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Srec. Cuar. Herbaceous, procumbent: stems flexudse: leaves 
Geltoid-ovate, acute, upper sides sprinkled with flat jointed hairs, 
under pale, stightly hairy: bristles of the stipules about 2 on each 
side, much shorter than the petioles: corymbs terminal, peduncled, 
trichotomous: calyx-segments oblong, enlarged after flowering : 
corolla funnel-shaped: tube slender, much longer than the calyx 
limb : filaments considerably exserted. 
Dindigul mountains, Neilgherries. H. afinisand H. Lesche- 
naultiana, W. & A:'prod. I, p. 411, are probably merely varieties 
of the above, distinguished by glabrous or hairy corymbs and larger 
or smaller leaves. 
(12) H. avuricurarra. (Linn. ) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 412.—Dec. prod. IV. p. 420. 
Syn. H. hirsuta, Lam. 
Engrav. Rheede Mal. X. t. 32.—Burm. Zeyl. t. 108. f. 1. 
Spec. Cuar. Stems or branches 4-angled, hirsute towards the 
extremities and under the joints: leaves nearly sessile, ovate-lanceo- 
late, acute, pubescent on the nerves beneath: stipules with several 
bristles: flowers axillary, nearly sessile, crowded and nearly verti- 
cillate, scarcely exceeding the stipules: capsule spherical, glabrous, 
crowned with the lanceolate ealyx-segments. 
Travancore. Malabar. 
(18) H. niripa. (W. §& 4.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 412. 
Spec. Cuar. Diffuse: branches elongated, 4-angled, glabrous, 
slightly scabrous on the angles: leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminaty 
ed at both ends, nearly sessile, upper side shining, scabrous: stipules 
with numerous longish bristles: flowers sessile, usually solitary in 
the axils, scarcely so long as the stipular bristles: capsule glabrous, 
crowned with the converging stiff ciliated segments of the calyx. 
Peninsula. 
(14) H. carurea. (W.§ 4.) 
Ident. W.& A, prod. I. p. 412. 
Spec. Cuar. Annual; branched from the root, diffuse; leaves 
setaceous, bristle-pointed: stipules with several bristles; flowers 
nearly sessile, arranged on axillary or termina] peduncled slightly 
dichotomous leafy corymbs, lower ones solitary, in the forks of the 
‘corymbs, upper ones approximated and somewhat capitate: capsule 
nearly globose, crowned with the lanceolate erect calyx-segments : 
flowers blue. 
Munargoody, in Tanjore, in the moist soil of the edge of a tank 
among grass. Said by Dr. Wight to be a very remarkable species. 
It bears the native name of Bashap-pilloo, or poison- grass, 
