84 LXXV. RUBIACEE, (J. D. Hooker.) [Ophiorrhiza.. 
98. ©. calcarata, Hook. f.; stem slender creeping below and petioles 
leaf-nerves beneath and cymes softly pubescent, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acumi- 
hate glabrous above, stipules lanceolate entire or 2-fid, cymes contracted, 
bracteoles linear pubescent, calyx-teeth lanceolate, corolla 2-1 in. hairy tubular, 
lobes very short each with a long spur at the back. Musseenda repens, Wall, 
Cat. 6263. Ophiorrhiza No. 19, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. § T. 
. Kuasra Mrs, alt. 4-5000 ft., Gomez, Griffith, Ze, (Kew Distrib. 2783.) Ms 
Hurts, alt. 4000 ft., Griffith. 
Stem 10-18 in., flexuous. — Leaves 2-4 in., lurid green above, pale beneath. Cymes 
8-20 flowered; branches short ascending ; bracteoles much shorter than the flowers, 
linear, pubescent. Corolla-tube narrow, puberulous or tomentose, pink or white, throat 
hardly dilated; lobes erect, much shorter than their recurved hispid dorsal spur, 
glabrous within. Fruit not seen. 
29. O. nutans, C. B. Clarke; stem erect and cymes rough with crisped 
hairs, leaves elliptic-laneeolate acuminate glabrous shove or with scattered 
. hairs, nerves pubescent beneath, stipules large subulate-lanceolate ciliate entire 
or 2-fid, cymes contracted peduncle very stout deflexed, bracteoles large lan- 
ceolate or linear-oblong ciliate, calyx-teeth ovate acute, corolla à in. villous 
within tubular glabrous, lobes short broad, capsule hispid. 
Sixxm Hrmaraya, alt. 7000 ft., Dr. Treutler, Kasia Mrs., alt. 5-8000 ft., C. B. 
Clarke. 
Stem creeping below, then erect. Leaves 8-5 in., lurid when dry. Cyme 1-2 in. 
diam., flat-topped ; branches thick, suberect ; bracteoles half as long as the flowers. 
Calyx-tube globose, hispid, teeth glabrous, Corolla tubular, dilated at the base, nar- 
rowing upwards, white. 
30. O. pauciflora, Hook. f.; stem extensively creeping slender pubescent 
as are the petioles leaf-nerves beneath and cymes, leaves ovate obtuse or subacute 
glabrous or with a few scattered hairs above, stipules small filiform, cymes small 
contracted few-flowered, bracteoles linear ciliate persistent, calyx-teeth lanceolate 
obtuse, corolla 4 in. funnel-shaped, tube glabrous, lobes very short broad hispid 
at the back. Ophiorrhiza No. 18, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
Knasra Mrs., alt. 5-6000 ft., J. D. H. d T. T., C. B. Clarke. 
A small, slender, prostrate species. Leaves 2-2 in., lurid green. Cymes lax, 1-1 
in. diam.; branches erect, 3—-4-flowered ; bracteoles half as long as the flowers. Calyx 
pubescent, teeth longer than the compressed tube, Fruit not seen. 
31. O. glechomeefolia, 77w. Enum. 140; small, creeping, hispidly 
pubescent or tomentose throughout, leaves broadly elliptic or orbicular-ovate 
apiculate, stipules obscure, cymes small contracted hispid, bracteoles linear 
ciliate persistent, calyx-lobes membranous ovate-lanceolate ciliate much larger 
than the minute ovary, corolla 4. in. 
Cryton; in forests of the central province, Thwaites. 
The smallest of the Indian species; branches creeping nearly throughout their 
length, rather stout, Leaves }-} in. diam., lurid green, sometimes almost cordate, 
very hairy on both surfaces. Cymes 1-l in. diam.; peduncle slender, longer or shorter 
than the leaves; flowers pedicelled, whito. 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 
.. ©, ERUBESCENS, Wall. Cat. 6233; stem woody, scaberulous, leaves 4-6 in. elliptie- 
or ovate-lanceolate obtusely acuminate glabrous above whitish and puberulous beneath, 
flowers not seen. | 
Ava; Chappedong hills, Wallich. 
