Anotis.] Lxxv. RUBiACBJ!. (J. D. Hooker.) 73 



leaves, shorter stipules cut to near the tase into bristles, and more spreading shorter 

 ■cymes with divaricating capsules. 



_ 7. A. lancifolia, Bcdi. in Hook. Kern Jowrn. ii. 135 (Hedyotis) ; peren- 

 nial ?, erect, branched, leaves short-petioled ovate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate 

 pubescent, stipules vrith short bristles, cymes terminal and subterminal many- 

 npwered corymbose glabrate or hispid, capsules sessile subsolitary didymous 

 hispid much broader than long, crown very prominent 2-lob6d, cells 2-4-seeded. 

 Hedyotis lancifolia, Dah. Sr Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 116. H. tubularis, WaU. Cat. 

 ■876 A. (o seedling state'). 



Mysore, Bottler, Heyne. The Concan, Nimmo, Balzell, ^c. 



Stem stout, shining, 2-3 ft., brittle, most diflosely branched. Leaves 1-2J in., 

 membranous ; stipules short. Cymes often 4-6 in. diam., with slender di-trichoto- 

 mous divaricating branches. Calyx-teeth subulate, many times shorter than the 

 slender cylindric corolla-tube. Capsules always hispid with recurved calyx-teeth, 

 sometimes \ in. across the long axis. 



** Annuals. 



t Capsules pedicdled or sessile, solitary or subsolitary, not collected into heads. 



8. A. Bbeedii, W. 4- A. Prodr. 409 (Hedyotis); annual, veiy slender, 

 nearly glabrous, branches suberect, leaves petioled ovate or ovate-lanceolate 

 acmninate very membranous with minute scattered short hairs on both surfaces, 

 stijmles short crenate, cymes axUlary and terminal very lax and open with long 

 capillary peduncles and pedicels, capsules solitary or 2-nate short-pediceUed 

 puberulous broadly didymous, crown much longer than the calyx-tube, cells 1-2- 

 seeded, calyx-teeth very minute. Hedyotis latifolia, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Joum. 

 ii. 133; Dalz. iSf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 116. H. racemosa, Wall. Cat. 876, in part. 

 H. capillipes, Schlecht. in Herb. Hohen. No. 8-47. — E/wede Hort. Mai. x. t. 25. 



Westeen Peninsula ; on the hills from the Concan southwards. 



Stem 6 in.-2 ft., quite erect from the base. Leaves 2-3 in., narrowed into the 

 slender petiole. Cyme-pedmicles sometimes 3 in., branches 1-2 in. Flowers very 

 minute. Corolla rose, tube short cylindric. Capsules ^ in. diam., rather mem- 

 branous, after bursting appearing as 4 connate cups ; the calyx-tube in fruit very 

 much smaller than in any other species, and the dehiscence proportionably low. 



9. A . calycina, Wall. Cat. 878 (Hedyotis) ; annual, erect, slender, 

 glabrous, leaves small ovate-lanceolate acuminate ciliolate, cymes axillary and 

 terminal few-flowered, capsules sessile and pediceUed broader than long with 

 very short calyx-teeth, cells 20-40-seeded, seeds peltate reticulate. 



Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to Bhotan, alt. 3-7000 ft. Khasla Mts., 

 -alt. 3-6000 ft. Chota Nagpoee, alt. 2-4000 ft. 



Stems 4-8 in., simple or copiously branched from the base, shining, 4-angled. 

 Leaves j-l in., membranous -vnth sometimes a. few minute scattered hairs ; stipules 

 •Hrith short lateral bristles. Cyme-peduncles and branches capillary. Corolla short, 

 pale-purple. Capsules didymous, truncate, crown tumid often exceeding the minute 

 ■distant calyx-teeth. 



i"t Capsules in clusters or heads. 



10. A. montholoni, Hook. /. ; annual, erect, glabrate or hispid, 

 diffusely branched, leaves petioled ovate or ovate-lanceolate acute, stipules with 

 short bristles, cymes terminal and subterminal peduncled rounded many-flowered 

 not capitate, calyx-teeth small subulate with short hair-points, capsules clustered 

 didymous broader than long with a large double convex crown, cells 1-3* 

 seeded. 



