Ophiorrhiza. | LXXV. RUBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 79 
bracts minute or 0, calyx-teeth very short, corolla (rounded at the tip in bud) 
glabrous or puberulous cylindric glabrous within mouth not dilated, lobes short 
rounded recurved not keeled or spurred at the back. O. discolor, Wail. Cat. 
6232 B. Ophiorrhiza, 6 Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
Eastern HIMALAYA from Sikkim to Mishmi, and Kmuasra Mrs, alt. 4-7000 ft., 
common, , 
Very similar to O. ochroleuca, but inhabiting a higher level and differing in the 
corolla, which is 1-3 in. long, rose, not fleshy, and very different in bud. 
6. O. Wallichii, Hook, f. ; quite glabrous or the cymes puberulous, leaves 
elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acuminate rather coriaceous, petiole slender, cymes 
short-peduncled few-flowered, branches very short, bracteoles subulate, cal y x-teeth 
very short subulate, corolla 1 in., tube slender terete, lobes short broad tomentose 
within. Psychotria sp., Wall, Cat. 8358. 
Kuasta Mrs, De Silva; JyxrEA Dis, Gomez; Birma, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 
2683). 
Stem branched, rather thickened at the nodes. Leaves 4-6 in., stiff, pale reddish 
beneath when dry; stipules not seen. Cyme-peduncle 3 in., slender ; flowers crowded. 
Fruit unknown.—A very distinct species, easily distinguished by the long stiff leaves, 
reddish beneath, and the long corolla with short lobes. 
7. O. discolor, Br. in Wall. Cat, 6232 A.; tall, branched, quite glabrous, 
leaves elliptic-lanceolate long-acuminate membranous red beneath when dry, 
pono» very slender, stipules long slender, cymes puberulous, branches spreading, 
racteoles 0, corolla 1 in., tube cylindric smooth, lobes not keeled, capsules 
glabrous. G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 522. 
PrxNaxc, Wallich. 
Apparently a tall slender shrub. Leaves 5-8 in., gradually narrowed at both ends, 
membranous, nerves slender. Cymes as in O. Mungos. 
8. O. villosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 702; stem stout shrubby and leaf-nerves 
below and cymes densely tomentose, leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate acute or 
acuminate rather coriaceous glabrous above white beneath, cymes dense sub- 
capitate, branches very short, bracteoles 0, calyx-teeth short, corolla } in. pube- 
rulous, tube angular. Wall. Cat. 6230. 
Currtacone Hiris, Roxburgh. 
This differs from all the forms of Harrisiana, var. argentea (also a Chittagong 
plant) in the robust habit, coriaceous leaves, and almost capitate cyme densely 
clothed with a rusty-red pubescence. The buds are truncate with 5 points, and the 
short corolla lobes strongly keeled.—Roxburgh’s drawing (in Bibl. Kew) of this plant 
is quite unlike the specimens in Wallich’s Herbarium, which agree with the descrip- 
tion in the Flora Indica. 
9. O. tomentosa, Jack in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 546; 
erect, softly pubescent throughout, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate white 
beneath, stipules subulate, cymes with spreading branches, bracteoles 0, calyx- 
teeth small, corolla 1 in. pubescent, lobes not keeled, capsule glabrate or puberu- 
lous. Wall. Cat. 6231. 
PzrNaxc, Wallich, Phillips, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 898).—Distris, Sumatra. 
Stem 1-2 ft., stout. Leaves 3^5 in. petiole slender, both surfaces powdery. 
Flowers small. 
Van. ? glabrata; leaves larger broader less pubescent, cyme glabrate.—Malacca ? 
Maingay (Kew Distrib. 899). 
10. O. Brunonis, W. § A. Prodr. 404; shrubby, branched, quite 
glabrous except the puberulous cymes, leaves ovate or ovate- or elliptic-lanceo- 
