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[Coptophyllum. 
reticulate and whitish beneath; petioles *5 to 1 in, long. Heads 
axillary and terminal on a peduncle x in. long, -75 in. wide, sur¬ 
rounded by a whorl of oblong rounded white bracts -4 in. long or 
less. Flowers -2 in. long, white mixed up with hairy linear or 
spathulate bracts. Calyx hairy. Hob. In damp woods, local, 
rather scarce. Johor, Gunong Pantai in streams. Selangor, 
Semangkok Pass. Perak, Kol (Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra, 
Borneo. 
19 . DENTELLA, Forst. 
A low prostrate herb. Stems thin 4 to 12 in. long. Leaves 
obovate spathulate, very small. Flowers solitary, large for the 
plant, white, axillary. ” Calyx-tube sub-globose, limb tubular, 
toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, hairy inside, lobes 5, 2- to 3- 
toothed. Stamens 5, in middle of corolla-tube dorsifixed, linear. 
Ovary 2-celled; style short. Stigmas 2, filiform. Fruit globose 
2-celled indehiscent, many-seeded. Species 1, Asia and Australasia. 
( 1 ) D. repens Forst. Char. Gen. 26, t. 13 ; King, l.c. 141 . 
Leaves puberulous, *2 to -3 in. long, under -i in. wide. Flowers 
•3 in. long. Capsule hispid or glabrous, ovoid with 2 vertical 
grooves, -x in. long. Hob. In waste ground and damp spots in 
heaths, not rare. Singapore, Tanglin; Kalang. Malacca (Griffith, 
Maingay). Pahang, Rumpin River. Penang, Sepoy Lines (Curtis). 
Tringganu (Yapp). Perlis, Ranga, rice-fields. 
20 . HEDYOTIS, Linn. 
Erect decumbent or climbing herbs hardly shrubby. Stems 
4-angled or terete. Leaves sometimes whorled, usually narrow. 
Stipules free or united with the petioles to form a cup and often 
bristly. Flowers in terminal or axillary often condensed cymes, 
smalh usually white or lilac. Calyx-tube globose ovoid or turbinate, 
teeth 4. Corolla funnel-shaped or campanulate, lobes 4, valvate, 
throat sometimes hairy. Stamens 4 in the throat. Ovary 2-celled ; 
ovules many. Fruit small capsular, crustaceous, rarely fleshy, 
many-seeded. Species about 100, chiefly Asiatic. 
Scandent plants; flowers in leafy terminal panicle. 
Cymes umbelled; plant glabrous 
Cymes capitate, small; whole plant tomentose . 
Cymes capitate, rather large; whole plant 
glabrous ...... 
Half-shrubby erect plants. 
Flowers in terminal panicles with often some 
axillary. 
Panicle large lax, *7 in. long by 6 in. wide 
Panicles short, dense; flowers crowded . 
Panicle lax, 3 in. across; branches flexuous; 
flowers distant; leaves broad 
Panicles short lax, axillary and terminal, 
flexuous; leaves narrow .... 
(1) H. mollis 
{2) H. Prainiana 
(3) H. capitellata 
(4) H. patens 
(5) H. Maingayi 
( 6 ) H. flexuosa 
(7) H. rivalis 
