EedyoUs.'] lxxv. EUBiACBiB. (J. D. Hooker.) 5] 



tt Stipules pectinate, 



8._ K. stylosa, Br. in Wall. Cat. 853 ; p;labrou8, leaves petioled ovate or 

 elliptic-ovate acute glabrous or hairy on the distinct nerves ibeneath, stipules 

 connate pectinate with long subulate segments, cymes terminal, calyx-tube pro- 

 duced above the ovary, teeth short acute, iv. Sf A. Pi-odr. 407 ; Wt le. t. 

 1027. H. ? Leschenaultiana, DC. Prodr. iv. 422, excl. var. (3. Knoxia 

 Wightiana, Schleoht. in Herb. Sohenaclc, not of Wallich. 



Mountains of Malabar and Teavahcoee, alt. 5-6000 ft., common, Noton, &c. 



A much branched shrub, yellow-greeu when dry. Leaves 1-2 in., very variable in 

 breadth and shape, coriaceous, margins flat or recurved, nerves few obscure above ; 

 stipules pubescent. Cymes short, flowers crowded. Corolla-lobes woolly within. 

 Capsules globose, many-seeded. 



9. H. articularis, Br. in Wall. Cat. 854 ; quite glabrous, leaves sessile 

 small lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate subacute, margins recurved, nerves below 

 very broad, stipules connate pectinate with long subulate segments, calyx-tube 

 produced above the ovary, lobes very short, W. 8^ A. Prodr. 407 ; Wt. Ic. t. 

 1028. 



NiLGHEBET Mts., Not-on, Wight, &e. 



A small rigid stout leafy bush, yellowish when dry. Leaves J-1 in., very rigid, 

 with 8-10 very broad and much raised longitudinal nerves beneath, marked by 

 cliannels above. Cymes terminal, small, dense-flowered. Calyx-Umb a 4-toothed cup, 

 unaltered in fruit. Corolla puberulous, lobes glabrous, mouth woolly. Capstile very 

 variable, from J in. globose to ^ in., obovoid ; cells with 8-10 angular seeds, 



10. K. pruinosa, W. ^ A. Pi-odr. 408 ; leaves petioled ovate-lanceolate 

 or lanceolate acuminate glabrous, nerves distinct, stipules free pectinate, seg- 

 ments subulate, cymes pruinose, calyx-limb not produced, teeth subulate 

 recurved shorter than the capsule. H. corymbosa. Wall. Cat. 6202, chiefly; 

 837 a. H. lentiginosa, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 6. 



Tbavancobe and Malabak ; Quilon, Wight ; in the backwaters, Beddome. 



A shrub, yellowish when dry. Leaves 2-2J in., margins flat ; nerves few, slender ; 

 petiole j-f in. ; stipules not connate, short. Cymes spreading, many-flowered, hoary. 

 Corolla-month woolly. Capsules small, obovoid, subclavate or globose, many-seeded, 



11. K. S'wertioides, Hook. f. ; leaves sessile glabrous elliptic acute 

 margins undulate, stipules free very long slender pectinate with distant subu- 

 late segments, cymes very many in the upper axils and terminal depsely pubes- 

 cent, calyx-limb not produced, lobes lanceolate longer than the tube. 



TiNNEVEiii; in the Pulney Mts., Wight (Kew Distrib. 359). 



A very fine and remarkable species, tall, erect, stout, with distant nodes, and a 

 profuse oblong head of cymes, yellow when dry. Leaves 3 by l^lj in., coriaceous, 

 contracted at the base, but hardly petioled ; nervesfew, hardly raised ; stipules \-^ 

 in,, erect, stiff. C^wzes very many-flowered. CbroKa woolly at the mouth. Fruit not seen. 

 — The stout strict branches and erect sessile broad coriaceous opposite leaves give 

 the plant a gentianoid aspect. 



12. K. obscura, Thwaites Enum. 14; glabrous except the youngest 

 shoots and sometimes the nerves beneath, leaves sessile or petioled elliptic- 

 lanceolate or ovate or suborbicular acute obtuse or acuminate, stipules connate 

 pectinate, peduncles axillary filiform, cymes few-flowered, calyx-teeth subulate 

 shorter than the capsule. 



Ceylon ; Central provinces, alt. 6-8000 ft., Walkefr, Gardner, &c. 

 A rigid woody shrub, black when dry, occurring under three very dissimilar forms, 

 which Thwaites unites . — 1. leaves petioled lanceolate 1-3 in., nerves very obscure, 



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