3 1 8 Rtibiacece. [Anotis. 



Capsule 4-celled i. A. quadrilocularis. 



Capsule 2-celled. 



Capsule flat, orbicular, indehiscent. 



Lat. veins of 1. obvious .... 2. A. NUMMULARIA. 



Lat. veins of 1. invisible . . . . 3. A. numMulariformis. 



Capsule ovoid-turbinate, septicidal . . 4. A. Richardiana. 



1. A. quadrilocularis, Hk.f. in Fl. B. Ind. iii. 74 (1880). 

 Hedyotis quadrilocularis, Thw. Enum. 144. C. P. 3132. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 74. 



Annual, 6-18 in., with many flaccid, spreading, glabrous, 

 cylindrical branches; 1. f-ijin., ovate-oval, acute at both 

 ends, slightly hairy, very thin, pale beneath, petiole \ in., stip. 

 short, truncate with a few bristles; fl. nearly sessile, solitary 

 or 2-4 together in the axils (those on short branchlets with a 

 single pair of 1. appearing terminal); cal.-segm. broadly 

 oblong; cor. -lobes ovate, bristly on back; ov. 4- (rarely 3-) 

 celled, stigmas 4, linear, drooping; capsule depressed, broader 

 than long, glabrous, 4-lobed, capped with large cal.-segm., 

 4-celled; seeds 3 in each cell; nearly globose, deeply pitted. 



Low country; rare, on wet rocks. Bintenne District ; Kindegodde, 

 Badulla Dist. (Thw.); near Lunugala, Uva. Fl. Jan.-April; white. 

 Also in S. India. 



2. A. nummularia, Hk.f. Fl. B. Ind. iii. 75 (li 

 Hedyotis nummularia, Arn. Pug. 23; Thw. Enum. 142. C. P. 1692, 

 2817. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 75. 



A perennial stoloniferous herb, stems prostrate at base 

 and rooting at the nodes, then erect, about 1 ft. high, stiff, 

 quadrangular, slightly winged, pubescent or nearly glabrous, 

 rather succulent, very slightly branched at top ; 1. sessile, |-f 

 in., rotundate, subacute, usually hairy on both sides, some- 

 times glabrous, rather thick, lat. veins obvious, stip. o or a few 

 bristles; fl. numerous, sessile, cymes terminal on rather long 

 peduncles, with 2 leaf-like bracts at base, dense, capitate; cal.- 

 segm. shorter than ov., lanceolate, acute, glabrous, cor.-tube 

 somewhat inflated, lobes lanceolate, acute, recurved, with a 

 few bristly hairs outside; stam. erect, exserted; style short, 

 stigmas 2, plumose, disk annular ; capsule about -J in. flat, 

 orbicular 2-celled, indehiscent, smooth, with 2 ridges on each 

 face, seeds 1 or 2 in each cell. 



Upper montane zone in wet places; common. Fl. Feb. and August; 

 pale violet-blue. 



Endemic. 



Plant slightly fetid when bruised. Nearly black when dried. C P. 

 2817 is a glabrous form, but different from the next. 



