115 



axillary, short," hirsute, bearing 3 to 4 flowers at their apex ; drupe 

 somewhat globose, crowned with the erect subulate teeth of the 

 calyx. On the Ghauts, but very rare. 



13. HAMILTONIA, Roxb. 



1. MYSORENSIS, W. and A. Prod, p 423. A small erect- 

 growing shrub, with slender rigid branches ; leaves oblong or 

 oval-lanceolate, with a short rigid pubescence ; panicles corymbose, 

 trichotomous pubescent ; flowers fascicled, small, white. 1 n rocky 

 places. Island of Caranjah ; on the Ghauts ; pretty common. 

 Native name " Geedesa." 



14. DENTELLA, Forst. 



1 . REPENS, Forst. An herbaceous, annual, creeping plant ; 

 stems filiform, branched, glabrous ; leaves oblong, attenuated at the 

 base ; flowers small, white, tender, axillary solitary, alternate, very 

 shortly pedicelled ; capsule hirsutely villous, 2-celled ; seeds 

 numerous. Common in moist situations. Syn. Oldeulandia repens, 

 Linn. Maut. p 40 j Hedyotis repens, Lam. 



15. HEDYOTIS, Linn. 



1. LESCHENAULTIANA, W. and A. Prorf.p 411. Herbaceous, 

 rooting at the base ; stems long, straggling, hairy, particularly 

 towards the extremities ; leaves broadly ovate acuminated, obtuse 

 or cordate at the base ; bristles of the stipules 2 to 6 on each side, 

 longer than the sheathing portion; corymbs hirsute, terminal peclun- 

 cled ; calyx increasing and becoming foliaceous after flowering; 

 corolla blue, with a long, slender tube. At Belgaum. ^yn. 

 Putoria indica, DC. (?) Prod. 4, 577. 



2. ASPERA, Heyne, in Roth nov. sp. p 94. Annual, erect, 

 simple all over rough, with minute white warts ; leaves linear 

 acuminated ; stipules with I to 3 long, subulate points ; cymes 

 terminal, long-peduncled ; flowers usually in pairs, pale-blue, with 

 long slender tubes. Snrat and Deccan ; flowers in August. 

 Syn. Oldenlandia aspera, DC. Prod 4, 428. 



3. TRINERVIA, Rcem. and Schult. iii, p 197. Herbaceous ; 

 branched, procumbent; stems slender, glabrous or slightly hairy ; 

 leaves petioled, roundish-ovate or oval, small, 3-nerved ; stipules 

 bipartite ; flowers shortly pedicelled, 1 to 4 in the axils of the leaves ; 

 corolla rotate, 4-partite, white; capsule hirsutely villous. At 

 Malwan ; flowers in July. Syn. H rotundifolia, Spr. Pug. ii, p 33 ; 

 H serpyllifolia, Poir. Encycl. SVIeth. Suppl. iii, p 14; Oldenlandia 

 trinervia, Retz. Obs. iv, p 23. 



