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9. H. covgesta. 



10. H. macrophylla. 



11. H. Kunstleri. 



Cymes in terminal little-branched shortly peduncu- 

 late compound umbels ... ,.. ... 8. H.Maingayi, 



Cymes sessile, axillary, dense, capitate : — 



Leaves elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 25 to 6 in. long and 

 1*6 to 3 in. broad (about twice as long as broad) : — 

 Flowers 4-merous, not glaucous beneath : — 



Leaves and corolla glabrous ; shrubby, with herbace- 

 ous branches 



Leaves rounded or abruptly narrowed at the base ; 

 main-nerves curved ; flowers only "1 in. long 

 Leaves gradually narrowed to the base ; nerves 

 not curved; flowers "15 in. long 

 Leaves narrowly elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 1 to 2 in. 

 long, "3 to '8 in. broad (about three times longer than 

 broad) : — 



Stipules with numerous filiform bristles, much longer 



than the sheath ; leaves subsessile, with broad bases, 



their main-nerves 4 or 5 pairs, very faint ... 12. H. connata. 



Stipules with a few bristles, not much longer than the 



sheath ; leaves at the base petiolate : — 



Main-nerves of leaves 4 to 6 pairs, straight, oblique, 



very prominent ... ... ... ... 13. H. Auricularia. 



Main nerves of leaves 3 or 4 pairs, curved, faint ... 14. E. Havila-ndi. 

 Leaves linear-oblong or linear, many times longer than 

 broad : — 



Leaves glabrous, sessile : — 

 Leaves glabrous beneath; flowers '15 in. long; 

 calyx obovoid-campanulate with 4 lanceolate-ovate 

 spreading lobes ; lobes of corolla short with thick- 

 ened apices ; anthers broadly ovate 

 Leaves not glaucous beneath ; flowers - 2 in. long; 

 calyx tnbular-campanulate, with 4 ovate ciliate 

 suberect lobes ; lobes of corolla narrowly ovate, 

 sub-acute; anthers oblong 

 Leaves with weak hispid hairs on the upper surface, 

 glabrous on the lower, sessile ; capsule sparsely 

 pubescent ... ... ... ... 17. H. pinifolia. 



Leaves with both surfaces slightly scaberulons, 



shortly petiolate ; capsule coarsely pubescent ... 18. H. hispida. 



1. Hedyotis mollis, Wall. Cat. 859. Scandent ; the older stems 

 terete, thickened towai'ds the nodes, the younger 4-angled, grooved, 

 softly but minutely pubescent like the branches of the inflorescence. 

 Leaves membranous, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, 

 the base cuneate; upper surface olivaceous when dry, glabrous or sub- 

 glabrous, the midrib often puberulous ; lower surface paler and puberu- 

 lous; main-nerves 3 or 4 pairs, ascending obliquely, little curved, 

 slightly depressed on the upper and prominent on tbe lower surface like 



15. H. tenelliflora. 



16. H. nitida. 



