Oldenlwndia.'] lxxv. eubiacejj. (J. D. Hooker.) 67 



leaves slender narrow-linear,- peduncles capillary solitary axillary and 1-flowered 

 and in open dichotomous terminal cymes, a&lyx-teeth subulate rather shorter than 

 the coroUa-tube, capsules small broadly didymous, crown low. 0. pusilla, Moth ; 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 428. Hedyotis angustifolia, WaU. Cat. 6203. H. attenuata, 

 WiUd. ; Herb. Madr., in part. 



EoHitKUND, E(n/le, T. Thomson. Beha.ii, Hamilton. Western Peninsuia, Wight, 



A very slender erSct species, resembling a state of 0. bifiora, with paniculate 

 terminal inflorescence. — According to the rules of priority, the name of 0. putUla 

 should take precedence, but it is not applicable. 



9. O. dichotoma, Kom. ; Roth Nov. Sp. 93 (Hedyotis) ; annual, very 

 slender, glabrous or sparsely hairy, stem erect terete, nodes distant, branches 

 filiform, leaves linear-lanceolate acute flat nerveless, peduncles capillary axillary 

 and in open terminal panicles, pedicels very long, calyx-teeth subulate much 

 shorter than the slender corolla-tube, capsule globose. O. linarifolia. Herb. 

 Madr. O. aflihis, DC. Prodr. iv. 428. Hedyotis dichotoma, WaU. Cat. 6204, 

 in part ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 416 (exd. sotne synonyms). H. affinis. Poem. ^ Sch. 

 H. Heynii, Sedd. le. PI. Ind. Or. t. 33 {not Br.). 



Bandei^timd and southward through the Wbstebn Peninsdi.a to Travancore, on 

 dry hills, alt. 1-3000 ft.. Bottler, &e. 



Stem simple in small plants, much branched in large ones, 18 in. high ; branches 

 shining, divaricating, copiously flowering throughout their length, ultimate ones and 

 peduncles and pedicels like fine hairs, 1 in. and more long. Flowers very minute. 

 Capsules smaller than in its congeners, cells about 6-seeded. — Beddome's figure is, I 

 think, this plant ; it does not agree with his description, called ff. Heynii (t. 33). 



10. O. arg'uta, Br. in Wall. Cat. 864 (Hedyotis) ; annual, erect, stiff, 

 stem simple or 3-chotomously branched furfuraceous or hispid, leaves semi- 

 amplexicaul subulate or triangular^lanceolate acuminate scabnd, margins revo- 

 lute, cymes tei-minal lax few-flowered scabrid, peduncles and pedicels filiform, 

 calyx-teeth subulate-lanceolate shorter than the funnel-shaped corolla-tube and 

 longer than the didymous hemispheric hispid capsule. Hedyotis linoides, Griff, 

 Notul. iv. 265 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soe. 1877, ii. 134. 



Martaban and Tenasseeim ; Moulmein, and Mergui, in wet sand, Gomez, &c. 



A few inches to a span high ; branches terete, spreading. Leaves ^ in., rigid, pale 

 beneath. Cymes twice or thrice forked ; flowers blue. Seeds ellipsoid, angled, testa 

 smooth. 



11. O. Stocksii, Hook. f. l^ T. Herb. Ind. Or. (Hedyotis) ; tufted, 



flabrous, stems filiform simple or branched above, leaves subulate, stipules with 

 ristles, cymes with few very large flowers, calyx-teeth elongate subulate 

 almost equalling the very broadly campanulate corolla-tube. 



Matasar ; in the Bababooden hills. Stocks, Law. 



A very slender annual, apparently growing in masses amongst grass, 4-8 in. high. 

 Stems simple below or throughout their length, branches ending in di-trichotomous 

 cymes, with capillary pedicels. Leaves (not fascicled) J-J in. Calyx-tube short, 

 obconic, much smaller than the long erect or recurved teeth. Corolla much the 

 longest of the genus, quite campanulate, blue, ^-^ in. diam. Capsules hemispheric 

 or turbinate, smooth. 



SiTBaEir. II. Koliautla. Corolla-titbe usually long cylindric or funnel- 

 shaped, with included or shortly experted anthers. Ovary terete. Seeds nume- 

 rous, angled. — Usually strict erect, annual or perennial herbs, rarely diffuse, 

 sometimes shrubby below with stiff erect branches, very narrow leaves and 

 terminal open cymes ; stipules with bristles. 



* Corolla-tube very slender. 



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