64 Lxxv. EUBUCE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Sedyotis, 



3-nate, 1-1 J in., midrib distinct beneath; stipules very inconspicuous. Cymes small, 

 braeteate, branches 3-6-flowered. Capmles as in H. elegans. — Certainly closely allied to 

 H. elegans, but the habit is very different, the leaves small and not acuminate, black- 

 brown -when dry, and the cymes small. Flowers not seen. It approaches Hance's 

 No. 978, from Whampoa, with narrower ciliate leaves. 



*•** Herbs or shrubs, cymes axillary (never terminal), sessile or pedwncled, 

 denser or lax-flowered (or Jlowers sditary in 27. travancoiica) ; stipules nearly 

 simple 0^- pectinate. 



21. K. membranacea, Thwaites Enum. 143; quite glabrous, stem 

 oMusely 4-angled, leaves petioled lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, 

 nerves very slender, stipules free ^circular pectinate, cymes axillary sessile 

 capitate, calyx-teeth foliaceous oblong-lanceolate very much lai'ger than the 

 small ovary. 



Cexlon; at no great elevation, Walker, Thwaites. 



Stem woody below, stout, subsimple. Leaves bright green when dry, 3-6 by 

 f-lj in., rather coriaceous, narrowed into the petiole, margins flat; stipules large. 

 Heads \-l in. diam., surrounding the stem. Flowers (not seen) mixed with chaffy 

 bracts. Capsules very small, together with the very large calyx-limb \ in. long, cells 

 few or many-seeded. 



22. K. macropliylla, Wall, in W. ^ A. Prodr. 408 ;_ Cat. 841 ; annual, 

 stem acutely 4r.angled or -vringed, leaves petioled ovate elliptic or lanceolate 

 acuminate, nerves distinct, stipules free broad toothed or pectinate, cymes 

 axillary sessile capitate, calyx-teeth lanceolate as long as the small capsule. 

 H. nodiflora, Wall. Cat. 855 ; G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 526. Seleromitrum tetran- 

 drum, Surz in Jawm. As. Soc. \%T1, ii. 136. Rondeletia tetrandra, iJo.r6. Fl. 

 Ind. i. 524 (accwding to Kurs). Wendlandia P tetrandra, DC. Pi-odr. iv. 412. 



Tenasseeim, Gomez, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 2889, 2892). Penano, WaUich. 

 Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2889). Nicobar Islands, Kurs. 



Stem usually very stout, short, 6-10 in., simple. Leaves green or brown when 

 dry, very variable in size and breadth, 3-6 by ^3 in., sometimes a. little rough 

 above ; nerves faint ; petiole ^1 in. ; stipules very variously cut, segments sometimes 

 filiform and pubescent. Heads often surrounding the stem. Capsules small, glabrous 

 or pubescent. 



23. H. Thwaitesii, Sooh. f. ; stem obtusely 4^angled, leaves petioled 

 elliptic- or ovate-lanceolate acuminate scaberulous above, nerves distinct, stipules 

 pectinate segments long or short hispid, heads axillary sessile capitate, calyx- 

 teeth foliaceous oblong-lanceolate much longer than the small capsule. H. 

 macrophylla, Thwaites Eaum. 142. 



Cetlon ; forests about Adam's Peak, Walker, Thwaites, &c. 



Slender or robust, sparingly branched. Leaves 3-8 by 1-2J in., narrowed into a 

 stout or ^lender petiole \-l in., rather coriaceous, ciliate ; stipules J-^ in. Heads- 

 surrounding the stem 1 in. diam. Capsules with large calyx ^ in. long, cells 3-seeded. 



24. K. nodulosa, Ar^^. Pugill. 22 ; hirsute throughout, branches obtusely 

 4-angled, leaves petioled ovate or lanceolate acuminate flat, nerves distinct, 

 stipules setose, heads axillary sessile, calyx very hairy, teeth subulate-lanceolate 

 equalling or exceeding the hirsute capsule. H. nodulosa, var. /3. Thioaitea 

 Bnmn. 143. H. axillaris, Gardn. mss. (Thwaites). 



Ceitlon ; Adam's Peak, Newera EUia, and Ambagowa, Walker, &c. 



Branches or stems 1-2 ft., rather stout, shaggy, especially above and at the nodes 

 and petioles with purplish soft spreading hairs. Leaves 2-4 by 1-1| in., base nar- 

 rowed or rounded ; petiole J-1 in. ; stipules membranous, connate into a truncate 

 tube with villous bristles. Heads very dense. Corolla-tube long, glabrous, lobes 



