Hillia
(named after Sir John Hill, 1716-1775, a celebrated botanical author). SYNS. Fereiria, Saldanha. ORD. Rubiaceae. A genus comprising about five species of ornamental stove evergreen shrubs, natives of tropical America and the West Indian Islands. Flowers white, large, terminal, solitary, sub-sessile, bracteate and bracteolate. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, fleshy; stipules intrapetiolar, membranaceous, caducous. For culture, see Cinchona.
H. longiflora (long-flowered). fl. white, very fragrant; tube long; corolla with six twisted segments. February. l. ovate. h. 2ft. West Indies, &c., 1789. (B. M. 721.) H. tetrandra is an allied species.