304 RubiaceCE. [Hedyotis. 



Capsule indehiscent. 

 Capsule crustaceous. 



Prostrate annual ; 1. under 2 in. . . 19. H. Auricularia. 



Erect shrub ; 1. over 3 in. . . . 20. H. inamcena. 

 Capsule membranous 21. H. CYANESCENS. 



1. H. fruticosa, L. Sp. PL ior (1753). W^raniya, S. 



Burm. Thes. 227. Fl. Zeyl. n. 63. Moon Cat. 10. Thw. Enum. 142. 

 C. P. 108. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 49. Burm. Thes. t. 107 (not good). 



A much-branched shrub, 4-6 ft. high, bark white, smooth, 

 twigs quadrangular with very blunt angles, glabrous, shining, 

 whitish ; 1. 3-4 in., narrowly lanceolate, tapering to base, long- 

 acuminate, acute at apex, glabrous, dark green above, pale 

 whitish-green beneath, rather thick, lat. veins fine, very oblique, 

 pellucid, petiole very short, about \ in., stip. slightly connate, 

 broadly triangular, acute, thick, stiff, finely serrate with dark 

 brown glands in the serratures and in plenty on the inner 

 surface; fl. sessile, numerous, cymes both terminal and in axils 

 of upper 1., much branched, paniculate, branches quadrangular, 

 often slightly pubescent, bracts short, truncate, gland-ciliate; 

 cal.-limb broadly campanulate, often pubescent, segm. narrow, 

 acute, curved outwards, with shaggy white hair within, rather 

 shorter than tube; capsule about \ in., the cal.-segm. covering 

 the top, oblong-oval, pubescent, septicidally dehiscent, carp, 

 opening ventrally; seeds few. 



Moist region in the low country up to 3000 ft. and perhaps higher ; 

 very common. Fl. April-August ; white. 

 Also in Travancore. 



2. XI. evenia, Thw. Enum. 140 (1859). 

 C. P. 93- 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 50. 



A small shrub about 3 ft. high, branches numerous, erect, 

 the old ones cylindrical, striate, thickened at the closely 

 placed nodes, the young ones sharply quadrangular, glabrous ; 

 1. very numerous, closely placed, decussate, f-i in., lanceolate, 

 subacute, margin revolute, quite glabrous on both sides, shining 

 above, paler beneath, thick and rigid, lat. veins invisible, 

 petiole \ in., stip. connate, triangular, acute, glabrous, stiff, 

 persistent, slightly glandular-denticulate ; fl. on short glabrous 

 ped., cymes small, corymbose, terminal ; cal.-limb glabrous, 

 segm. short, narrowly triangular, obtuse ; cor. glabrous, tube 

 short ; capsule \ in., broadly ovoid or subglobose, septicidally 

 dehiscent into 2 ventrally splitting carp. 



Upper montane zone ; very rare. Adam's Peak (Gardner) ; among 

 rocks in the river, Maskeliya. Fl. March ; white. 



