Hedy otis.] RubidCeCB. T>°3 



12. HEDYOTIS,*Z. 



Shrubs or under-shrubs, rarely herbs, stip. conspicuous, 

 often connate, forming a sheath; fl. small, in terminal or axil- 

 lary, dense or lax cymes; cal.-segm. 4, usually close; cor. 

 funnel-shaped or tubular, often hairy, lobes 4, valvate; stam. 4, 

 inserted in tube or throat of cor. ; ov. 2-celled, ovules numerous 

 on large placentas, style simple, stigmas 2 ; fruit a small cap- 

 sule, usually septicidally dehiscent into 2 carp., each of which 

 splits down ventral surface, or rarely loculicidal on the crown 

 only, or indehiscent; seeds 2-many, angular or plane-convex. 

 — Sp. about 80; 57 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Of our 21 species as many as 17 are probably endemic. The flowers 

 of many species are dimorphic. 



Capsule splitting septicidally into 2 vertically dehiscent carp. 

 Shrubs or erect perennials. 



Capsule not protruded beyond the cal. 

 Stip. neither pectinate nor sheathing. 

 Cymes paniculate ; 1. over 1 in. 

 Cymes large, terminal. 

 L. glabrous. 



Cal.-segm. shorter than tube 

 Cal.-segm. longer than tube 

 L. softly pubescent 

 Cymes small, often axillary . 

 Cymes corymbose ; 1. under 1 in. 

 Stip. pectinate, not sheathing; cymes axillary. 



Cymes pedunculate . . . . 5. H. OBSCURA. 

 Cymes sessile, forming whorls. 



L. glabrous 7. H. membranacea. 



L. hairy 8. H. Thwaitesii. 



Stip. pectinate, sheathing ; cymes axillary. 



Cymes pedunculate, lax . . . 6. H. COPROSMOIDES. 

 Cymes sessile, dense, forming whorls 9. H. NODULOSA. 

 Stip. not or slightly pectinate, very large, 

 sheathing, cymes mostly terminal. 

 L. not crowded into a rosette. 

 L. over 1 in. 

 Lat. veins obscure . . .11. H. rhinophyi.la. 

 Lat. veins very prominent . . 12. H. Lessertiana. 

 L. under 1 in., 5-nerved. . . 13. H. QUINQUENERVIA. 

 L. crowded forming a rosette at end 



of stem 14. H. Gardneri. 



Capsule protruded beyond the cal. . . 15. H. Lawsoni^e. 

 Large stoloniferous herb . . . . 16. H. VERTiciLLARis. 

 Capsule opening loculicidally on the top ; annuals. 



L. linear, aristate 17. H. ctkrulea. 



L. lanceolate, acute 18. H. nitida. 



* Hedyolis from the use of//. Auricularia in ear-complaints. 



I. 



H. 



FRUTICOSA. 



3- 



H. 



CYMOSA. 



4- 



H. 



MACR.EI. 



10. 



H. 



CINEREO-VIRIDIS. 



2. 



H. 



EVENIA. 



