Oldenlandia.~\ 
BUBIACEJS. 
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3. O. trinervia, Betz. Obs. iv. 23. A much-branched annual, with 
slender trailing stems, |-1 ft. long, hairy upwards, Leaves distant, 
oblong, | in. long, subtriplinerved, spathulate at the base, acute, 
membranous, nearly sessile. Flowers 4-10, in whorls in the axils of 
the leaves, on very short pedicels. Calyx-tube globose, ^ in. long, 
densely pilose j teeth linear-lanceolate, often falcate. Corolla white, 
fugacious, minute ; tube short. Hedyotis rotundifolia, Bpreng. ; DC. 
Prod. iv. 420. 
Mauritius and Seychelles, a frequent weed. Through the tropics of the Old 
World. 
4. O. macrophylla, DC. Prod. iv. 427. A glabrous annual or 
perennial herb, with trailing stems 1-2 feet long. Leaves sessile, 
acute, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, membranous, 1-2 in. long ; stipules 
short, broad, entire or ciliated. Flowers in lax peduncled corymbs or 
racemes from the axils of the leaves, which they much exceed ; bracts 
minute, lanceolate ; pedicels spreading, as long or longer than the 
flowers. Calyx in. long and broad. Corolla under \ in. long, regu- 
larly funnel-shaped. Pentodon abyssinicus, HocJist. Oldenlandia laxi- 
flora, Benth. FI. Niqr. 404. Pentodon aecumbens, Hochst. in Flora , 
1844, 552. 
Seychelles, by the side of swamps and in damp places, common in all the 
islands. Some ! Wright ! Through Tropical Africa ; also Natal. 
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5. O. Hornei, Balter. A much-branched glabrous perennial, with 
slender trailing stems 1-2 feet long. Leaves in rather distant pairs, 
linear, acute, 1-nerved, J-f in* long ; stipules minute, deltoid aristate. 
Flowers in pairs from the nodes on a common peduncle as long as the 
leaf ; pedicels x in. long, reflexing after flowering. Corolla white, 
caducous. Fruit-calyx membranous, globose, X V in. long, crowned by 
the 5 minute erect linear teeth. 
Seychelles, in lie Silhouette in holes in the rocks, Some , 251 ! Endemic. 
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3. WEBERA, Schreb. 
Calyx-tube campanulate or turbinate ; teeth 4-5, minute, erect, per- 
sistent- Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube long ; lobes 4-5, ligulate, obtuse, 
twisted in bud. Stamens 4-5, inserted at the throat of the corolla ; 
filaments very short; anthers linear. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules in a cell 
few ; style elongated, with two flattened forks. Fruit small, globose, 
indehiscent, coriaceous or fleshy. — Shrubs or trees, with small or 
middle-sized flowers, in dense terminal corymbs. Distkib. Through 
the tropics of the Old World. Species 40. Habit of Pavetta , from 
which it only differs in the number of ovules. 
1. W. sechellensis, Baker. An erect glabrous shrub 8-12 feet 
high, with slender terete branches. Leaves petioled, oblong-lanceolate, 
