1003.] King - & Gamble — Floi'a of the Malayan Peninsula. 101 



Linn. fil. Suppl. 127; DC. Prod. IV. 127. ? Anotis capitata, Korth in 

 Ned. Kruidk. Nat. Gesch. II. 151. 



Perait: at 2000 feet, Wray 1450. Pahang : Ridley 2233.— 

 Distbib. Java ; British India. 



7. Hedyotis peddncdlaris, King n. sp. A low glabrous under- 

 shrub ; young brandies slender, angled, slightly winged, sliining, pale 

 brown. Leaves coriaceous, linear-lanceolate, tapering acutely to each 

 end, nerveless, the midrib strong; length 1*5 to 2 5 in.; breadth "2 to 

 '35 in.; petiole - 15 to '4 in., winged. Stipules with broad triangular 

 bases, much acuminate, sparsely glandular hairy. Peduncle solitary, 

 terminal, 2 to 4 in. long, bearing usually a single terminal dense, many- 

 flowered capitulum '75 in. in diani., sometimes with smaller capitules 

 in the upper leaf axils ; the terminal capitule with two deflexed leaf- 

 like linear bracts. Floivers sessile or nearly so. Calyx '15 in. long, 

 coriaceous ; its 4 lobes lanceolate, spreading, persistent in fruit. Fruit 

 obovoid, "1 in. long, the two cocci with tough integuments. 



Kedah : Ridley 5546. 



8. Hedtotis Maingayi, Hook. fil. M. Br. Ind. III. 49. A low 

 branching glabrous shrub ; young branches slender, angled, slightly 

 winged, greenish when dry. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate, acute, the 

 base rounded or slightly narrowed, nerves obsolete, the midrib bold ; 

 length V5 to 1"75 in. ; breadth '4 to "6 in. ; petiole "05 to '1 in. Stipules 

 broadly triangular, acute, not acuminate, thick, persistent. Cymes 

 terminal and axillary, on slender peduncles varying from '25 to 1 in. 

 in length ; the terminal ones the longest; bracteoles thick, lanceolate; 

 branches of inflorescence and flower-pedicels slightly winged. Flowers 

 "3 in. long, their pedicels under 1 in. Calyx campanulate, deeply 

 divided into 4 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, spreading lobes. Corolla 

 salver-shaped; the limb extending beyond the calyx, divided into 4 

 oblong, blunt lobes. Capsules ovoid-globular, less than '1 in. long, 

 ridged, crowned by the deflexed calyx-lobes. 



Malacca: Griffith; Lobb, Cuming 2348; Maingay (K.D.) 887; Ridley 

 3211; Derry6l9; Hullett 796. Johob: Ridley. 



9. Hedyotis congesta, R. Br. in Wall. Cat. 844. Shrubby glab- 

 rous, much-branched; branches thinner than a goose-quill, acutely 4- 

 angled. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lauceolate ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, 

 shortly acuminate, the base rounded or slightly cuneate, both surfaces 

 pale brown tinged with yellow or green when dry: main-nerves 5 or 6 

 pairs, curved, spreading, indistinct on both surfaces when dry; length 

 2'5 to 5 in.; breadth l - 5 (rarely '75) to 2 in.; petioles '15 to '35 in. 

 Stipules triangular, much acuminate, nearly as long as the petioles, Avith 

 many linear lobes, the middle one pectinate. Cymes sessile, axillary, 



