3IO RllbiacecB. \Hedyotis. 



13. K. quinquenervia, Thw. Enum. 141 (1859). 

 C. P. 120. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 52. Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 8. 



A much-branched bush, older branches cylindrical, smooth, 

 whitish, younger ones compressed, glabrous, sheathed with 

 persistent stip. ; 1. numerous, closely placed, small, \—\ in., 

 nearly sessile, broadly ovate, acute, the apex and margin 

 strongly recurved, glabrous, thick and leathery, strongly 

 5 -nerved from the base, veins depressed above, prominent 

 beneath, stip. large, connate, forming a cup-shaped lax sheath, 

 truncate at mouth, with several linear hairy teeth, scarious, 

 white, setose, persistent ; fl. on very short ped., cymes sessile, 

 capitate, terminal; cal.-segm. linear, subacute, pilose at tip; 

 cor. -tube hairy at mouth, lobes strongly recurved, pubescent 

 outside at the ends ; capsule small, \ in., ovoid, separating 

 into 2 ventrally dehiscent carp. 



Upper montane zone; very rare. Abundant on Pedurutalagala 

 between 7000 and 8000 ft. Fl. April ; white, purple outside, anth. purple. 



Endemic. 



14. H. G-ardneri, Thw. Enum. 142 (1859). 

 C. P. 116. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 53. 



A shrub, stems very stout, woody, •§■ in. diam., cylindrical, 

 slightly branched, completely enveloped in the very large, 

 persistent and permanent, closely placed, imbricated, white, 

 chartaceous stip., which increase the apparent thickness of the 

 stem to about 1 in. ; i. very closely placed, forming a large 

 rosette at end of stems, 3-4 in., lanceolate, tapering at base 

 into short broad petiole, attenuate-acuminate, acute, glabrous, 

 very coriaceous, thick, rigid, somewhat conduplicate, falcately 

 recurved, veins inconspicuous, stip. very large, rounded-ovate, 

 acute, glabrous, papery, white, overlapping ; cymes paniculate, 

 axillary, nearly 1 ft. high, erect, with numerous opp. tricho- 

 tomous branches, bracts large, sheathing; cal.-segm. triangular, 

 acute, glabrous ; fruit not seen. 



Upper montane zone ; very rare. By the stone steps on the steep 

 part of the ascent to the cone of Adam's Peak on the Maskeliya side. 

 First found by Gardner. Fl. Feb. 



Endemic. 



A singular-looking plant resembling a woody Dractzna in foliage. I 

 regret it was not in flower when I collected it. 



15. H. Eaawsoniae,* W. and A. Prodr. 407 (1836). 

 Thw. Enum. 140. C. P. 13, 1697. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 56. 



* The name was bestowed in error. Our plant is not Wendlandia 

 Lawsoniat, DC. (Lawsotiia purpurea, Lam.), which is H. fruticosa, L. 



