrey. Style almost wanting ; stigma thick, undivided. 

 Seeds innumerable, very minute, as in the genus Oldenldndia. 

 Glomerate-fiowered Hedyotis. PI. -J creeping. 



31 H. GOREE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 421.) plant diffuse, 

 many stemmed ; stems rather angular, glabrous, except at the 

 nodi, where they are downy ; leaves lanceolate, acute, glabrous ; 

 peduncles axillary and on the tops of the branches, disposed in um- 

 bellate heaps, a little shorter than the fruit ; fruit downy, crowned 

 by the calycine teeth, which are subulate, and somewhat invo- 

 lutely uncinate at the apex. O- F- Native of the coast of 

 Africa, in the island of Goree. Habit of Chickweed. Leaves 

 oval-oblong or lanceolate. Capsule dehiscing but slowly. Seeds 

 very minute. Corolla not seen. 



Var. ft, erecta (D. C. 1. c.) stems erect, much shorter than 

 those of the species; heads of flowers solitary, terminal, umbel- 

 late. Q. S. Native in humid parts of woods. 



Goree Hedyotis. PI. diffuse. 



* Panicles or corymbs terminal, loose, rarely axillary. 

 The species are very different from each other, and from the rest 

 of the genus. 



32 H.? LA'XA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 135.) stem herbace- 

 ous, weak, dichotomously branched, angular, glabrous ; leaves 

 ovate, acute, rather hairy on both surfaces, ciliated ; stipulas 

 divided into bristles ; peduncles axillary, dichotomous ; flowers 

 usually by threes. Tf.. G. Native of Nipaul. Habit of a 

 species of Ophiorhiza. Anthers in some specimens examined 

 exserted, and in others almost inclosed. Teeth of calyx acutely 

 mucronate, 3 times shorter than the corolla. Capsule somewhat 

 didymous, free at top, and dehiscing in the middle of the cells. 

 Seeds ovate-roundish. 



Loose- flowered Hedyotis. PI. 1^ foot. 



33 H. POLYCA'RPA (Wall. cat. 838.) branches tetragonal ; 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acuminated, tapering to the base ; sti- 

 pulas joined to the petioles, and forming a sheath with them, 

 furnished with a tooth on each side ; panicle terminal, corym- 

 bose, trichotomous ; lobes of calyx separated by broad recesses. 

 11 . S. Native of Silhet. Perhaps a species of Oldenldndia. 



Many-fruited Hedyotis. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



34 H. MOLLIS (Wall. cat. no. 859.) plant clothed with soft 

 white down in every part, but particularly so on the under side 

 of the leaves ; peduncles axillary and terminal, panicled ; pedi- 

 cels corymbose; stipulas with 3 bristles. If.. S. Native of 

 Pulo-Penang. 



So/* Hedyotis. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



35 H. VAGINA'TA (Blum. herb, and mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 421.) plant suffruticose, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, much acu- 

 minated, nerved ; stipulas long, sheathing, drawn out on both 

 sides into one puberulous bristle ; corymbs terminal, trichoto- 

 mous ; throat of corolla bearded ; stamens exserted. ^ . S. 

 Native of the island of Ternate, one of the Moluccas. 



Sheathed-stipvAed Hedyotis. Shrub. 



36 H. ELONGA'TA (R. Br. in Wall. cat. no. 865.) plant pube- 

 rulous ; leaves lanceolate or linear ; stipulas jagged ; peduncles 

 terminal, elongated, dichotomously branched; flowers distant on 

 the branches of the peduncle, usually by twos, and one in each 

 fork, almost sessile. O- S. Native of the East Indies. Per- 

 haps a species of Oldenldndia. 



Elongated-peduncled Hedyotis. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



37 H. ? SCA'NDENS (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 369.) stem terete, 

 scandent, glabrous ; leaves on short petioles, broad-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, glabrous, shining ; stipulas entire, joined to the pe- 



tioles, furnished with a short mucrone on both sides ; corymbs 

 panicled, axillary, and terminal, with the branchlets rather vil- 

 lous ; lobes of corolla and throat hairy inside ; style villous at 

 the apex ; stigma bilamellate. % . (w) . S. Native of Nipaul and 

 Silhet, where it is called Gujee. Petesia Hita, Hamilt. mss. ex 

 D. Don, fl. nep. p. 134. 



Climbing Hedyotis. PL cl. 



38 H. CAPITELLA'TA (Wall. cat. 837.) glabrous ; leaves ellip- 

 tic, acuminated, tapering at the base ; stipulas joined to the pe- 

 tioles, furnished with a tooth on both sides ; panicle terminal, 

 composed of round heads of flowers. If. . w . S. Native of 

 Pulo-Penang, and Tavoy. 



Headed-ftoviered Hedyotis. Shrub cl. 



39 H.? LESCHENAU'LTII (D. C. prod. 4. p. 422.) suffruti- 

 cose ; branches glabrous, tetragonal at the apex ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, pilose beneath ; stipulas combined with the petioles, form- 

 ing a kind of cupula, and furnished with 3 bristles on both sides ; 

 panicle terminal, with glabrous branches ; limb of calyx with 4 

 short teeth ; lobes of corolla hairy above ; style shorter than the 

 corolla. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies, on the Nelligherry 

 mountains, where it was collected by Leschenault. Allied to 

 H. scdndens, and with it will probably form a distinct genus. 



Var. ft, Wallichii (D. C. prod. 4. p. 422.) branches compres- 

 sedly angular ; leaves acuminated ; limb of calyx 4-cleft to the 

 middle : lobes oblong-linear ; limb of corolla very hairy above. 

 fy . G. Native of Nipaul, at Katmandu. Perhaps the same as 

 H. scandens, Roxb. ex Wall. fl. ind. 1. p. 369, but it does not 

 exactly agree with the description given of that plant by Rox- 

 burgh. 



Leschenault' s Hedyotis. Shrub cl. ? 



40 H. ARTICULA'RIS (R. Br. in Wall. cat. no. 854.) plant 

 dense and dwarf; leaves much crowded, lanceolate, veiny; sti- 

 pulas jagged ; peduncles terminal and axillary, forming panicles. 

 If. . G. Native of the Nelligherry mountains. 



Jointed Hedyotis. PI. i foot. 



41 H. ? ARBOREA (Roxb. in Beats, voy. append, p. 310.) 

 arboreous ; leaves on short petioles, oblong, acuminated, shining, 

 recurved at the apex ; stipular sheath cylindrical, furnished with 

 1-3 unequal teeth ; corymbs terminal, brachiate, almost globu- 

 lar ; capsules globose, fj . S. Native of the island of St. 

 Helena, in woods towards the tops of the mountains, where it 

 is called dogwood by the inhabitants. Lobes of calyx oval. Co- 

 rolla short, glabrous. Perhaps a proper genus. 



Tree Hedyotis. Shrub. 



42 H. STVLOSA (R. Br. in Wall. cat. no. 853.) stems quad- 

 rangular ; leaves glabrous, elliptic-lanceolate, tapering to both 

 ends, coriaceous ; stipulas pinnatifid ; peduncles axillary and 

 terminal, trichotomous, forming panicled corymbs ; corolla very 

 hairy inside. fj . G. Native of the Nelligherry mountains. 



Long-stykd Hedyotis. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



j- Doubtful species. 



43 H. CRASSIFO'LIA and H. RO'SEA, Rafin. fl. lud. 77. are 

 very doubtful plants, and are probably species of Anotis. 



Cult. None of the species of this genus are worth cultivating 

 except in botanic gardens. Any light soil will suit them ; 

 and cuttings of the shrubby and herbaceous perennial species 

 will root in the same kind of soil, with a hand-glass over them, 

 in a little heat. The annual kinds require the same treatment 

 as other tender annuals. All are easily increased by seeds. 



LXXVII. OLDENLA'NDIA (named by Plumier in memory 

 of Henry Bernh. Oldenland, a Dane, who collected plants at the 

 Cape of Good Hope in 1695. They came into the possession 

 of Burmann, and there is an account of them in the 6th volume 

 of Linnaeus's Amoenitates Academicae). Lin. gen. no. 151. 



