Hedyotis.] RubiaCdtZ. 307 



I have seen only the C. P. specimens, which have the flowers abortive 

 and represented by chaffy scales. The whole plant appears to be 

 diseased or abnormal. 



8. H. Thwaitesii, Hk.f. in Fl. B. Ltd. iii. 54 (1880). 



H. macrophylla, Thw. Enum. 142 (non Wall.). C. P. 104, 466. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 54. 



Stem stout, slightly branched, with long internodes, 

 compressed, glabrous, young parts hairy ; 1. large, 4-6 in., 

 lanceolate-oval, tapering at both ends, acute, harshly hairy 

 on both sides and on margin, lat. veins conspicuous, petiole 

 J-f in., pubescent, channelled above, stip. large, slightly con- 

 nate, pubescent, pectinate, with long hairy teeth, deciduous ; 

 fl. sessile, crowded in dense capitate axillary and terminal 

 sessile cymes, bracts (often wanting) at base of heads, large, 

 ovate; cal. hairy, segm. large, much longer than ov., oblong, 

 apiculate; cor. pubescent inside and out; capsule small, To in -> 

 crowned by long cal. -segm., hairy, splitting into 2 ventrally 

 dehiscent carp. 



Moist region; rare. Adam's Peak (Gardner); Reigam Korale 

 (Thwaites). Fl. March, Sept.; white. 

 Endemic. 

 H. Thwaitesii^ Hance, is a Chinese plant, now referred to Anotis. 



9. H. nodulosa, Am. Pug. 22 (1836). 



Thw. Enum. 143 (excl. var. a). C. P. 88, 3542, 3095. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 54. 



An undershrub, 3-4 ft., erect, much branched, old stems 

 near cylindrical, rough, yellowish-grey, brittle, young ones 

 sub-quadrangular, densely covered with spreading hair, buds 

 silky-woolly; 1. 2-3^ in., ovate-lanceolate or oval, rounded or 

 acute at base, rather acuminate, acute at apex, velvety-hairy 

 on both sides, veins prominent beneath, petiole very short, 

 stip. connate, forming a short tube, truncate at top but with 

 several setaceous hairy teeth ; fi. sessile, cymes very dense, 

 axillary, forming globose whorls; cal. -limb short, broad, segm. 

 long, linear-setaceous, covered with long bristly hairs ; cor. 

 hairy outside, and very hairy in the throat, lobes acute, much 

 recurved, nearly as long as tube; capsule oblong-turbinate, 

 crowned with long cal. -segm., hairy, splitting into 2 hard 

 cocci, each containing a few small seeds. 



Var. ,-i, "Walkeri, Hk.f. II. Walkeri, Arn. Pug. 2r. 



Leaves glabrous above. 



Moist region ; in low country rare, in montane zone very common up 

 to 7000 ft. Var. i J , I have not seen. Fl. Sept. to April ; white or yellowish. 

 Endemic. 



