Oldenlcmdia.'] lxxv. ROBiACEiB. (J. D. Hooker.) 69 



the short corolla-tuhe, capsules pedicelled small obovoid. Hedyotis maritima, 

 Wedl. Cat. 6192, in part; W. Sf A. Prodr. 417. H. graminifolia, Linn, f, 

 Swppl. 1. 119. O., graminifolia and O. linifolia, DC. Prodr. iv. 425. 



Sandy sea-coasts of Tinnevelly and S. Caenatic, Kottler, Wight, &c. Ceylon, 

 common near the sea. 



Annual, repeatedly trichotomonsly branched from the base, 4 in.-2 ft. high; 

 branches very slender, ending in wiry raceme-like cymes with distant flowers. Leaves 

 1-2 in., very variable, sometimes membranous and ^ in. broad. Flowers all pedi- 

 celled. Corolla-tabe funnel-shaped, ^ in. Capsules jf in. long or less. 



17. O. Sbuteri, Hook. f. ; branches stout woody below ascending 

 sparingly divided, leaves short linear-lanceolate scabrid above, margins revolute, 

 stipules truncate, cyme- branches short stiff, calyx- teeth subulate shorter than 

 the cylindric coroUa-tube, capsvdes pedicelled small ovoid. Hedyotis maritima, 

 Wedl. Cat. 6192, in part; Wight Cat. 1314. 



Madbas, Shuter, Wight. 



Very different from 0. striata, with which it is mixed in Herb. Wallich ; much 

 stouter, with scabrid rigid leaves 4-| in. long and abbreviated cymes, in which the 

 capsules are sometimes almost crowded into heads ; the corolla-tube, too, appears to 

 be cylindric- not funnel-shaped. 



18. O. coccinea, Royle III. 241, t. 53 (Kohautia^ ; very slender, erect, 

 scaberiiloiis, leaves opposite not fascicled narrowly linear-lanceolate acute 

 margins recurved, stipules bristly, cymes sparingly branched few-flowered, 

 calyx-teeth very long equalling or shorter than the cylindric corolla-tube, cap- 

 sules oblong or subglobose. 



Westeen Temperate Himalaya ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 3-8000 ft., 

 Hoyle, &c. 



Annual; stem 12-18 in., simple below or throughout its length; branches erect, 

 terminating in long-peduncled cymes. Leaves in distant pairs, 1-2 by -^--^ in., rough 

 to the toudi. Flowers subsessile, pedicels lengthening in fruit. Corolla scarlet, tube 

 ^ in., lobes oblong. Capsules very variable, |-J in. long, often shorter than the 

 slender calyx-teeth. 



SuBGEN. III. Gonotheca. Calyx-teeth short, broadly triangular, very 

 small in fruit. Corolla-tube short. Ovary terete, 4-angled or 4-winged. Seeds 

 numerous, subglobose, testa deeply coarsely pitted. 



19. O. paniculata, lAnn. ; JBurm. Fl. Ind. 38, t. 15, f. 1 ; annual, 

 glabrous, branches erect or ascending succulent, leaves petioled elliptic-ovate or 

 oblong subacute flat, stipules truncate with median points or bristles, cymes 

 3-8-fld. subterminal, calyx-tube not produced above the ovary, capsules on 

 slender pedicels didymous. DC. Prodr. iv. 427. O. alata, Roxh, Fl. Ind. i. 421 

 {not of Koenig). O. multiflora, Cav. le. vi. 53, t. 674, f. 2. O. racemoaa and 

 lamosissima, Bl. Sijd. 972. Hedyotis racemosa, W. ^ A. Prodr. 414 ; Wt. Ic. 

 t. 312 ; Wall. Cat. 866, in part. H. paniculata. Dene. ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 

 1877, ii.- 134. M. minima, Set/ne; Wall. Cat. 877. 



Eastern Bengai,, Sdckim, Assam, Silket, PEGr, the Malay Peninsula, the 

 Cahnatic, and Ceylon. — Disteib. Birma, Malay, and Philippine Islands, China, 

 Polynesia. 



Stout or slender, succulent, 6-18 in. high, erect or diffuse, branched from the 

 base ; branches obtusely 4-angled, robust or slender. Leaves J-3 by ^-1^ in., bright 

 green, soft, nerves indistinct, narrowed into the short or long petiole. Cymes in the 

 upper axils, short, 3-8-fld., panicled, peduncles and pedicels stout or slender. Flowers 

 minute, white. Capsules very variable, ^-J in. diam., turbinate didymous or hemi- 

 spheric, terete or 4-ribbed, membranous ; crown usually exceeding the calyx-teeth. — 

 A very variable weed, sometimes erect, with stem and lower branches as stout as a 



