1877.] Knowledge of the Burmese Flora. 137 



4. S. NiTiDUM, [Hedyotis nitida, WA. Prod. I. 412). 



Hab. Not uiifrequent in the eng-forests of Pegu and in those o£ 

 Martaban east o£ Tounghoo. — Fr. CS. 



NfiY^ probably only an extreme, broad-leaved form of S. hispidwn, 

 while 8. npproximatum {Hedyotis approximate, WA. ; Spcrmacoce tuhularis, 

 R. Br. ?) may be an extreme, narrow-leaved variety of it. 



5. S. HiSPiDUM, {Hedyotis hispidn, Retz. Obs. Bot. IV. 23 ; Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind I. 364 ; DC. Prod. IV. 420 ; Hedyotis sp. Griff. Not. Dicot. 2G5 ; 

 Spermacoce sp. Griff. 1. c. 272). 



Hab. Frequent along choungs in the moister upper mixed and the 

 tropical forests, from Ava and Martaban to Pegu. — Fr. Jan, 



6. S. PARADOXUM, {Hedyotis paradoxa, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. 1876. 135). 



Hab. Common in the moister upper mixed forests of the Andamans. 

 — Fl. Fr. Jan.— March. 



NB. AllcBophania decipiens, Thw., is in my eyes a very near ally to 

 Scleromitrium rugosum {Hedyotis rugosa, Korth.). 



Spermacoce, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 

 Flowers in dense whorl-like clusters or heads, white, about a line long ; capsules 1 lin. 



long, ' . . S. stricta. 



Flowers 2 — 3 lin. long, blue, few- clustered ; capsule about 2 lin, long, S. Uspida. 



1. S. STEICTA, L. f. Suppl. 120 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Wall. I. 376 ; 

 DC. Prod. IV. 554 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 11. 331 ; Bth. Fl. Hongk. 162. 



Hab. Frequent in the dry and open forests all over Ava and Pegu 

 down to Upper Tenasserim. — Fl. RS. ; Fr. CS. 



2. S. HISPIDA, L. Mant. 558 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Wall. II. 379 ; 

 WA. Prod. I. 438 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 332. {S. scalra, Willd. sp. ^\. I. 

 572 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. L c. 377). 



Var. a. HispiDA, whole plant hispid-pubescent, the leaves usually 

 of a softer texture and undulate ; corolla-tube only \\-2i lin. long ; capsule 

 greyish or whitish villous ; seeds opaque, black. 



? Var. /?. ARTICULARIS, (/S. articular is, L. f. Suppl. 119 ; Roxb. 1. c. 

 378 ; Miq. 1. c. 332 ; /S. Avana, R. Br. in Wall. Cat. 828 ; G. Don. Gen. 

 Syst. III. 621 ; 8. longicaulis, R. Br. in Wall. Cat. 826 ; G. Don. Gen. 

 Syst. III. 621), whole plant more scabrous, and short pubescent, the leaves 

 rigid and not undulate ; corolla-tube about 3 lin. long, slender ; capsule 

 shorter and hispid ; seeds often glossy, black or brownish. 



Hab. Var. /8. only, frequent in agrarian land and on stony sterile 

 grounds in the leaf-shedding forests, from Ava and Martaban down to 

 Tenasserim, up to 1500 ft. elevation.— Fl. Fr. D. S. 

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