€0 Lxxv. EUBUCBJi. (J. D. Hooker.) [flisi 



than the sheath. CyTnes enclosing the nodes, 1 in. diam. Fruit small, crustaceous, 

 smooth ; cells about C-seeded. — ^I have seen but one specimen, and in fruit only. 



** Capsvde ervxtaceous, rarely eoriaeeous, loculicidal on the crown only; ceUs 

 many-seeded; seeds usiudly angular. Cymes sessUe,capitate or few-jUywe!red,axillary 

 ■or terminal; leaves glabi-ous or hi^nd, with one central nerve; stipules with long 

 bristles. — ScLEBOMiiEloif, "W. & A. 



43. K. pinifolia, Wall. Cat. 850; branches acutely 4-angled, angles 

 sometimes hispid, leaves very narrow linear acuminate scahrid ahove 1-nerved, 

 margins revolute, stipules with many rigid bristles, cymes sessile capitate axil- 

 lary and terminal, calyx-teeth subvdate shorter than the ovoid hispid capsule. 

 G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 525. Scleromitrion rigidum, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 

 1877, ii. 136, excl. Syn. Miquel. 



Behah and Chota-Naopoee, alt. 1-2000 ft., T. Anderson, C. B. Clarke. Maxatan 

 Peninsula, from Pegu and the Andaman Islands to Singapore and Penang. — DisTBre. 

 Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



A slender diffuse wiry much-branched annual, 4-8 in. high, black when dry. 

 Leaves often fascicled, 1-1^ in., spreading and recurved, rigid; stipules very short. 

 Heads A— 5 in. diam., 3- many flowered. — Kurz's S. rigidum agrees with this in the 

 form of the leaves, but he describes these as glabrous, wheras they are distinctly 

 scabrid in H. 'pinifolia, ; he further, by some error, quoted Miquel's Hedyotis rigida 

 {Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 181), a shrubby species described as having lanceolate leaves 

 6 in. long, 



Vab. ctsspitosa; shorter, branches tortuous, leaves quite glabrous and smooth, 

 much closer set, cymes 1- few-flowered, capsules quite glabrous. Scleromitrion 

 •caespitosum, Miq. Fl. hid. Bat. Suppl. 540. Malacca, Qriffith; Singapore, &. Thonrv- 

 -son, ; Java, Barnes. — Possibly a different species. 



44. K. coerulea, W. S; A. Prodr. 412 ; erect, branches terete puberulous, 

 leaves opposite or fascicled Unear-subulate aristate smooth above or scabrid 

 1-nerved, margins revolute, stipules pectinate with filiform bristles, cymes 

 «essile capitate axUlary and terminal, calyx-teeth triangular with hair-points 

 rather shorter than the glabrous capsvde. Bedd. Ic. Fl. Ind. Or. t. 30. H. 

 pygmsea, Wall. Cat. 6199. H. brachiata, Miq. PI. So/ienack. No. 373. H. 

 cyanantha, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1876, ii. 136. 



Western Peninsula from Dharwar southwards, and in Ceylon ; in sandy places. 



A slender strict annual 6-14 in. high, much branched. Leaves brown when dry, 

 ^-IJ in., very narrow. Heads much fewer-flowered than in H. pinifolia, from which 

 the hair-pointed leaves and calyx-teeth well distinguish this. 



45. K. tenelliflora, Blume Sijd. 971 ; glabrous, diffuse, branches acutely 

 4-angled, leaves sessile linear-lanceolate acuminate 1-nerved, margins revolute, 

 stipules with long cilia, flowers 1-3 axUlary sessile, calyx-teeth rigid ovate or 

 lanceolate eciualling the ovoid gIa,brous capsule. DC. I*rodr. iv. 419. H. 

 angustifolia, Cham. 8f Schlect. in lAnn. iv. 163. H. approximata, Br. in Wall. 

 Cat. 852. PSpermacoce tubularis, Br. in Wall. Cat. Scleromitrion tenelli- 

 florum, Korth. ^ S. ; tetraquetrum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 185, 186. Olden- 

 landia angustifolia, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 151. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, Hb. Griffith. Kbasia Mts., alt. 1-4000 ft., J. B. H. ^ T. T. 

 Nicobab's, Kurz. Penans, Wallich. — Distkib. Malay Islands, S. China, Philippines. 



Stems much branched, slender, 6-18 in. Leaves blackish-brown when dry, 1-2 by 

 ^-J in., stiff, pale beneath, stipular hairs often exceeding the capsule. Calyx-teeth 

 «iliate, variable in breadth and length. — The smooth surfaces of the very narrow 

 leaves distinguish this from H. hispida. 



46. K. blspida, Betz Obs. iv. 23 ; di£Fdse, branches and leaves on both 

 €urfaces scabrid, leaves sessile elliptic- or linear-lanceolate acute or acuminate 



