76 Lxxv. EUBiACEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [SpiradicUs. 



slender peduncles nnequally forked few-flowered braoteate, capsules subsessile tur- 

 binate with the crown very convex, cells l-seeded. Hedyotis monosperma, var. 

 subglabra, Thw. JEnum. 142. 



CETtON ; Neuera EUia, abundant in the more elevated districts. 



Very near H. monosperma, with which Thwaites unites it, but the stipules are 

 much longer, as are the cymes, and the fruit is very different, twice as large and 

 more elongate with a tumid crown, and larger ellipsoid seeds. — Very foetid (Thwaites). 



23. SPZRADZCI.XS, Blume. 



Annual herbs or undershrubs. Leaves opposite and falsely whorled, naiTowed 

 into a slender petiole; stipules long, subulate, persistent. Flowers minute, 

 white or yellow, shortly pedicelled along one side of the branches of a dichoto- 

 mous axUlary or terminal spicate or paniculate cyme. Calyx-tvhe ovoid or 

 cylindric, ribbed ; lobes 6, small, obtuse, persistent. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube 

 long or short ; lobes 5, short, obtuse, valvate in bud. Stamens 5, in the corolla- 

 tube, filaments short ; anthers oblong. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, glabrous 

 or hairy, stigma 2-lobed ; ovules numerous, on placentas attached to the middle 

 of the septum. Capsules small, subglobose or linear-oblong, loculicidally 2- 

 valved, many-seeded. Seeds minute, angled, testa reticulate; embryo micro- 

 scopic in fleshy albumen. — Distkib. Species 3, Asiatic. 



1. S< caespitosa, Blume Bijd. 975; stem creeping below, leaves small 

 elliptic obtuse, spike shortly peduncled unilateral few-fld., capsules linear-oblong. 

 Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, ii. 129, excl. syn. 



Maetaban rare, Kurz. — Distbib. Java. 



Whole plant a span long ; stem 'ascending from a rooting base. Leaves 1-1^ in., 

 in few pairs, elliptic, glabrous or faintly puberulous beneath. Spikes J-f in. — I have 

 seen no Martaban specimens, but have Javan from Kurz, who consequently knew the 

 species. 



2. S. cylindrica, Wall. Cat. 6215 (Pleotheca) ; erect, leaves elliptic or 

 elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acuminate, cymes simply dichotomous, capsules linear- 

 oblong. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 2-4000 ft., De Silva, Sec. Mishmi Huts, Griffith. 



Stem 6-18 in., simple or branched. Leaves 2-6 by. ^-2^ in., glabrous or puberu- 

 lous beneath, upper often fascicled as if whorled. Cymes 1-6 in. long, on slender 

 peduncles, branches long or short; flowers close or distant; braeteoles minute or 0. 

 Capitdes ^ in. long, clavate in dehiscence. 



3. S. bifida, Wall. Cai. 6216 (Pleotheca ?) ; erect, leaves elliptic or elliptic- 

 lanceolate caudate or acuminate, cymes in slender panicles, capsules subglobose. 

 ICurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, ii. 311. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 2-4000 ft., De Silva, &o. Upper Assam, Griffith. Cachab, 

 Keeiian. 



Stem slender or robust, 1-several feet high, puberulous. Leaves 6-12 by 1^4 in., 

 shining above, puberulous on the midrib above and nerves beneath. Panicles 4-10 

 an., many-flowered ; branches short, spreading. 



24. POXiVURA, Hooh.f. 



A low herb with rooting stem. Leaves opposite or falsely whorled ; stipules 

 filiform or subulate. Flowers shortly pedicelled, crowded along one side of the 

 short alternating recurved branches of a terminal panicle ; bracts leafy, imbricate. 

 Cdlyx-ldbes 5, persistent. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube short ; throat densely 



