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8. H. Maingayi. 



9. H. congesta. 



H. macrophylla. 



H. Kunstleri. 



13. 

 14. 



H. connata. 



H. Auricularia. 

 H. Havilandi. 



Cymes in terminal little-branched shortly peduncu- 

 late compound umbels 

 Cymes sessile, axillary, dense, capitate : — 



Leaves elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 25 to 6 in. long and 

 1*5 to 3 in. broad (about twice as long as broad) : — 

 Flowers 4-merous, not glaucous beneath : — 

 Leaves and corolla glabrous ; shrubby, with herbace- 

 ous branches 



Leaves rounded or abruptly narrowed at the base ; 

 main-nerves carved ; flowers only '1 in. long ... 10. 



Leaves gradually narrowed to the base j nerves 

 not curved; flowers *15 in. long ... ... 11. 



Leaves narrowly elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 1 to 2 in. 

 long, *3 to '8 in. broad (about three times longer than 

 broad) : — 



Stipules with numerous filiform bristles, much longer 

 than the sheath ; leaves subsessile, with broad bases, 

 their main-nerves 4 or 5 pairs, very faint ... 12. 



Stipules with a few bristles, not much longer than the 

 sheath ; leaves at the base petiolate : — 



Main-nerves of leaves 4 to 6 pairs, straight, oblique, 

 very prominent ... 



Main nerves of leaves 3 or 4 pairs, curved, faint ... 

 Leaves linear-oblong or linear, many times longer than 

 broad : — 

 Leaves glabrous, sessile : — 

 Leaves glabrous beneath; flowers *15 in. long; 

 calyx obovoid-campanulate with 4 lanceolate-ovate 

 spreading lobes ; lobes of corolla short with thick- 

 ened apices ; anthers broadly ovate 

 Leaves not glaucous beneath ; flowers "2 in. long; 

 calyx tubular-campanulate, with 4 ovate ciliate 

 suberect lobes ; lobes of corolla narrowly ovate, 

 sub-acute ; anthers oblong 

 Leaves with weak hispid hairs on the upper surface, 

 glabrous on the lower, sessile ; capsule sparsely 

 pubescent ... ... ... ... 



Leaves with both surfaces slightly scaberulous, 

 shortly petiolate ; capsule coarsely pubescent 



1. Hedyotis mollis, Wall. Cat. 859. Scandent ; the older stems 

 terete, thickened towards the nodes, the younger 4-angled, grooved, 

 softly but minutely pubescent like the branches of the inflorescence. 

 Leaves membranous, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, 

 the base cuneate; upper surface olivaceous when dry, glabrous or sub- 

 glabrous, the midrib often puberulous ; lower surface paler and puberu- 

 lous; main-uerves 3 or 4 pairs, ascending obliquely, little curved 

 slightly depressed on the upper and prominent on tbe lower surface like 



15. H. tenelliflora. 



16. H. nitida. 



17. 



18. 



H. pinifolia. 

 H. hispida. 



