306 Rttbiacece. {Hedyotis. 



very short ped., cymes axillary on rather long glabrous 

 peduncles, bracts small, leaflike ; cal. glabrous, segm. narrowly 

 triangular, subacute ; cor. rather large, very hairy at mouth, 

 lobes oblong-oval, as long as tube ; capsule about \ in., tur- 

 binate-ovoid, dehiscing into 2 carp. 



Var. /3, minor, Thw. in Fl. B. Ind. iii. 52. 



L. smaller, f-i in., nearly sessile, oblong -lanceolate, 

 rounded at base ; fruit much smaller. 



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

 Horton Plains at foot of Totapella; Wattekelle Hill. Fl. Feb.-April; 

 white. 



Endemic. 



Dries black. 



6. H.coprosmoides, Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PL 41 (1885). 

 H. obscura, var. (3, Thw. Enum. 141. C. P. 91, 101. 



An erect shrub, about 3 ft. high, branches divaricate, supra- 

 axillary, slightly quadrangular or compressed or nearly 

 cylindrical, glabrous ; 1. varying from \-2 in., ovate-oval or 

 ovate, acute at both ends, glabrous above, pilose on veins 

 beneath, stiff, lat. veins curved, very conspicuous beneath, 

 petiole short, distinct, stip. connate, forming a loose truncate 

 sheath with few or many long filiform teeth ; fl. few, pedicel- 

 late, cymes supra-axillary, pedunculate, lax ; cal. glabrous, 

 segm. narrow, acuminate ; cor. rather large, lobes as long as 

 tube, oblong, hairy over whole surface ; capsule nearly glo- 

 bose, crowned with erect cal. -segm. 



Upper montane zone in wet shady places ; rare. Adam's Peak 

 (Gardner) ; Horton Plains ; Pedurutalagala. Fl. Feb.-April ; pinkish- 

 white. 



Endemic. 



Besides the characters given, this differs from H. obsatra in drying 

 green instead of black. The two C. P. numbers represent two forms ; 

 C. P. 91 has larger leaves and flowers and less pectinate stipules than 

 C. P. 101. 



7. H. membranacea, Thw. Enum. 143 (1859). 

 C. P. 3621. 



Fl. E. Ind. iii. 54. 



Stem simple, stout, bluntly quadrangular, glabrous ; 1. 5-6 

 in., narrowly oblong-lanceolate, gradually tapering to base, 

 long-acuminate, glabrous, pale beneath, lat. veins fine, incon- 

 spicuous, petiole J-f in., stip. not connate, pectinate with 

 linear teeth, cymes capitate, sessile, axillary ; fl. and fr. not seen. 



Moist low country; rare. Pasdun Korale; Ambagamuwa. First 

 collected by Moon, but his specimens are without locality. Fl. Sept.; 

 white. 



Endemic. 



