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Hedy otis.] 
(6) H. flexuosa Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. xxxv. 15. 
A slender herb over a foot tall, simple or branched. Leaves 
ovate-lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed, coriaceous, 3 in. long, 
x in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Stipules ovate. Panicles terminal 
and axillary lax; branches flexuous. Flowers • 12 in. long, white; 
pedicels short. Calyx campanulate, lobes ovate-acute. Corolla- 
tube shorter than the blunt lobes, mouth hairy. Capsule sub- 
globose, less than -12 in. long. Seed 1 in each cell. Hab. 
On rocks, rare, from sea level to 3700 ft. altitude. Johor, Kwala 
Batu Pahat. Malacca, Mt. Ophir at 3000 ft. altitude (Ridley). 
Kedah Peak (Robinson and Kloss). 
(7) H. rivalis Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 153. 
A weedy herb 2*5 to 3 ft. tall. Stem -i in. through, 4-angled. 
Leaves linear acuminate, base narrowed to petiole, glabrous sub- 
coriaceous, 3*5 in. long, -12 in. wide or less. Stipules broad, 
triangular, mucronate, *12 in. long. Cymes dichotomous, panicled, 
1 in. long, axillary and terminal with a few flowers at base and 
branches, '5 in. long with 3 flowers at end. Flowers white, *12 in. 
long, shortly pedicelled. Calyx campanulate, lobes longer than 
tube, ovate pubescent. Corolla cylindric, glabrous, twice as long 
as calyx-lobes, lobes oblong acute, pubescent. Capsule ovoid, 
•1 in. long. Hab. Pahang, on rocks at Jeram Ampat, Tembeling 
River (Ridley). 
(8) H. peduncularis King, l.c. x6i. 
Low shrubby plant. Branches slender, angled. Leaves cori¬ 
aceous, linear-lanceolate acuminate both ends, nerveless, 1-5 to- 
2*5 in. long, -2 to -35 in. wide; petioles -15 to -4 in. long, winged. 
Stipules bases broad, triangular acuminate, hairy. Peduncle one 
terminal, 2 to 4 in. long with a dense-flowered head of white flowers, 
•75 in. through (occasionally 2 smaller in axils), with 2 linear bracts 
below. Hab. Kedah Peak, 4000 ft. altitude on grassy open spots 
(Ridley, Robinson). 
(9) H. stelligera Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 109. 
Herbs with 4-angled stems 2 ft. tall; branches rough, hairy. 
Leaves sub-coriaceous, lanceolate acuminate acute sub-sessile, 
glabrous above, dense-hairy beneath; nerves 2 pairs ascending; 
1-5 in. long, -5 in. wide. Stipules ovate cuspidate. Flowers white 
in dense sessile globose heads, -25 in. through, axillary and terminal. 
Calyx -i in. long, lobes linear, as long as tube, hairy, spreading out 
flat star-like after flowering. Corolla -2 in. long, glabrous except the 
short ovate lobes tipped with hairs. Capsule urn-shaped, hairy, 
•12 in. long. Hab. Sandy heaths. Setul Heath (Ridley). 
(10) H. globiceps Ridl. 
Erect under-shrub, little-branched, 12 in. tall, densely grey 
hairy. Leaves chartaceous, lanceolate long-acuminate at both 
ends; nerves 6 pairs elevate above when dry; pubescent all over, 
glaucescent beneath, 4*5 to 5-5 in. long, 1-25 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles 
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