RUBIACEJS. 
. HeDYOTIS BUXIFOLIA. (Bedd. Lina. Trans. VoL XXV.) A largo shrub, branches terete, leaves short petioled, 4-6 
tas long, 3 lmen broad, ovate shintog glabrona, very coriaceous, veinless, margins recurved; stipules broad sheatliug, connate at the base, 
■amded into fibform teeth, chafe on the margins and with a line of hairs down tl,e centre; peduncles terminal or in the upper arils 
i inch long, 3 flowered flowers subsessile, bracts filiform ciliate, calyx cyathiform with 4 erect teeth, snbsessUe, coral villous in Z month 
aeroul “® ’ " 0bl0D6 ^ eieerted > “P 8 ” 1 * into 2 bony coco. Seeds 
Anamallay Mountains, higher ranges. 
PLATE No. L 
llinfo la ^ Y0TIS HIRSUTKSraA. (Bedd. Madras Jonra. of Lit.) Shrubby, leaves 1} to 3} inch long by j to 1 inch broad, 
•elliptto lan M o ate to ovate lanceolate, mucronatcacuminate and attenuated into the petiole which L 2 lines to j antechllong, promine^ly 
“ S “7 " th ° p!ltncles d “ 8e, J' adpresso-hirsute with yeUowish hairs ; stipules pectinately pinnatifid, very hairy 
pamcles axillary corymbiform, few flowered shorter than the leaves, bracts linear leaf-like, calyx deeply 4-deft segment iLokte 
acuminate very hauy, oorol tube long, very hairy outside and bearded within. Seeds numerous. 
Nilgiri Mountains between Avalanche and Sisparah (7,000 ft.) 
PLATE No. IL 
HeDI OTIS ALBO-NERVA. (Bedd.) Shrubby glabrous, leaves sub-membranaceous, pale beneath, slightly Jineolate 
lanceolate acuminate at both ends, 2-4 inches long (petiole \ to f of an inch) about 1 inch broad, veins prominent; stipules broad-oVate 
deeply pinnatifid flowers sub-glomerate; peduncles axillary very shorty pedicles numerous, very slender, 2-3 lines long; calyx with 4 erect 
•acute lobes half the length or nearly as long as the corol; corol pilose within, anthers exserted and style included, or vice versa. 
In foliage much resembling H. cinereo-viridis (Thwaites), but the inflorescence and stipules are different. 
Tinnevelly Mountains (rare) 3,000 ft. 
PLATE No. Ill, 
HeDYOTIS VISCID A. (Bedd.) Shrubby glabrous, leaves ovate to lanceolate acuminate, 8-5 inches long 1 to li broad ; 
petioles \ to 1 inch long; stipules ovate entire and very viscid as are the bracts; coiymbs terminal and from the upper axils, calyx 
glabrous 4 parted, segments lanceolate acute erect both in flower and fruit; corol pilose within ; cells of the ovary. 8 seeded. * 
A large handsome shrub—beds of rivers on the Tinnevelly Mountains 3,000 feet. 
PLATE No. IV. 
in t, t, ■® EDY0TIS PURPUREA. (Bedd.) Skrubby glabrous, leaves lanceolate acuminated at both ends, 2 to 34 inches long 5 to 
Lim t b Tr' P ° Tale e ”‘ ire ’ eDding “ * mUCr ° 01 pectinato (but "°* *H>W ; ptmicIe3 corymbose calyx 4-cleft with fh. 
segments foliaceous erect and slightly enlarging in fruit; flowers, calyx and peduncles o* ' 
ribbed crowned with the erect, very foliaceous segments of the calyx. 
i fine purple color, capsule elongate slightly 
A very large shrub. Calcad Hil|s and elsewhere on the Tinnevelly Mountains, the fine purple tint of the whole of the panicle 
3 it very conspicuous and showy. 
PLATE No. V, 
