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14 pairs of thick curved spTcading nerves ; length 1 to 3"5 in. ; breadth 

 •5 to 1*25 in.; petioles '2 to "4 in., pubescent. Stipules narrowly linear- 

 lanceolate from a broad base, "2 in. long. Cymes solitary, terminal or 

 from the upper axils, pedunculate, shorter than the leaves ; branches few, 

 short, in dichotomous umbels an inch or less across ; peduncles pube- 

 scent like the branches. Flotvers less than "05 in. long (? cleistogamic) 

 in groups of 3 or 4 enveloped in oblong blunt, pubescent bracts longer 

 than themselves. Calyx cylindric, 5-toothed. Corolla slightly exceed- 

 ing the calyx, cylindric, 5-toothed. Anthers 5, oblong, short, included- 

 Capsiiles oblong-reniform with shallow sinus, pubescent, '2 in. across. 

 0. Harrisiana, Heyne, var. rugosa, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 7S. 



Peeak : at 3900 feet, Wray 1482. — Distrib. Nepal and Sikkim 

 Himalaya. 



9. Ophiorhiza tomentosa, Jack in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed Carey & 

 Wall. II. 546. Erect, 8 to 12 in. high ; stem woody near the base, thinner 

 than a goose-quill, sparsely clothed with flexuose hairs. Leaves membran- 

 ous, the two of a pair unequal in size, narrowly elliptic to elliptic- 

 oblong, acute, the base narrowed, slightly oblique; upper surface 

 olivaceous-green when dry, with sparse curved white stiff hairs; the 

 lower pale, with numerous white hispidulous hairs between the main- 

 nerves, the hairs on the broad prominent midrib and 8 to 12 pairs of 

 curved spreading main-nerves brown; length 1*75 to 3'75 in. ; breadth 

 •75 to 1*25 in. ; petioles '2 to '8 in., stout, pubescent. Stipules linear, 

 curved, about "1 in. long, deciduous. Cymes terminal, solitary, peduncu- 

 late ; shorter than the leaves, few-branched ; peduncles 1 to 2 in. long, 

 pubescent. Flowers *25 in. long, on pubescent pedicels shorter than 

 themselves. Calyx tubular, about '05 in. long, obscurely toothed. 

 Corolla salver-shaped; the tube narrow, the lobes blunt. Capsules 

 obreniform, puberulous, rather less than 2 in. across. Wall. Cat 6231 ; 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 79 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 174. 



Penang: King; Curtis 907 ; King's Collector 1314. Perak : King's 

 Collector 4<S4<6; Curtis 3257. 



10. Ophiorhiza Kunstleri, King n. sp. Stem erect, woody at 

 the base, not branched, about a foot high, dark-coloured, deciduously 

 rusty-puberulous. Leaves membranous, sub-equal, elliptic or ovate- 

 elliptic, shortly and abruptly acuminate, the base rounded or slightly 

 ■cuneate ; upper surface dark-brown, sparsely strigose, the midrib dis- 

 tinct but the main-nerves faint ; lower pale yellowish-brown, hispidulous 

 chiefly on the stout prominent midrib and 10 to 14 pairs of spreading 

 slightly curved rather bold nerves ; the edges minutely ciliate ; length 

 3*5 to 5 in.; breadth 1*75 to 2*5 in.; petioles *5 to 1'75 in., bearing a 

 few scattered hairs. Stipules lanceolate, acuminate, "2 in. long, hairy, 



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