702 pentandria monogynia. OphiorrMza. 



in the tube of the corol. Germ beneath, turbinate. Style 

 as long- as the stamens. Stigma two-lobed. Capsule ob- 

 verse reniform, totally compressed, (two-lobed) ; on the out- 

 side five ribs run down from the divisions of the calyx, inter- 

 nally divided into two cells by a transverse partition, open- 

 ing between the remains of the two fleshy nectarial lips. 

 Receptacle sub-cylindric, free, affixed to the partition near 

 its base. Seeds very numerous, angular. 



Obs. From my own knowledge, I can say nothing of the 

 virtues, that have been by various authors ascribed to the 

 root of this plant. Indeed I am rather inclinedto look upon 

 the whole to be a fiction. 



2. O. villosa. R. 



Suflfructicose, erect, villous. Leaves from ovate-oblong 

 to lanceolar. Corymbs terminal, long-peduncled, villous. 



A native of shaded, moist places amongst the hills of Chit- 

 tagong ; where it blossoms in May, and the seed ripens in 

 three or four months. 



Stems a few inches high, simple, sub-ligneous, while young- 

 hairy. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, oblong, entire, veins 

 many, large, parallel, and hairy ; from three to four inches 

 long-, and one or two broad. Stipules ensiform, villous. 

 Corymbs terminal, solitary, rather long-peduncled, sub-glo- 

 bular, rough, with ferruginous pubescence, composed of a 

 few recurved, short, villous branches, with the numerous, 

 white, sub-sessile flowers on the upper, or convex side there- 

 of. Caly x hairy, five- toothed. Corol funnel shaped. Tube 

 the length of the five segments, its mouth shut with hairs. 

 Filaments five, inserted on the bottom of the tube of the 

 corol. Anthers linear, erect. Nectary a fleshy bilabiate 

 body on the top of the germ embracing' the base of the style, 

 as in O. JMungos. Germ turbinate, inferior, two-celled, with 

 numerous ovula in each, attached to two large, free recepta- 

 cles which are attached to the base of the partition. Style 

 the length of the tube of the corol. Stigma large, two-lob- 



