86 63. RUBIACE-E. 



Leaves scabrous, thinly hairy, oblong or lanceolate, acuminate on both 

 sides, reddish beneath in a dried specimens. . . 0. monticola, 



form, brevistigma. 

 ( 8 )o.) Leaves elongate, lanceolate, 10 cm. long. (9). 



1} Leaves shorter, abruptly- acuminate on both ends 0. dimor pliant] ia 



form, brevistigma. 



c) Leaves shorter, obtuse at both ends 0. japonica. 



f orm . l> i -cvistitj ma. 



( 9 ) Leaves lanceolate, calyx-lobes obtuse 0. Tasltiroi. 



Leaves oblong, broader than the preceding, calyx-lobes acute. 



0. acutUoba. 



Ophiorrhiza acutiloba HAYATA sp. nov. Caulis validiusculus, atro- 

 rubescens, lenticellis oblongis dense obtectus, subglaber, a basi pauci-ramosus 

 vel eramosus, basi scandens, superne erectus, partibus erectis 40 cm. longis, 

 foliosis, subtetragonis. Folia opposita, oblonga, elliptica, maxima 12 cm. 

 louga 4 cm. lata apice brevissime acuminata, basi acuta membranacea, 

 utraque pagine glabra, supra exsiccato fuscentia, subtus pallidissima vel 

 rubescentia, petiolis 2-3 cm. longis, stipulis latissimis brevissimis ciliolatis 

 incrassatis. Cymse terminales, pedunculis 4 cm. longis, bracteolis linearibus, 

 6-8 mm. longis 1 mm. latis. Calycis tubus 1-14; mm. longus 24- mm. latus 

 pubescens, lobis oblongo-triangularibus 14 mm. longis tubo longioribus l>asi 

 1 mm. latis. Corolla 14 cm. longa extus glabra, intus basi glabra, ad faucem 

 dense albo-barbata, linibo iutus tuberculato-hirsuto, lobis oblougj-triangul- 

 aribus 4 mm. longis intus tuberculato-hirtellatis, disco 2-partito, stylo 11 mm. 

 longo, a medio sursum hirsuto, stigmate 2-lobato, lobis ovatis obtusis. 

 Fructus latissimi, 5 mm. loiigi, apice discis accrescentibus latissimis coronati, 

 a latere subalati, facie 5-costati, calycis lobis persistentibus, lobis 14; mm. 

 longis 2 mm. a basi latis. 



HAH. Okinawa, leg. Y. Tashiro, Aprili., 1887. 



Near 0. Tashiroi, but differs in having acute lobes of the corolla. 



Ophiorrhiza dimorphantha HAYATA sp. nov. form, longistigma 



Caulis inferiore procumbens, superiore erectus, teragono-teres, pubescens, 



