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the bracts and bracteoles foliaceous, the former oblong-ovate, O.S mm. 
long, the latter oblong-, about 3 mm. long; pedicels 2 mm. long. . Calyx 
tube ovoid, 2 mm. long, the lobes 4, narrowly oblong, blunt, 1.5 mm. long. 
Corolla () mm. long, the tube broadened above, 3 mm. long, the lobes 
somewhat ciliate on the margins, 3 mm. long, oblong. Filamonts 1.5 mm. 
long; anthers 1.4 mm. long. Style included 2 mm. long. 
In tlonse tliickets on ox}io.sctl ridgos at 2,500 m. alt. (Xo. 5783). 
Xuined in honor of John Whitehead wlio first attempted to ascend Haleon. 
Hedyotis montana Merrill n. sp. 
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Frutex 1 m. altus, ramis ramnlisque teretis vel obscure tetragonis, 
dense piiberulis, foliis rigide coriaceis, oblongo-ovatis, acuminatis, gla- 
bris, nitidis, 3 ad 4 cm. longis, dense confertis, basi acutis; inflorescentiae 
axillares et terminales, pauciflorao, cymosae; corolla purpurea, 11 mm. 
longa. 
An undershrub about 1 m. high. Branches stout, terete or obscurely tc- 
tragonous, brown, rather densely puberulous. Leaves oblong-ovate, rigid, 
coriaceous, shining, 3 to 4 cm. long, 1.5 cm. wide or less, the margins 
recurved, the apex ratlicr prominently acuminate, the base acute; nerves 
3 to 4 on each side of the midrib, prominent beneath, ascending; petioles 
1.5 to 3 mm. long; stipules short, trifid. Cymes axillary and terminal, 
all borne near the apices of the branchlets appearing like an interrupted 
terminal inflorescence, the peduncles puherulont, 1 cm. long or less, each 
bearing about G congested flowers, the bracts foliaceous, narrowly ovate. 
4 mm. long, the bracteoles smaller; pedicels 0.5 to 1.5 mm. long. Calyx 
tube ovoid, 1.5 mm. long, the lobes 4, narrowly oblong, bhmt, 2 mm. long. 
Corolla purple, 11 mm. long, the tube about 8 mm. long, the lobes 3 to 
4 mm. long, narrowly oblong, blunt, slightly ciliate on tlie margins. Fila- 
ments 0.5 mm. long; anthers 2 mm. long. Style sliglitly exserted, 9 mm. 
Jong. 
On an open lioath at 2,400 m. alt. (No. 5782). 
Closely related to the preceding species, dilTering in its puberulent branches 
longer narrower leaves which are acuminate at the apex and acute at the base 
and with prominent nerves, and much larger purple flowers. 
OPHIORRHIZA Linn. 
Ophiorrhiza venosa Merrill n. sp. 
Herba vel sufE'rutieosa, simplex vel pauciramosa, usque ad 60 cm. alta 
foliis longe petiolatis, membranaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, basi et apice 
acuminatis, glabris, ncrvis 15 ad 20 utrinque, prominontibus, petiolo 3 
ad 5 cm. longo; stipulis acuminato-lanceolatis, 3 mm. longis; cymae 
terminales, ferrugineo-puberulae. 
An erect herbaceous or suffrutoscent plant, simple or slightly branched 
about fiO em. high, glabrous except the inflorescence. Stems stout. 
Leaves oblong-elliptical, 13 to 20 cm. long, 4.5 to 7 cm. wide, membranous 
