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^ Ophiorrhiza tjtakwensis, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Caulis sparse et irregulariter minute birtellus. Folia elliptica, ad ca. 6'5x2"8 cm., 

 leniter acuminata, apice obtusa, supra glabra, subtus discoloria, in venis obscure 

 minute squamoso-pubescentia, venis secundariis utrinque ca. 8 ; stipulse 2-3-setos8e, 

 parvse. Jtiflorescentia minute rufo-pubescens, + 12-flora, ramis tandem divaricatis ; 

 bractese setacere, inconspicuJB ; pedunculus + 1 cm. longus; pedicelli ad 4 mm. 

 longi. Calyx cum ovario compresso sulcato vix 1'5 mm. longus ; dentes minuti, 

 lanceolati. Corollce extus glabrae tubus cylindricus, 3 mm. longus ; lobi patentes, 

 tubi dimidium subtequantes. 



Camps VII to VIII, 34S2 to 4989 ft. 



Allied to O. rhododictyon, Wernbam, but distinct in the different venation and the 

 smaller leaves. 



Hedyotis atjricularia, Linn. Sp. PI. 101. 

 Camp VI c, 5500 ft. 

 Distrih. Tropics of Asia and Australia. 



Hedyotis badicans, Miq. Fl. Ind.-Bat. ii. 181. 

 Camps III to VI a, 2500 to 3100 ft. 

 Distrib. Philippine Islands. 



Hedyotis Klossii, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Suffnitex ; caulis angulatus, dense pilis articulatis pubescens, basin versus lignosus, 

 rhizomatosus. Folia lanceolata, utrinque acuminata, subacuta, crassiuscula, 

 7-ll'5 cm. longa, 1-5-3 cm. lata, supra, glabra, subtus sparse, in vena centrali 

 densius, squamuloso-pubescentia, venis secundariis utrinque 6 impressis; petiolus 

 supra canaliculatus, gluber, subtus, ut costa mediana vero densius indutus, ad 

 1 cm. longus. Stipiilce triangulares, insuper in setas 6 vel plures pilosas divisge, 

 vix 1 cm. longse. Pedunculi graciles, ad 7 cm. longi, quadrangulares, sparse 

 lineatim pubescentes, ex axillis oppositis orti. Inflorescentia umbellata, laxa, 

 ampla, 3-4 cm. lata ; bractete lanceolata?, acuminatce, 1-1-5 cm. longae. Pedicelli 

 gracillimi, ad 5 mm. vel nonnunquam ultra longi, glabri. Calycis lobi lanceolati, 

 acuti, glabri, 3-5 mm. longi. Corolla ca. 5 mm. longa, glabra. Ovarium cam- 

 panulatum, 1-5 mm. longum, glabrum. Capsula glabra, ellipsoidea, ca. 4 mm. 

 longa, 3 mm. lata; calycis lobi in fructu persistentes, ad 45 mm. longi. 

 Camps I to III, up to 2500 ft. 

 Related to Oldenlandia Kochii, Val., but differing in the shape and texture of the 



leaves, and the faint venation. The leaves exceed the inflorescence in the present 



species ; the peduncles are shorter ; and the narrow lanceolate calyx-lobes much exceed 



both ovary and capsule. 



Anotis papuana, Laut. in Nachtr. PL Deutsch. Schutzg. Siidsee, 391. 

 Camps VI 6, VIII, IX, 3900 to 5500 ft. 



Distrih. North-east New Guinea. 



