63. RUBIACE.E. 89 



Ophiorrhiza liu-kiuensis HAYATA sp. nov. Caulis tereto-tetragonus, 

 brevissime pubescens. Folia opposita longe petiolata, oblongo-ovata, 15 

 cm. loiiga 5 cm. lata, apice acuta ad extremitatem obtusa, basi cuneato- 

 attenuata, membranacea, supra sensira scabra, subtus ad iiervum pilosa, subtus 

 rubescentia vel pallida, margine Integra, (primnm ciliolata) stipiilis inter- 

 petiolaribus 2 partitis, segmentis cuspidatis, 3 mm. longis, breve pubescenti- 

 bus, petiolis 3 cm. loiigis. Cymre terminates, pedunculis 5 cm. longis, floribus 

 ad ramum cjmarum cinciiino-secnndis. Flores 5 mm. longi, tubo calycis 

 1-1^ mm. longo, urceolato, limbo 5-dentato, dentibus triangularibus clorso 

 carinatis. Corolla 41 mm. loiiga, extus brevissime pubescens, tubo intus 

 basi glabro ad faucem longe albo-barbato, lobis 5 ovato-triaiigularibus intus 

 minute tuberculatis. Stamina 5, prope basin corollte affixa, filameiitorum partibus 

 liberis 1^ mm. longis, antlieris oblongis 1^ mm. longis utrinque emarginatis. 

 Stylus 31 mm. longus, stigma 2-lobatum, lobis rotundatis complanatis. Fructus 

 latissimus, 9 mm. latus 3-3.1 mm. lougus, a latere carinatus, et a facie 5- 

 carinatus, basi obtusissimus apice truncatus, vel emargiiiatus, apice discis latis- 

 simis persistenti bus coronatus, brevissime pubescens. Semina scobiformia 

 angulata, ad angulos valde carinata, facie concava, minute reticulata. 



HAB. Liu-kiu, leg. NAKAGAWA, (No. 172), et S. TANAKA, (No. 403). 



Near 0. }Kiri-(flom HAYATA, but differs from that in having somewhat 

 hairy leaves. 



Ophiorrhiza monticola HAYATA form, brevistigma. Oanlis basi 

 procumbens, superne erectus, gracilis, partibus erectis 25 cm. longis, 

 pubescentibus, tetragonis, atro-rubesceutibus, remote foliatis, pubes- 

 centibus. Folia longe petiolata, obloiigo-lanceolata, utrinque acuminata, 

 7 cm. longa 2 cm. lata, supra fuscentia scabrida brevissime pilosa, subtus 

 rubescentia, subglabrata, petioh's 1-J cm. longis, stipulis brevissimis truncatis 

 ciliolatis. Cymas terminales, peduuculis 3 cm. longis, ramis cymie rubo-pubes- 

 centibus, bracteolis linearibus 4 mm. longis pubescentibus. Calycis tubus 1 

 mm. longus, 2 mm. latus, non carinatus, extus brevissime pubescens, lobis 

 dentiformibus, dentibus f mm. longis. Corolla? alabastrum apice clavatum, 

 lobis a dorso prominente carinatum, vel alatum, extus parce et brevissime 

 hirsutum. Corolla apertiens 1 cm. longa, intus basi glabra, ad faucem albo- 



