Hedyotis.] lxxt. eubiacej:. (J. D. Hooker.) 61 



l-nerved, margins recurved, , stipules with long cilia, flowers 2-6 in axillary 

 clusters, calyx-teeth triangular ahout equalling the hispid ovoid capsule. Moxb. 

 Fl. Ind. t.364 ; Wall. Cat. 845. Scleromitiion hispidum, Kwth. ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. ii. 185. Oldenlandia hispida, Bmth. Fl. Hongh. 150. 



Teopical Himalata, from Chamba and Kangra, G. B. Clarice, to Sikkim and the 

 Khasia Mts., Assam, Cachab, Chittagono, and the Malayan Peninsola from 

 Tenasserim to Malacca. — Distbib. Malay Islands, S. China. 



Annual ; branches 6-18 in., terete below, l-angled above. Leaves 1J-2J in., very- 

 variable in -width, rough and rigid. Capsule similar to that of H. tenelliflora, but 

 glabrous. 



47. K. nitida, W. f A. Prodr. 412 ; branches difiiise elongate acutely 

 4-aiigled, leaves sessile elliptic- or linear-lanceolate acute scaberulous or smooth 

 above smooth beneath l-nerved, margins recurved, stipules with long cilia, 

 flowers 1 or few axillary sessile, calyx-teeth triangular erect equalling the- 

 glabrous capsule. H. Neesiana, Arn. Pugitt. 23. H. glaheUa, Br. in Wall. Cat. 

 886 ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Oi: t. 86. 



Westeen PENiNstJLA, from Dliarwar southwards to Travancore and Ceylon? 

 Tenassebim, Kurz. 



A slender annual, similar in habit to H. hispida, but with leaves smooth or 

 sparingly seabrid towards the margins above only, shining and green, and glabrous 

 capsules. — I have seen no Tenasserim specimens, and it is possible that Kurz's plant 

 is S. hispida, of which this may be a smooth variety. 



*** Fruit ciiigtaceous, indehiscent; cymes axUlary (and terminal in H. scahra), 

 sessile, capitate or few-fld. ; leaves flat, with or without lateral nen-ves ; stipules 

 triangular, entire or gland-serrate or fimbriate, not bristly ; corolla very short. 



48. K. inamoena, Thw. Enum. 143 in part ; shrubby, glabrous, erect> 

 3-chotomously branched, branches subterete, leaves petioled ovate-lanceolate 

 caudate-acuminate nerves arching faint, stipules connate below triangular 

 glandular-pubescent caducous, cymes axillary very short few-flowered subsessile, 

 calyx-limb cup-shaped teeth broad shorter than the smooth fruit. 



Ceyxon ; Adam's Peak, Thwaites. 



A tall slender shrub, with long slender erecto-patent branches, obscurely 4-angled 

 above, black when dry. Leaves dark brownish-green when dry, 3-5 by J-JJ- in., 

 leathery, smooth, with a distinct midrib and faint-arching nerves ; stipules shorts 

 Flowers 3-5, almost sessile, small, glabrous. Calyx-tube hemispheric. Bipe fruit 

 not seen. — ^Very like H. cinereo-viridis, with which it has been mixed in Herbaria. 



49. K. con^esta, Bi: in Wall. Cat. 844; robust, glabrous, branches 

 acutely 4-angled, leaves sessile or shortly petioled elliptic or ovate-lanceolate 

 acutely or obtusely acuminate leathery, nerves arching faint, stipules elongate 

 ovate with a long entire serrate or lacerate point, flowers in crowded axillary 

 heads, calyx-teeth broadly triangular obtuse shorter than the ovoid thick 

 smooth fruit. G. Dm Gen. Syst. iii. 525. H. argentea. Wall. Cat. 858. 



Maiatan Peninsula from Tenasserim to Malacca, Wallich, &c. ; Penans, Maingay.. 

 — Distbib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



A stout shrub with brachiate branches. Leaves pale when dry, 3-5 by 1-2 in., 

 quite glabrous and smooth on both surfaces ; stipules sometimes ^ in., coriaceous, 

 segments sometimes branched. Flowers clustered, small. Calyx-tube hemispheric. 

 Fruit subdrupaceous, white. 



50. H. ppostrata, Kwth. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 160; glabrous, 

 branches long flexuous prostrate or scandent ? obtusely 4rangled, leaves petioled 

 elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, nerves distinct, stipules elongate coriaceous 

 toothed or subpectinate, cymes axillary small subsessile few-flowered, calyx- 



