RUBIACE^ 63 



ANOTIS. 



See Vol. I p. 188. 



Anotis longiflora Hutchinson ; Kew. Bulletin 1916, p. 35. 

 This appears to be the Anotis sp. described in Vol. I, 

 p. 189 and illustrated in II t. 140. By a misprint the 

 calyx is described (p. 189) as J^ in, it should have been 

 1/12 in. 



Anotis wightiana Hook.f. ; F.B.L iii 75, XXII 16. A 

 small weak herb with stem 2 to 8 in. all green parts cover- 

 ed with soft hairs. Leaves ovate or elliptic, acute, 

 sessile or nearly so. Flowers in small terminal cymes 

 with a pair of leaves just below. Calyx tube 1/12 in., 

 lobes ciliate. Corolla % in. long and wide, 3 or 4 

 lobed, usually white but also pink or blue. Fruit round- 

 ish, usually with 2 seeds also with 3 or 4, rugose when 

 dry. t. 358. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor, Pykara, Ootacamund. Fyson 6()o, 4176, 

 6331- 



Gen. Dist, Nepal to Khasia, mountains of South India, Malaya, 

 China. 



Anotis monosperma Hk. /. ; Vol. I p. 190. t. 359. 



OPHIORRHIZA. 



See Vol. I p. 19T. 



Corolla \ in., glabrous ....... O. Brunonis. 



Corolla I in., hairy O. Roxburghiana. 



Ophiorrhiza brunonis, W. & A.; Vol. I p. 191. Very 

 common in sholas of medium density near Coonoor. 

 Flowers May. t. 360. Fyson. 6392. 



Ophiorrhiza roxburghiana Wt, ; F.B.L iii 81, XXV 

 15. Leaves oblong, ovate or obovate, shortly acuminate 

 narrowed at the base at the short stalk, glabrous on the 

 upperside, puberous on the nerves of the lower. 

 Bracteoles linear. Corolla tube I in., funnel-shaped, 

 yellow, hairy. Capsule hairy. 



Pulneys : Kodaikanal sholas, at 7,000 feet. Fir. May. 

 Fyson 382, 11 09. 



