^2 Lxsv. EUBiACB^. (J. D. Hooker.) [MeAyotis. 



teeth triangular. H. sutcarnosa, Wall. Cat. 860. Metabolu8 prostratus, Bl. ; 

 JDC. Prodi: iv. 435. 



Tenasseeim ; Chappedong Hills, WaUich, Heifer. — ^Distrib. Java, Borneo. 



Stem flexuous, rooting below, sending out long 'slender flexuous branches with 

 •distant internodes. Leaves green when dry, 3-4 by f-1^ in., quite smooth, rather 

 membranous, narrowed into a, slender petiole J-J in. ; stipules coriaceous, very 

 variable in length, with glandular t-eeth, erect or recurved. Cymes very small, 

 flowers not seen. Fruit small, smooth, cells about 6-Beeded. — This, though referred 

 in Miquel's Flora to § DipUyphragma, is certainly a Ewhedyotis. 



61. K. scabra, Wall. Cat. 880 ; a low woody herb, branches terete 

 young pubescent, leaves subsessile lanceolate acuminate scaberulous or glabrous, 

 uppermost involucriform, nerves faint, stipules small triangular, cymes tei-- 

 minal (and axillary?) capitate sessile, calyx-teeth triangular-subulate shorter 

 than the small globose glabrous fruit. 



Mabtaban and Tenassebim ; Moulmein, WalKch ; Mergui, Griffith, &c. 



Very much branched, branches woody, whitish, the younger and leaves dark- 

 brown when dry. Leaves 1-2 in., the upper stellately spreading round the cymes, 

 base very acute, very obscurely scabrid; stipules pubescent, teeth few glandular. 

 Cymes globose, J in. diam. ; flowers very shortly pedicelled. Corolla very small, 

 tube and lobes short. Fruit cnistaoeous, many-seeded, apparently indehiscent, but 

 there is a trace of a loculicidal groove on the crown between the calyx-teeth. — Very 

 near a N. Celebes species, which has longer calyx-lobes. 



Sect. IV. Xnvolucrella. Fruit membranous, 2-3-celled, very many 

 seeded, indehiscent, top not protruded between the calyx-teeth. — A herb with 

 a terminal capitate sessile cyme, which is sunk amongst the bases of the involu- 

 criform uppermost leaves, stipules membranous with many very long subequal 

 stiff recurved bristles. 



62. 8. connata, Wall. Cat. 856 ; decumbent, branches 4-angled pubes- 

 cent, leaves sessile oblong or linear-oblong acute coriaceous flat, nerves faint, 

 stipular bristles longer than the sheath, calyx-teeth broadly lanceolate many 

 times longer than the oblong fruit. H. merguensis, Hook. f. in Gen. PI. ii. 57. 



Tenasseboi; Tavoy, Gomez; Amherst, Wallich; Mergui, Griffith. Andaman 

 Islands, Knrz. 



A stout-branched low herb, root woody. Leaves 2-3 by ^1 iu., suddenly narrowed 

 at the base, but hardly petioled, puberulous on the faint nerves beneath ; stipules 

 connate, bristles ^ in. long. Cymes quite hidden ; flowers mixed with long stipular 

 bracteoles, rarely cymes are formed in the lower axils. Fruit often 3-celled, bursting 

 irregularly, walls full of raphides. Seeds angular, dotted. 



Sect. V. Jknotidopsis. Fruit membranous, rarely crustaoeous, 2- 

 ceUed, indehiscent or obscurely dehiscing loculicidally between the calyx-teeth, 

 crown not protruded between the calyx-teeth. — ^Herbs or small shrubs, with 

 axUlaiy or terminal sessile or peduncled cymes ; stipules membranous, usuallv 

 bristly. — Habit of Anotis. 



68. K. cyanescens, Thwaites Enum. 143; hairy, stems decumbent 

 rooting acutely 4-angled, leaves petioled elliptic-ovate acute membranous nerves 

 ■distinct, stipules short bristly, cymes axillary dense many-flowered, flowers pedi- 

 ■celled, calyx-teeth lanceolate ciliate many times longer than the membranous 

 many-seeded fruit. 



Ceylon ; Ambagowa district, Thwaites. 



An undershrub, often bluish-purple (Thwaites), branches glabrous or hairy. 

 leaves 1-3 by f-lj in., with short scattered hairs above, more pubescent beneath, 

 flat ; nerves 5-6 pair, arched ; petiole slender, ^-l in. ; stipules short, membranous^ 



