Ophiorrhiza. | Rubiacee. 149 
Fls. 0-3 in. diam.; shrubby; bracteoles 
small, deciduous : 
Corolla tube o:2 in. long; fls. greenish- 
white . 2. O. ANGUSTIFOLIA. 
Corolla tube o-4 in. » long fis. pinkish- 
white . 3. O. NEMOROSA. 
Bracts large, persistent ; cymes subcapitate ; 
leaves coriaceous. : : . 4, O. PECTINATA. 
Erect pubescent plant. ; : Dh, Os PALE, 
Procumbent : 
Bracts persistent in fruit; infl. many-fid. ; 
Ivs. usually hairy above ; : . 6, O,. GLECHOMIFOLIA. 
Bracts deciduous; infl. few-fid.; lvs. gla- 
brous above : : ; . 7 QO. RADICANS. 
Page 320.— 
1. O. Mungos Linn. 
Mr. T. Petch informs me that the Dutch, finding that the King of 
Kandy would not allow pilgrims from their part of the country to 
visit Adam’s Peak, named a small hill near Matara ‘‘ Adam’s Peak ”’ 
and that is the place referred to by Hermann. 
Page 321.—For O. Harrisiana Heyne read: 
2, O. angustifolia Thw. Enum. p. 140 (1859). O. Mungos var. 
angustifolia Hk. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. III, p. 77 (1882). 
Leaves narrow with many veins. 
Adam’s Peak; Niter Cave district. 
Var. Pargentea (Wall.). O. Harrisiana var. argentea Hk. f. in 
Fl. Brit. Ind. III, p. 78 (1882). O. argentea Wall. Cat. no. 6229 
(1830). 
Leaves broader; veins fewer. 
Matale East; Ella Pass, Uva. 
Var. ?decumbens (Gardn.). O. decumbens Gardn. ex Thw. 
Enum. p. 419 (1864) pp. O. Harrisiana Trim. FI. Ceyl. II, p. 321 
(1894). O. Harrisiana var. decumbens Hk. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. III, 
p- 78 (1882). 
Leaves broader; veins numerous. 
Hakgala, 
Endemic? 
Gamble, Fl. Madr. p. 607 (1921), restricts O. Harrisiana Heyne to 
the S. Indian plant. 
For O. Mungos var. nemorosa Hk. f. read: 
3. O. nemorosa Thw. Enum. p. 139 (1859). O. Mungos var. 
nemorosa Hk. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. III, p. 77 (1882). 
As O. angustifolia Thw. but leaves larger; fls. much 
larger, pinkish-white. 
Endemic. 
More material is required to be certain that this is distinct from 
O. angustifolia Thw. 
Part II. 
