Hedyotis.] lxxv. rubiacej:. (J. D. Hooker.) 5^ 



lineata, Wall. Cat. 6198, not of Hoxb. H. costata, JBr. in Wall. Cat. 849 ^ 

 G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 526. H. multicaulis, Schldl. PI. Hohen. No. 845. H. 

 venosa, Ko^-th. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 160. Metabolus venosus, Bl. ; DC. 

 Prodr. iv. 435. Spei-macoce hispida, Miq. PI. Hohen. No. 44. ?S. lineata^ 

 Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. S&9.—Pheede Hort. Mcdah. x. t. 32. 



Throughout eastern Bengal from Nipal, Sikkim, and the Khasia Mts. to Assam, 

 Chittaqong, Munbpooe, BmMA, and southward to Malacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 

 891, H. vestita). "Western Peninsula, from Canaha, southwards. Ceylon, abun- 

 dant. — ^DisTBLB. Yunan, Malay Archipelago, S. China, Philippines, Australia. 



Branches 6-18 in., terete. Leaves usually pale green when dry, 1-3 in,; stipules, 

 as in the two previous species. Cymes always sessile. Calyx-teeth variable. — There- 

 are several very distinct looking varieties, but I am unable to define them clearly 

 enough for diagnosis. Wallich's H. lineata, from the Deccau (No. 6198), is almost 

 glabrous throughout, as are some Khasian specimens. The stems appear to be erect 

 and woody in Wallich's H. nervosa (No. 857), and the calyx-teeth are longer in 

 specimens gathered by Thomson and myself in the Kliasia at 4-6000 ft., and at 

 Ohittagong and Muneypoor by C. B. Clarke. Some Ceylon specimens have leaves 

 with petiole ^ in., and long caudate points, as in Beddome's figure. 



40. K. lineata, Poxb. Hart. Beng. 10; Fl. Ind. i. 365; annual, pul>es- 

 cent, suterect or diffuse, leaves sessile ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate acute or- 

 aciuninate, stipules membranous villous with one or more long cilia, cymes 

 axUlary hispid shortly peduncled, branches few-fld., calyx-teeth much longer- 

 than the hispid indehiscent pediceUed fruit. DC. Prodr. iv. 420 ; Don Prodr. 

 134. H. ulmifolia, Wall, in Po.vb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey & Wall. i. 173 ; Cat^ 

 862 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 421. 



Teopical Himalaya of Nipal and Sikkim, alt. 1-2000 ft. Eastern Benpal, 

 SlLHBT, Chittagono, and Tenasseeim. 



Very similar to H. Amieularia, but more finely pubescent, with pedicelled branched 

 cymes -J-J in. long, and long calyx-teeth. — I reluctantly postpone Wallich's well- 

 known name of H. ulmifolia for Roxburgh's earlier one of H. lineata, though there is. 

 no convincing evidence of this being Roxbvu'gh's plant ; the name has been misapplied: 

 to H. Anricularia by Wallich. 



41. K. g'la'bra, Br. in Wall. Cat. 848 ; glabrous, diffuse, stem elongate,, 

 leaves subsessile elongate-lanceolate caudate-acuminate membranous, stipules 

 short with long simple or branched cilia, cymes on filiform axillary peduncles, 

 puberulous small loosely branched spreading, calyx-teeth much shorter than the- 

 glabrous indehiscent globose pediceUed fruit. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 183. Sper- 

 macoce glabra, Poxb. Fl. Ind. i. 368. Knoxia glabra, DC. Prodr. iv. 569. 



SiLHET, De Silva. Cachae, J. D. H. ^ T. T., &c. Biema, Griffith. Penang,. 

 Wallich, Maingay. 



Stems 2 3 ft,, slender, smooth, terete, fistular ; nodes distant. Leaves 3-5 by 

 J-1^ in., point often almost filiform, nerves slender; stipules with very slender 

 spinous processes sometimes J in. long and much branched. Peduncles \-^ in., bracts- 

 small. Flowers minute, as are the fruits. 



42. K. paradoza, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc, 1876, ii. 135; glabrous,, 

 branches obtusely 4-angled robust, leaves sessile long linear or linear-lanceolate 

 acute, nerves beneath very faint, stipules membranous with ciliate bristles, 

 cymes capitate axillary globose very dense-flowered, calyx-teeth subulate hispid 

 longer than the globose pedicelled fruit. 



South Andaman Island ; Escape Buy, Kurz. 



Apparently a large species ; branches smooth, thick, almost terete. Leaves 4-6 

 - by |-1 in., narrowed at both ends, flat, nerves very oblique ; stipular bristles longer- 



