Greenea] LXI. EUBIACK.E 375 



12. GREENEA, Wight et Am. : Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 41. 



Evergreen shrubs, 1. opposite or whorled in threes. Fl. 4-5-inerous, small, 

 white, sessile in terminal panicles consisting of scorpioid cymes. Calyx-tube 

 globose, lobes persistent slightly unequal, ovary 2-celled, style filiform, stigmas 

 2, linear, involute. Capsule septicidally 2-valved, seeds 8, narrowly winged. 

 Species 5-6, Eastern Penins. and Malay Archip. 



1. G. Wightiana, W. e( A. Wight Ic. 1161.— Syn. Wendlandia secunda, Griff. 



Tenasserim. A.D evergreen shrub, 1. membranous, oblan late, glabrous above, 



sometimes slightly hairy on midrib beneath, blade 6-10, pet. 1 in. long, stipules con- 

 tracted into ■ < long point. Fl. numerous, close set, hairy, corolla 1 in. long, tube 3 

 times the length of lobss. 2. G. Jaokii, Wight et Arn. — Syn. Wendlandia corynibosa, 

 DC Mergui. Malay Peninsula. Branch lets. i»-t Loles, underside of 1. andinflorescenca 

 softly tomentose, corolla-tube twice the length of lobes. 



13. HEDYOTIS, Linn. ; Fl. Brit, Ind. iii. 49. 



Herbs or small shrubs, sometimes climbing. L. usually opposite. Fl. 

 tetramerous, small, white or lilac, iu compound cymes, mostly terminal, 

 corolla campanulate or funnel-shaped, lnbas valvate in bud. Ovary 2-celled, 

 st}de filiform, stigma 2-fid. Species 80, chiefly in tropical Asia. A few only 

 of tin- more striking species can be mentioned here. 



A. Scandent, stipules connate into a short truncate 2-cuspidate cup. 



1. H. scandens, Roxb. Nepal. Sikkim Terai to 6,000 ft. Assam, Khasi hills, 

 Manipur. Chittagong. A soft-w led glabrous climber, branches terete, 1. lanceo- 

 late 3-5 in. long, ll. greenish-whit >, capsule splitting septicidally Into 2 many-seeded 

 cocci, the top raised and protruding between the calyx-teeth. 



B. Erect, stipules connate, pectin i 



■2. H. stylosa, K.>1>. Brown: Wight Ic. lnJT. Nilgiris, Talni and Travancore hills. 

 A large shrub, stem deeplj grooved, the furrows often nearly reaching the centre, 

 I. glabrous lanceolate, blade t-2, pet. ,'. in., stipules hairy. Corolla white, lobes 

 lani lolate, hairy within. :i. H. articularis, Hob. Brown; Wight Ic. t. L028. 

 Nilgiris. A -.mull rigid shrub, I. glabrous, sessile, rigid, stipules glabrous, calyx-tuba 

 produi d beyond tl i u-y. l..h - short. 



Silvianthus bracteatus, Hook, f Silhet, Cachar. Khasi and Naga biills, Manipur. 



A glabrous anan 1 shrub, I. membranous, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, irregularly 



toothed, M;i|.' ". 8, pet. I -J in. long. PI. large, in densa, nearly sessile axillary 



9, calyx purplish-green, lobes 5, oblong, foliai us, parsistenl and 



enlarged after dowering. Corolla white, funnel-shaped, tube ' in. long, hairy within. 



'- short, oi bit al ir, S':im"n< 2. inserted half way down the ■ lla-tube, ovarj 



2-celled, ovules numerous. Pr. red, a fleshy 5-valved capsule. S Is large imbrii 

 -! gy, 



1 I. MUSS^ENDA, Linn. : PI. Brit. Ind. iii. 86. 



Shrubs or undershrubs, ll. pentamerous, in terminal compound cymes, 

 raivlv solitary. Some oi the outer fl. of each cyme usually with one calyx- 

 lobe enlarged, forming a large petioled whit -coloured leaf. ( 'm-olla tubular, 



widening upwards, asuallj silky outside, throai villous, lobes valvate in bud. 

 Ovarj 2-celled, stigmas 2 linear, ovules ». Berry many-seeded. Species 

 30 I", tropics of the nil World and Polynesia. 



A. Calyx-teeth deciduous. 



I. M. frondosa, I. inn.: W'i-ht 111. t. 121: Bedd. Manual t. xvi. i. 8. 

 Vera. Vwcthla. Burnt. 



