 Hedyotis. RUBIACE. 555 
corolla-throat ; rane short, dilated upwards; anthers linear. 
_ Carpels connate in -celled ovary; ovules many on cylindric, 
_ adnate placentas ; it filiform ; stigma fusiform. F'rwit a locu- 
licidally 2-valved, many-seeded capsule, the slender placentas at 
length free. Seeds imbricating upwards; testa wide-winged ; 
_ albumen fleshy; embryo minute. 
9. HYMENODICTYON EXCELSUM Wall.; F. B. I. iii. 35; E. D. 
i, 529 
ngal. 
A deciduous tree, 30-40 feet high. Hind. Bhanlan, 
bhamin, dhauli, kukurkat; Uriya Bodoka, konu; Kol. 
Sali; Santal. Bhorkund 
409. Dentella Forst. 
A small, weak, prostrate, annual or perennial-rooted herb; 
stems branching gubdichotomously and nodes rooting; ston ves 
axillary and in the forks, sessile or pedicelled, white. Sepals con- 
hate in a globose calyx; limb tubular, 5-fid, persistent. Petals 5, 
‘onnate in a funnel-shaped tube, hairy within ; lobes 5, dentate, 
induplicate-valvate. Stamens 5, adnate to middle of corolla- tube ; 
In all the provinces. 
A small straggling weed. 
410, Hedyotis Linn. 
= undershrubs or shrubs; leaves opposite, te, rarely ternate ; 
: Stipules free or connate in a bristly sheath. Flowers white or 
» in terminal or axillary, open, compact, or capitate cymes. 
Sepals connate in an ovoid or turbinate calyx; lobes - ese 
or exserted, shape various. Carpels 7s comnate in a 2-ce! 
