1877.] Knowledge of the Burmese Flora. 135 



Var. a. oenuina, {Oldenlandia ruhioides, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 353), 

 all parts quite glabrous. 



Var. yS. subpubescens, stems glabrous, the brancblets and the under- 

 surface of tbe leaves minutely pubescent. 



Var. y. pubescens, all parts densely pubescent, tbe leaves above 

 roughisb minutely, beneath softly and yellowish but shortly, pubescent ; 

 calyx-teeth often longer and larger. 



Hab. Var. a. and (B. from Martaban down to Tenasserim ; also Ava, 

 Kakhyen hills ; var. y. not unfrequent in the hill-toungyas, and along 

 choungs in the tropical forests of the Martaban and Tenasserim hills, up to 

 3000 ft. elevation.— Fl. Decb.— Febr. ; Fr. Febr. 



This species has been identified with H. fruticosa of Linne, but the 

 Ceylon plant of this name is certainly distinct. 



13. H. SCANDENS, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 364 ; DC. Prod. IV. 422. 

 Hab. Chittagong (Hf. and Th.) ; Ava, Kakhyen hills (J. Anderson). 



— Fl. Decb. ; Fr. Jan.— March. 



14. H. ELEGANS, Wall. Cat. 887. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the drier hill-forests^ especially the pine- 

 forests, of the Martaban hills east of Tounghoo, at 4000 — 5000 ft. elevation ; 

 also Tenasserim, Tavoy (Wall. ; Helf.). 



N. B. Bentham (Fl. Hongk. 149) mentions doubtfully S. loganioi- 

 des, Bth., as growing about Moulmein ; possibly this species is meant ? I£. 

 loganioides, with long calyx-lobes, occurs on Mt. Ophir near Malacca. 



15. H. ULMiroLiA, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Wall. I. 370 ; DC. 

 Prod. IV. 421 ; (IT. lineatn, Don. Prod. Fl. Nep. 134). 



Hab. In the drier hill-forests, especially in the pine-forests, of the 

 Martaban hills east of Tounghoo, at 4000 to 6000 ft. elevation. — Fr. 

 March. 



16. H. GLABEA, Wall. Cat. 848 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 133. {S^er- 

 macoce glabra, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. I. 368). 



Hab. Tenasserim (Helf. 2885). 



17. H. COSTATA, {Spermacoce costata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 370 ; S. 

 coerulea, Korth. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. II. 160, non L. nee. WA. ; S. 

 capitulijlora, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 183 ; Metaholos coeruleus, Bl. Bydr. 

 992; DC. Prod. IT. 435). 



Hab. In tropical forests, more especially along choungs and in shrub- 

 bery, of the southern parts of the Pegu Yomah above Rangoon ; more fre- 

 quent in Tenasserim. — Fr. Sept. 



18. H. AXJEicrLAEiA, L. sp. pi. 147 ; DC. Prod. IV. 420 ; Bedd. 

 Icon. t. 27. (H. venosa, Korth. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. II. 160 ; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. II. 182 ; Metaholos venosus, Bl. Bydr. 991 ; H. iodoiieura, Miq. 

 1. c. 181 ; H. Uneata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 369, non Don). 



