82 LXXV, RUBIACEX, (J. D. Hooker.) [ Ophiorrhiza, 
short curly hairs on both surfaces, stipules setaceous, cymes contracted long- 
peduncled glabrous, bracteoles numerous persistent linear glabrous, calyx-tube 
ribbed, teeth lanceolate obtuse, corolla } in., lobes very short broadly winged. 
CEYLON ; forests of the Ambagamowa district, Thwaites. 
A small species, of lax habit, more or less clothed everywhere, except the glabrous 
cyme, with short curly hairs. Leaves 1-4 in. Cymes smaller and more lax than in 
O, pectinata,—A small, quite creeping form has leaves very broad, not 1 in, long. 
20, O. succirubra, King mss.; erect, nearly glabrous throughout, cymes 
and leaves beneath red-purple when dry, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, 
stipules lanceolate 2-fid, cymes short-peduncled contracted branches glabrous 
or pubescent above, bracteoles large linear-lanceolate Se glabrous, calyx- 
iube broadly trapezoid, teeth triangular obtuse, corolla 4 in. glabrous within, 
lobes short keeled, capsules puberulous, Ophiorrhiza 17, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. 
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Smxm HIMALAYA ; in wet forests, alt. 5-8000 ft., J. D. H., Dr. Treutler, 
Stem branched, glabrous, or with a line of hairs which runs up the peduncle, and 
stout short cyme-branches. Leaves 4-7 in., quite glabrous beneath, with sometimes a 
few scattered short hairs above. Cymes 1 in. diam., flat-topped, few-flowered, droop- 
ing, then erect; branches suberect; bracts veined, exceeding the glabrous capsules. 
Calyx puberulous, tube much broader than the pink corolla. Disk-lobes very large.— 
Dr. King has attached the mss. name of succirubra to this, no doubt from the colour- 
ing of the dried leaf resembling that of Cinchona succirubra, 
21. O. Griffithii, Hook. f.: erect, glabrous, branches fleshy, leaves long- 
p elliptic acute, EUM stipules large coriaceous oblong acute lower lanceo- 
ate, cymes contracted, bracteoles large linear-lanceolate glabrous, calyx-tube 
ribbed, teeth triangular, corolla-tube 3 in. 5-angled villous within, lobes short 
broadly winged, Ophiorrhiza, Griff. Ic. Pl, Asiat. t. 475. 
At Kuttack boom in the Naca Hirrs (Assam), Griffith. 
A very fine species, of which I have seen no capsules. Leaves 3-5 in., elliptic and 
acute at both ends; petiole long, 13-2 in.; upper stipules A in. and upwards. Cymes 
nodding on a stout short peduncle; flowers amongst the largest of the genus, crowded, 
purple, fleshy.—The leaves in Griffith's drawing have short thick petioles, but very 
slender ones in his 2 specimens. 
22. O. Thomsoni, Hook. f. ; slender, glabrous, stem puberulous creeping 
below, leaves ovate or elliptic-ovate subacute glabrous above nerves puberulous 
beneath, stipules filiform from a broad base, cymes small glabrous on slender 
axillary and terminal peduncles, bracteoles narrow persistent glabrous, calyx- 
teeth subulate, corolla-limb very broadly funnel-shaped, lobes broadly ovate 
acute. O. rugosa, Herb, Ind. Or. H. f. y T. 
Srxxim HIMALAYA., alt. 4-6000 ft., Herd. Griffith, J. D. H. § T. T., &c.; Buoraw, 
alt. 4000 ft., C. B. Clarke. 
Stem 6-8 in., rooting below. Leaves 2-5 in.; petiole rather short. Comes small, 
4-3 in. diam., branches spreading. Corolla } in., tube short, soon expanding into the 
very broad funnel-shaped limb. Stamens at the base of the tube. Capsules glabrous, 
1 jn. diam. 
23. O. lurida, Hook. f.; stem 0 or short rooting at the base ascending 
and petioles and leaf-nerves beneath pubescent, leaves elliptic-oblong obtuse 
glabrous above, stipules filiform from a triangular base, cymes long-peduncled 
contracted glabrous, bracteoles linear glabrous persistent, calyx-teeth subulate, 
vM 4 in., limb funnel-shaped. Ophiorrhiza No. 12, Herb, Ind. Or. H. f. 
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